Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer is responsible for design and support of projects in the Advanced Products department. Experience with electronics design, layout, and troubleshooting, MCU specification and programming, code generation, and design verification and validation. Cross-functional interface with internal departments vendors and contractors to ensure prototype designs meet performance specifications.

·        Develop and evaluate new products and modify existing designs to meet requirements; this includes design analysis, laboratory tests, simulation and building new product prototypes.

·        Develop, implement, and maintain fixtures for testing optomechanical/electromechanical systems. This includes: conceptual mechanical design; COTS specification, sourcing and integration; UI design and implementation; and test data management.

·        Must use sound engineering principles to identify and resolve circuitry and component level issues and implement solutions.

·        Recommendation and implementation of hardware/firmware related solutions based on product requirements.

·        Analyze test data and generate reports to substantiate functionality and product specifications.

·        Lead and participate in design reviews.

·        Significant background and understanding of electronic circuitry, design and analysis.

·        Background and understanding of schematic capture and PCB layout including data package delivery and interface with board fabrication house. Knowledge of rigid-flex assemblies is a plus.

·        Practical electronics lab experience such as soldering, reflow, component testing and sourcing is required.

·        Background and understanding of specifying and code generation for MCUs and RISCs with associated knowledge of peripherals, sensors, and other hardware (C, C++, Arduino, etc.)

·        Background and understanding of coding in scripting and programming languages in support of various R&D objectives including test equipment interface, data processing, data acquisition, etc.

·        Familiarity with various serial interfaces, Python environments, C family environments.

·        Familiarity with PIC and MPLAB is a plus.

·        Familiarity with Solidworks to build basic parts in 2D and 3D is a plus.

·        Familiarity with 3D printing model generation and printer use is a plus.

·        Familiarity with data acquistion hardware and techniques is a plus.

·        Familiarity with optical concepts such as laser technology, measurement and characterization of lenses is a plus.

·        Familiarity with CFD and thermal modeling and computation is a plus.

·        Provide design and development support for incorporating usability into products.

·        Experience in coordinating prototype builds and supporting the transition to the manufacturing process.

·        Identify and select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability.

·        Hands-on experience in implementing test procedures for electronic circuity, (hardware/firmware), based on product specifications and requirements.

·        § Self-starter and team player who possesses the ability to research and effectively resolve technical issues.

·        Must have technical writing skills necessary to generate product evaluations and test reports.

 

Education & Experience

·        Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and minimum 5 years relevant work experience.