Sr Engineer / Tech Lead - Hardware

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for products in current production.
• Design and test electrical assemblies using ECAD tools and lab test equipment.
• PCB layout
• Modify, revise, and prototype existing analog, digital and embedded designs.
• Creation or modification of firmware in existing embedded designs.
• Research electrical components and availability.
• Creation of documentation associated with testing, debugging, and root cause analysis of faulty assemblies.
• Communication with customers, third-party project representatives, and other company departments to meet assigned project requirements and schedule.
• Provide data collection, input and data management for engineering studies, projects and compliance requirements.
• Provide technical analysis, troubleshooting and solutions under the direction of an engineer or supervisor.

Additional Responsibilities

• Follow all company safety policies and procedures and organize work areas for efficiency and safety.
• Duties as required by engineering project teams.
• Provides status reports to management as required.
• Respond to change productively and handle other duties as required.

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (B.S.) from four-year college or university in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Five years’ relevant electrical engineering experience

Skills/Knowledge

• Hardware design: Selection and design with microprocessors, microcontrollers, DSPs and other digital circuit devices. Schematic capture, simulation, and PCB layout, and experience with low/micro power design a plus.
• Analog design: Strong analog hardware knowledge and troubleshooting skills. Experience with the design of analog filters and signal conditioning circuits is a plus.
• Microprocessors: Usage or technical knowledge of ARM, TI, MicroChip or Atmel.
• Embedded systems knowledge: Basic HW/SW integration testing, hardware performance tuning, embedded debugger tools. Working knowledge of C/C++ is desirable.
• Tools: experience with the following design tools a plus: Altium, Eagle, ORCAD, LTSPICE, TINA, Eclipse, IAR, Kiel, Code composer.
• Technology: Understanding of Piezoelectric sensor technology.
• Have analytical skills to recognize patterns in data
• Programming skills in C or C derivative languages.
• Ability to use standard electrical test equipment such as Oscilloscopes and Multimeters.
• Ability to efficiently use all Microsoft Office products.
• Embedded systems experience is highly desirable.