Senior Engineer / Tech Lead - Hardware

Job description

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.

QUALIFICATIONS

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.