Staff Hardware Design Engineer

What you will do

• Create innovative embedded and power hardware integration designs to support next generation energy system products
• Specification, design, schematic capture, layout, prototyping, and debug of complex circuits, PCBs, electromechanical components, and electrical assemblies, including high-speed digital processing and communications, sensors, relays, power protection, and power conditioning subsystems
• Hands-on bring up and performance characterization of hardware circuits, PCBs, and energy system hardware (relays, power meters, power converters, communications devices, etc.)
• Apply simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and prototype testing to ensure designs meet functionality and performance requirements
• Support manufacturing of electronic design hardware, electrical assemblies, and PCBAs for prototype products
• Optimize product solutions with firmware/hardware control co-design
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team to test and troubleshoot prototype designs
• Mentor junior staff

• BS/MS/PhD Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or closely related discipline
• Job title and position level will be determined upon the candidate’s experience.
• Minimum experience: BS and 5+ years / MS and 3+ years / PhD with electronics design experience for a Senior Engineer
• BS and 8+ years / MS and 6+ years / PhD and 3+ years electronics design experience for a Staff Engineer
• Candidates with greater levels of experience may be considered and are encouraged to apply
• Strong digital, mixed-signal, discrete, and embedded hardware design skills with commercial product experience
• Experience integrating complex circuits, embedded hardware, power electronics, and/or power components in commercial products
• Proficiency with one or more commercial schematic capture tools such as OrCAD Capture
• Experience laying out PCBA subsections and/or full PCBAs using layout tools such as Cadence Allegro
• Hands-on experience building and testing electronics and electromechanical assemblies
• Expertise with developing solutions that consider computational performance, cost, power dissipation, thermal management, electromagnetic compatibility, reliability, and manufacturability
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware-related issues within complex systems and drive solutions
• Proficiency with lab equipment including power meters, electronic loads, power supplies, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Ability to take ownership of development tasks and drive them to completion in a timely manner and with high quality to support team success

Additional Desired Skills

• High-volume energy system product development experience
• Experience with high voltage and high current circuits, PCBs, and components
• Familiarity with power electronics circuits/designs and devices
• Experience using OrCAD for schematic capture and Cadence Allegro for PCB layout
• Proficiency with devices, interfaces, and protocols for industrial communications such as Controller Area Network (CAN), IEC61850, TCP/IP, RS-485, etc.
• Familiarity with power system integration, installation, and safety codes and standards such as UL 1741, IEEE 1547, UL 3010, and NFPA 70 (NEC)
• Familiarity with power hardware component safety and compliance standards such as UL 508, IEC/UL 61810-1, UL 2808, UL 489, UL 1077, IEC/UL 61058-1, etc.