Sr. Electrical Engineer - Industrial Automation

Company Description

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Job Description

This company has been recognized as the world leader in the manufacturing of Electrical Components for over eighty years. Company offers a competitive compensation, benefits and relocation package, as well as a dynamic and professional work environment. They also offer continued growth through increased job responsibilities, professional development courses, and advancement.  We are committed to hiring outstanding people not only to meet present needs, but also to build for future opportunities.  Sr. Electrical Engineer will demonstrate effective interaction with a multi-disciplinary team and deliver custom designs and solutions for a variety of connectivity and digital serial communication needs in a rapid development and product commercialization environment.

 
Candidate Responsibilities:
· See design through all phases from conception through production including
requirements generation, schematic, layout, prototype builds, Firmware design
and testing and commercialization.
· Validate system performance in order to prove the technical design through
analysis, simulation, and laboratory testing.
· Experience with Industrial digital communication protocols. (e.g Ethernet,
TCP/IP, USB, UART, RS485, RS232 etc)
· Experience with digital communication protocol implementation in Hardware and
Firmware using C and or C++
· Generate complete system documentation and provides input to technical
proposals in order to effectively communicate the design and/or approach to
internal and external customers.
· Independently develop and implement corrective action to product and procedural
problems.
· Provide guidance, direction, and mentorship for less experienced design engineers
in order to increase our design expertise base within the company with an
emphasis on performance, design optimization, re-use, and generating intellectual
property.
· Provide budget, schedule, and technical compliance updates to management in
order to effectively record progress of technical aspects of the program assigned.
· Ensure successful transition of products/projects to full scale production.

Qualifications

Candidate Must Have:
· Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
· Minimum of 7 10 years of detailed circuit and Firmware design experience.
· Proven design skills in a product development environment. Full product lifecycle
experience required. Program management experience is a plus.
· Experience in board level designs that include MCU, FPGA and CPLD
technologies. Experience with FPGA design software such as Altera Quartus or
Xilinx Foundation. Experience with Altium tools and designs a plus.
· Knowledge of computer programming languages such as VHDL, Verilog, C, C++,
and schematic capture tools a must.Familiarity with Industrial designs, Industrial
Communication protocol specifications and regulations.
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to solve problems,
multi-task and be a hands-on leader.
· Energetic, self-starter with a passionate interest in engineering and design for state
of the art electronics and software/firmware

Ideal Candidate Will Have:
Currently title, Sr. Electrical Engineer.
Performed responsibilities for the last 2 years (minimum).
Held no more than two jobs in last 5 years.

Additional Information

Base Salary - $80K++ D.O.E.
Benefits - full