About this role
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">POSITION SUMMARY:</span></u></strong><u> </u></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Design, modify and evaluate embedded firmware, and/or programmable logic and/or electronic apparatus, components, or circuitry for use in electronic equipment and devices</span><span style="color:#333333">.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:</span></u></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Perform engineering work in basic and applied research, development, and/or design of new products and/or sustaining of existing products.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Uses equipment to analyze operating data and conduct experimental tests</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Design product architectures to meet specific parameters. Includes critical timing issues, complex algorithms, configuration strategies, interface strategies, etc.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Provides detailed technical documentation verifying proof of design feasibility.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Manages projects including performance, technical requirements, budget, and schedule.</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">WORK ENVIRONMENT:</span></u></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Univers (WN)', sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Regularly works in a lab and/or manufacturing/service facilities. Occasional travel to international locations.</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:</span></u></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Minimum of three years’ experience with real-time embedded software design.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%;color:#333333">Demonstrated working experience with VHDL required</span></span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3-5 yrs CPLD and FPGA experience. Ability to source VHDL code without supervision for embedded controller applications.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience with creating RTL designs using hardware description language (HDL) directly, Verilog or VHDL.</span></li> <li style="color:#333333;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">FPGA measurements and control of devices in VHDL.</span></li> <li style="color:#333333;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SPI bus or similar interface knowledge required.</span></li> <li style="color:#333333;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Knowledge of revision control, vaults and tracking of firmware progression</span></li> <li style="color:#333333;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Knowledge of PCBA layout also desired, especially Altium.</span></li> <li style="color:#333333;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Knowledge of oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.</span></li> </ul>