Embedded Systems Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Position : Embedded Systems – Electrical Engineer/Principal 

Reports To : Senior Technical Program Manager

Location: Remote with ability to travel to SFE facilities in the US and abroad.

WHO WE ARE

For decades, our brands have helped customers tackle critical industrial challenges across machining, welding, material handling, and testing applications around the world. Through trusted brands such as CLIMAX Portable Machining & Welding Systems, SUMNER Material Lifts, MAGNATECH Orbital Welding Systems, and CALDER Valve Test Systems, we continue to deliver innovative solutions backed by engineering expertise, quality craftsmanship, and a commitment to customer success.

Job Summary: Position is an individual contributor focused on supporting the electronic machine controls for new product development in welding machines, portable machine tools as well as high pressure testing applications. The qualified person shall understand product requirements and be capable of designing, testing, and validating a solution with the product development team members that provide value to the end user application.

The person shall be able to work in a cross functional product development team to ensure all product features and functionalities are defined, designed, documented, and validated in meeting customer/market requirements with a focus on schedule as well as meeting project budgets. The person shall have skills in embedded system design as shown below:

Qualifications :

• BSEE degree or equivalent degree in Math/Sciences and extensive proficiency in software engineering. MSEE / PhD preferred
• Ten to fifteen years’ experience in software design (C++ or Python preferred) in a manufacturing environment
• Ten to fifteen years’ experience in digital and analog circuitry design
• Familiar with working in a project-oriented environment capable of taking a project from concept to finished product as directed
• Proficient in Altium and all Microsoft Office applications
• Detail oriented with a focus meeting deliverables
• Project management experience with and understanding of critical path deliverables
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Primary Responsibilities: 

1. System Development and Design Responsibilities
   • Responsible for the development and implementation of embedded software from concept to final execution with a focus on product requirements
2. Product Management Responsibilities
   • Responsible for the evolution of the product over its life cycle by developing new software releases dealing with customer issues and product performance enhancements
   • Life Cycle Engineering: Search out replacement components due to the obsolescence of the original components
3. Product Development Responsibilities
   • Provide electrical and electronics design for new products
   • Work with other departments in the development of new products from initial concept to finished product
   • Define/Support PCB design/layouts
4. Customer Service Responsibilities
   • Work with the customers to solve product field performance issues, including but not limited to, all electrical or electronics issues
   • Work with customer to solve product software performance issues based on embedded system controls functionality
5. Develop custom product solutions with existing embedded system designs with a focus on meeting customer requirements
6. Develop modular design with a focus on future state enhancements/capabilities with and understanding of end user/market needs

Secondary Responsibilities 

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management from time to time.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee is also regularly required to stand, walk, crouch, bend, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally required to lift up to 100 pounds (assistance available), and regularly required to operate and maneuver heavy components with material handling devices. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. Office and travel have moderate noise levels. Machine/Product demonstrations and customer visits can have loud noise levels.
• To meet customer requirements the employee may be asked to travel in an airplane and/or vehicle to get to customer work sites. At times, this position walks on or through high elevations, underground and/or confined spaces, around high voltage and in heavy industrial and/or construction work environments such as bridges, dams, mines, power plants, shipyards, etc. The employee must be able to work in hazardous working environments with possible extreme working conditions to complete customer training and/or applications support.
• Noise levels may be extreme and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is provided and usage is driven by customer requirements. Other required PPE includes, but is not limited to, steel toe boots, hardhat, and safety glasses. Customer working environments can be extreme in regard to height, confined space, physical requirements and hazards.

Equal Employment Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.