Electrical Engineer Senior

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Electronics Engineer – Embedded Systems and Product Development

Lynntech is seeking an experienced electronics engineer to develop custom electronic hardware, embedded firmware, and integrated electrical systems for prototype products in the defense, aerospace, and medical markets. A successful candidate will have opportunity to work across the product development lifecycle, from early-stage technology proof-of-concept, through prototype development and testing, to qualification of production-ready designs. The engineer will develop complete, multi-disciplinary electrical solutions, including embedded firmware/software development, custom circuit board design, integration of custom and commercial components into electrical systems, design for manufacturability, and system verification and validation.

In addition to executing technical work in the development of technologies and prototypes, a successful candidate will also have the opportunity to contribute through leadership of project teams, mentoring other engineers, and identifying and advancing new technologies as part of proposal writing teams.

Job Description

At Lynntech, engineering is both theoretical and experimental. Our engineers split their time between developing detailed prototype designs and validating those designs in the lab. Engineering projects involve a wide variety of technologies at different stages in the product life cycle, from breadboard proof-of-concepts to minimum viable products. Our electronics engineers are commonly engaged in the following technical activities:

• Designing electrical system architecture and integrating custom electronics with commercial off-the-shelf components, such as power supplies, motor drivers, sensors, actuators, communication devices, connectors, and industrial control hardware.
• Developing system wiring diagrams, cable and wire-harness designs, interface-control documentation, and power management architecture
• Designing and modeling of schematics for both analog and digital circuits
• Designing and testing custom printed circuit boards for analog and digital applications
• Creating custom firmware implementations on a variety of platforms for implementation into advanced test fixtures, prototype designs, and marketable products
• Maturing prototype electrical systems into reproducible and supportable product designs through component derating, tolerance analysis, design-for-manufacture and design-for-test practices, environmental considerations, and verification against system requirements

A Senior engineer will also be involved in leadership activities in many facets of technology advancement and transition:

• Working with customers, end users, business-development personnel, and manufacturing partners to translate operational needs into technical requirements and map out technology development strategies
• Collaborating with scientists and engineers to develop grant proposals for the exploration and application of new technologies and the continued development of core technologies
• Leading design engineers in early-stage project research to support development of system requirements, architecture, and interfaces for an envisioned prototype
• Developing and executing test plans for evaluating the performance of prototype designs based on system requirements
• Designing and fabricating test fixtures to support evaluation of prototypes, from breadboard systems to minimum viable products
• Planning and conducting system design verification and validation activities
• Supporting technical writing efforts to generate customer reports for existing projects
• Supporting technology transition activities, including technical maturation, cost and manufacturability assessments, qualification testing, field demonstrations, and transfer of designs to internal or external manufacturing organizations

Working as an electronics engineer at Lynntech has potential for many and varied long-term career opportunities. Our engineers can advance as technical experts in their discipline, develop expertise in one or more technology areas, and/or take on project, personnel, or other leadership roles. Long-term growth opportunities abound in the engineering career path, where our engineers can determine their own ceiling according to their passion, proficiency, and ability to add value to the engineering team and the organization.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field with at least 5 years of progressively complex engineering experience (or Masters Degree with at least 2 years of experience)
• Strong fundamentals in electrical, electronics, and software engineering with the ability to review and provide feedback on peers' designs, as well as develop your own designs
• Experience designing electronic hardware and embedded systems, including circuit design, PCB development, power management, component selection, and integration of sensors, actuators, and control electronics based on top-level product requirements and technology constraints
• Ability to mentor a team of junior engineers, and autonomously facilitate design decisions in a collaborative environment

• Strong technical writing, speaking, and presentation skills
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment involving close interaction with other engineers within the department as well as other scientists in the company
• Must be a US Citizen, or Permanent Resident, to meet project contract requirements

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field with at least 6-8 years of progressively complex engineering experience (Or Masters Degree with at least 4-6 years of experience) preferably in a technology development oriented industrial setting
• Extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice with the ability to organize, plan, schedule and conduct the tasks necessary to meet established deadlines or milestones
• Basic knowledge of systems engineering and the ability to interface with various teams within the technology to product development lifecycle including but not limited to scientific personnel, CAD, mechanical engineers, instrumental, control, machining and fabrication, and system assembly and testing.
• Experience with signal processing
• Understanding of machine learning algorithms
• Experience with electronics engineering design, embedded microcontroller programming, FPGA development, or similar relevant education and experience
• Knowledge of various communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, serial, USB, CAN, and TCP/IP
• Programming experience in C/C++, C#, Java, Kotlin, Python, VHDL, or related languages
• SPICE modeling applied to analog and digital circuit development
• Knowledge and experience in power supply design, embedded processor solutions, filtering, and data acquisition development (A/D and D/A conversion)
• Hardware development (schematics, layout, test) (analog and digital design)
• Knowledge and experience in PCB design methods and tools such as Altium Designer
• Firmware development (microcontrollers such as the PIC32, ARM, or MSP430)
• Experience in troubleshooting complex embedded systems
• Experience managing component lifecycle, obsolescence, alternates, supplier risk, and traceability for systems developed for defense, aerospace, medical, or other regulated applications
• Working knowledge of general constraints with mechanical and software development, to be able to work with team members with these functionalities
• Experience with technical writing and grantsmanship

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online at Feel free to include a cover letter or expanded resume to outline how you fit this position.

Lynntech is an EEO Employer.