Electrical Engineer

Since 1933 Heath Consultants Incorporated has led the industry in the safety of natural gas utilities infrastructure through the innovative and conscientious actions of our employees. Our continued field services growth is due in large part to the addition of new field services, such as underground utility line locating, meter and corrosion services to our utility partners outside of our core emissions reduction focus. Heath Consultants is a growing, third generation family-owned company whose mission is to provide safety services to the nations’ energy suppliers. If serving your community, protecting the environment, and working in a stable industry with plenty of room for growth sounds appealing, then we want to talk to you.

The Electrical Engineer has a strong design and development background in the related field who will provide individual technical contribution as part of a team that supports the design, development, test, and integration of complex, embedded hardware/software systems.

A Electrical Engineer the leading technical voice within the group, they foster innovative thinking by initiating continuous improvement discussions on all aspects of product design and development and to sustain existing and improve existing products.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• An excellent understanding of control theory as applied to power conversion and motion control (design-oriented analysis)
• Experience developing embedded and real-time systems in C, C++ or FPGA Design (Verilog and/or VHDL)
• Ability to implement power converter or control system simulation using state-of-the-art tools (such as Matlab/Simulink/PSpice)
• Comprehensive understanding of circuit board design for power electronics application, such as analog signal processing and gate driver circuits.
• Deep understanding of Electrical Engineering principles in both analog and digital domains with the ability to leverage this understanding to quickly isolate issues and faults.
• Ability to guide and oversee layout designers, and provide clear layout constraints (PC board stack-up, component placement, high speed routing, etc.) and proficiency in using Electronic CAD tools such Altium etc.
• A demonstrable ability to perform trade studies and tradeoff analyses.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and facilitation skills
• Excellent problem solving & troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to understand customer use scenarios, conceptualizes technical solutions, explain concepts to development engineers, test and evaluate designs and prototypes.
• Ability to manage outside suppliers and manufacturers as related to system and project level activities.
• Familiarity with the Standards, Regulations, and Guidance associated with the development and manufacture products related to the gas, electric, and water utility markets

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

• BS or MS degree in appropriate engineering discipline (e.g. Electrical, Computer, or Electronics Engineering) required.
• Professional Engineer License preferred
• Demonstrated subject matter expert.
• 5-10 years in a Manufacturing / Engineering environment and job experience in instrumentation product development and be comfortable in a teamwork environment.
• Strong experience with RTOS and custom FPGA.
• Strong experience with development of portable instrumentation and measuring devices.
• Experience with design for Intrinsic Safety preferred.
• Experience with design for sensor, transducer, IR or similar capabilities.
• Proficiency with Electrical CAD Tools such Altium etc
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscope, power supplies, and spectrum analyzers.
• Extensive troubleshooting experience, determining causes of failures on circuit boards down to component level and methods of correction.
• Experience with Microprocessor (PIC, AVR, ARM) and RTL coding for FPGA.
• Experience with developing hardware, verification/validation requirements and specification document.
• Established lead in the high-level architecture and design of electronic systems.
• Play a key role in all phases of the product development cycle which includes requirement/definition, design and development, verification (such as unit tests) and traceability matrix, and transfer.
• Maintain awareness of new component developments and emerging technologies relevant to motion controls and use/recommend them for new designs where appropriate to achieve cost, performance and size goals.
• Set the standard for design best practices and collaborate with engineering, the firmware and software design teams to yield outstanding new products.
• Provide technical oversight and review support to development teams during product design and development.
• Coach and mentor lesser experienced engineers.
• Skills in Microsoft office specifically in Excel and Word. Typing and communication skills.

Heath Consultants Inc is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive salary.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift in office
• Hybrid work schedule

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