Electronics Design Engineer

About the job

The Company has an exciting opportunity for an Electronics Design Engineer. In this position you will work with a cross-functional research & development team and design Analog, Digital and Mixed Signal electronics for the control, sensing, monitoring, and connectivity of state-of-the-art power converters and power systems. You will take your original design ideas and architecture from prototyping to mass production to create best-in-class hardware solutions that power Company's energy routing technologies.

The Electronics Design Engineer needs to be agile, professional, and comfortable in a rapidly changing environment. The right person is trustworthy with confidential information, highly organized, self-motivated, has excellent communication skills, can think strategically, and works equally as well independently as with a team. The company values efficiency and strives to maintain smooth operations.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Specification, design, schematic capture, layout and routing, prototyping, and debugging of complex circuits, PCBs, and electrical assemblies including high-speed digital processing and communications, sensors, relays, power conditioning subsystems, used in power converters, and power systems

• Modeling, simulation, and analysis of complex electronic circuits

• Optimize product solutions with firmware/hardware control co-design

• Hands-on bring-up of prototype boards

• Detailed and functional measurements and design verification

• Perform root-cause failure analysis, FMEA, and related hazard analysis

• Electronics unit circuit design, development, test, and integration

• Work with project management to generate and update product design and development schedules

Skills Requirements: Comes from proven Electronics Design background, 5+ years experience, experience at one of the leading automotive companies or energy companies

Education / Experience

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent (required)

• MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent (preferred)

• 5+ years of relevant experience in hardware design

• Strong understanding of analog and digital circuit design

• Knowledge of system grounding/shielding and EMI mitigation techniques

• Strong hands-on testing and troubleshooting experience

• Experience with common electrical interfaces: PCIe, USB, MMC, EMIF, MIPI, and I2C/SPI/UART/CAN buses

• Experience with SoC and FPGA systems

• Proficiency with devices, interfaces, and protocols for industrial communications such as TCP/IP, RS-485, etc.

Specific Skills / Abilities

• Think with first principles and excellent electronics fundamentals

• Determined to continually improve designs and seek new ways to solve problems

• Experience using OrCad for schematic capture and Cadence Allegro for PCB layout

• Proficient in the use of circuit simulation tools (PLECS, PSPICE, etc)

• Strong understanding of signal integrity, noise issues, and signal processing in power electronics environments

• Proficient in script programming (Python, Pytest) for test automation

• The ability to work with HIL platforms and experience with the OPAL-RT system is a plus

• Excellent technical communication and collaboration skills

• Ability to work in a dynamic, diverse, multicultural, and cross-functional team

• Comfortable working in a start-up environment and ability to solve complex problems and provide solutions for short and long term