Embedded Controls Hardware Architect
About The Position
As an Embedded Controls Hardware Architect at Thermo King, you will lead the development of modern embedded controls hardware architectures and practices across product lines. You will own functional, technical, and integration architectures for embedded controls hardware, ensuring connectivity with internal ecosystems and the external systems and devices used by customers, dealers, and partners. Working with the architecture team and cross-functional colleagues, you will guide solutions from concept through execution and establish standards for controls hardware development. The role is onsite Monday through Thursday, with the option to choose your work location on Fridays based on work requirements. Multi-region travel of up to 5% may be required. The position offers a base salary range of $133,633.33–$186,830.00 and is incentive eligible.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related technical field, with 8 years of experience.
- Proficiency in embedded controls hardware selection, PCB design, layout, schematic capture, and design/development tools such as Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, Siemens Xpedition, or PADS Professional.
- Experience with signal-integrity design and controlled-impedance layer-stack-up techniques.
- Experience with microprocessor and microcontroller architectures and communication links such as CAN and SPI, including their impact on embedded hardware design.
- Experience selecting IoT wireless electronics hardware and designing products involving RF, analog, and digital electronics and components.
- Knowledge of radio technologies, including cellular, GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth standards and certifications.
- Experience with industrial connectivity protocols such as CAN, J1939, Modbus, MQTT, OPC-UA, secure IP-based protocols, and Automotive Ethernet (100Base-T1 and 10Base-T1S).
- Knowledge of UML, SysML, or MBSE for system modeling and design.
- Working knowledge of DevOps tools such as GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
- Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills for working in cross-disciplinary software, hardware, and systems engineering teams.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience leading embedded controls hardware development or electronics architecture definition.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical expert in embedded controls hardware architecture technology-stack definition and lead analysis and improvements to design simplicity, modularity, and reuse across Thermo King products.
- Create and govern architecture standards and cybersecurity, wireless electronics, and modularity component roadmaps across product models, platforms, and regions, engaging with Product Management, Product Platform Engineering, Telematics, and Controls teams.
- Evaluate and select embedded controls hardware technologies and platforms; lead tradeoff analysis and recommendations, and prepare and present architectural reports to senior management.
- Create embedded controls hardware design process standard-work guidelines, templates, and tools to improve product development cycle time, promote consistency, and enable rapid innovation and reuse.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to controls hardware engineering teams, supporting the design, review, and implementation of controls hardware electronics components.
- Ensure embedded controls hardware meets functional, security, regulatory, and quality requirements for industrial and transportation environments.
- Travel across regions as needed, up to 5%.
Benefits
- Health insurance for employees and their families, effective on day one.
- Holistic wellness programs with incentives.
- Fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
- Up to 15 vacation days, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional options for volunteer and parental leave.
- 401(k) match.
- Educational and training opportunities through company programs.
- Tuition assistance and student debt support.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
