Embedded Hardware Engineer

Stratos Card • Ann Arbor, MI

332d

About The Position

Stratos, Inc. is the creator of the Stratos Bluetooth Connected Card Platform that combines plastic cards into a single, smart, dynamic card. Credit, debit, loyalty, membership and gift cards can be loaded into one mobile-connected card, empowering people to make better, more informed payment decisions while simplifying transactions through a familiar, reliable form. Stratos allows merchants and card issuers to strengthen brand loyalty with better data and improved communications to card users without infrastructure change.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering or similar degree or equivalent experience.
• 3 years of relevant industry or personal experience.
• Experience in generation of design specification documentation, schematic capture, and circuit analysis.
• Experience with verification, test, and quality assurance of deliverables against specifications and requirements.
• Experience with board bring up and programming and debugging microcontroller based systems.
• Experience with debugging tools like bus analyzers and oscilloscopes.
• Knowledge of flexible electronics design.

Nice To Haves

• Opinions on Altium Designer.
• Opinions on PCB layout and design.
• Opinions on SPICE analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design and implementation of the hardware platform for a new payment technology, including MCU, FPGA, Bluetooth Smart, touch sensors, encryption, security, extreme low power, etc.
• Collaboration with firmware engineers on design, self-test, and implementation.
• Collaboration with manufacturing and mechanical engineers - design for test, design for manufacturing, failure analysis, support for manufacturing testing and yield improvements.
• Design of programming and manufacturing jigs for uncommon form factor.
• Support and review of 3rd party design projects.
• Root cause analysis for initial design and for issues found in manufacturing.
• International travel on occasion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees