Principal Engineer, Embedded Systems

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation•Hauppauge, NY

1d•$141,000 - $191,000•Onsite

About The Position

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation is seeking a highly talented, motivated, creative, and experienced engineering leader in the field of embedded systems in Power Electronics, Power Management and Digital Controls. This role involves development, testing, and validation of complex firmware and software for high voltage power supplies. The position requires a deep understanding of RTOS and bare metal firmware, along with strong soft skills, coaching, and mentoring abilities. The engineer will interface with and support the global engineering community. This is a highly skilled and hands-on technical expert role focused on the design, development, implementation, testing, and documentation of firmware and software for high voltage power supplies across all company markets and applications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred) in Electrical Engineering
10+ years demonstrated experience in hands-on product and technology development in the power conversion and management (power electronics field)
High voltage power conversion technology experience is very highly desired
7+ years leading project development teams with a preference for direct exposure to a manufacturing environment and demonstrated technical leadership abilities
Design and Development of FPGA code using Verilog or VHDL
Development of digital systems that include ADC’s, DAC's, UART's, RS-485, RS-232, embedded Ethernet, USB, microcontrollers, DSP’s, RAM, SRAM, EEPROM, switching low-voltage power supplies, pulse-width modulation devices, discrete logic, and FPGA’s
Use emulators, debuggers, JTAG, integrated development environments, and other design and verification tools
Expertise with advanced engineering tools such as: Matlab-Simulink, PSIM and others
Work with product requirements to develop digital design architecture that will provide the necessary functionality
Communicate with and support analog engineers, project leaders, project managers, manufacturing, and test groups
Develop design documentation that can be presented to the customer community
Create programming procedures
Create ECN’s and perform change support and version control of firmware and software
Perform design verification testing and documentation
R&D new products / technologies
Commitment to fostering high performance, and an environment of open collaboration and teamwork
Flexible, customer focused orientation with an eye on successful and seamless project execution as well as on the strategic needs of the company
Passionate about collaborating with other company teams in a multidisciplinary environment (sales and marketing, operations, quality, supply chain), customers…etc. to drive a continuous and strong focus on value creation
Excellent project management skills and knowledge of other engineering design and analysis tools in the field of power conversion, power management, digital and analog control
Willingness to travel both national and international

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering
High voltage power conversion technology experience

Responsibilities

Project Planning for firmware/software development needs
Hands-on support/leadership of firmware and software design for sophisticated high voltage power supplies (HVPS)
Interface with peers in the Engineering team to implement features desired as described in product and application requirements
Lead/Support the preparation of all technical documentation, such as circuit diagrams, test reports, manuals, technical reports, release documentation etc.
Support the review and interpretation of internal/external customer requirements
Support the improvement of the FW and SW release process, to include the use of revision control systems such as Tortoise SVN
Continuous Research of latest concepts as it pertains to Embedded Systems: Development including DSP’s, MCU’s, FPGA’s, CPLD’s, SOM
Provide local and day-to-day leadership expertise and coaching to younger Embedded Systems & Controls engineers
Interface with the company’s global engineering, sales & Marketing, operations, and quality teams among others, in support of common projects and overall company strategy
Support the development of Embedded Systems Engineering strategies for current and future product and technology development projects based on the company’s overall objectives
Drive and support an engineering culture of high performance and provide the corresponding role model through leadership by example
Take a hands-on approach to leading Embedded Systems projects with a focus on comprehensive requirements analysis, definition of the appropriate technical approach and solution, project planning and management, and risk assessment and mitigation
Drive an efficient, lean and risk management-based execution of product design and development projects ranging from new product and technology development to existing product sustainability (to include performance, quality, reliability, and cost improvements)
Participate in and contribute to strategic discussions regarding products, markets, and technology/product road-mapping
Review product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements and applicable specifications (industry standards and homologation requirements)
Lead and support product development design reviews and provide applicable approval for design changes, specifications, and Software/Firmware releases among others per Spellman engineering product development processes
Drive for timely and on-budget project execution