Senior Electrical Engineer

Forterra • Clarksburg, MD

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the hardware design of a wide range of different systems that are critical to autonomous vehicle design such as embedded computers, power systems, networking systems, and more.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 3+ years of hardware design experience.
• Experience with Altium Designer, OrCAD, or similar schematic capture / PCB Layout software.
• Design and simulation of complex digital and analog circuits.
• Experience designing high-reliability / high-safety criticality systems.
• Experience working with analog and high-speed (3Ghz+) digital signals.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, hands-on abilities, and working knowledge of common test equipment.
• Familiarity with design, analysis and manufacturing standards associated with complex multilayer rigid CCAs.
• Ability to solve complex technical problems independently.
• Ability to lead small teams.
• Ability to work cross-functionally.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with automotive hardware design.
• Experience designing networking hardware.
• Experience designing embedded computers.
• Experience working with automotive camera system designs including GMSL & MIPI CSI-2.
• Experience with automotive industry safety standard ISO 26262.
• Experience with MIL-STD-1275, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD- 810, MIL-STD-882E.
• Experience with board layout.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on projects to guide a small, focused team of electrical engineers developing new hardware designs from concept through production.
• Work cross functionally with systems, safety, software, and other engineering groups throughout all phases of the product development lifecycle.
• Design to meet commercial and military vehicle operating conditions / requirements.
• Design high-reliability & high-safety criticality hardware for both commercial and military autonomous vehicles.
• Perform risk-reduction prototyping testing of circuits at the component, subsystem, and system levels.
• Perform validation testing of designs through analysis, simulation, and/or hardware testing.
• Generate and implement improvements of designs to reduce cost, increase yield, and improve throughput.
• Generate design documentation to ensure the delivery of a quality finished product.
• Participate in interdisciplinary design teams and design reviews.
• Provide production build support for the manufacturing of prototypes through volume ramp-up to production.

Benefits

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan, with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance plans 100% covered by Forterra, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.
• A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption.
• A $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
• Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan, including traditional, Roth 401(k), and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level