Senior Electrical Engineer
About The Position
The Company Beacon EmbeddedWorks is a full-service provider of embedded solutions. Its innovative System on Modules (SOMs) are backed by an extensive suite of customization, security, and support services and its dedicated team of experts provide in-house manufacturing and support to accelerate development and reduce risk. All Beacon EmbeddedWorks SOMs are designed, manufactured, and supported in its US-based facility in Eden Prairie, MN. As dependable, pre-certified, and feature dense solutions, Beacon EmbeddedWorks SOMs serve the most strenuous applications, including medical, aerospace and defense, and industrial markets. Beacon EmbeddedWorks operates mostly in the US but also has a small customer base in continental Europe and the APAC. Beacon EmbeddedWorks is part of the Design & Manufacturing division of discoverIE Group plc, a British company listed on the main London stock exchange where it is a member of the FTSE 250 index. What does joining Beacon mean for you? We are a Top 200 Workplace as voted by our employees Multiple options for medical and dental coverages Paid life insurance and disability coverage 401k with match 128 hours of time off per year to start Paid holidays Working for a company that helps save lives with some of our products The Senior Electrical Engineer defines product requirements, translate requirements to implementable architectures, perform detailed design work and ensure the end product is optimized for manufacturability.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent
- 8+ years experience in product design, pay and title commensurate with experience
- Experience with embedded systems and microprocessor based design
- Experience with functional aspects of product design including: requirements understanding, general electrical design analysis and documentation creation, design for manufacturing/design for test, and design verification
- Experience working in teams including engineers from multiple engineering disciplines
- Working knowledge of oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and vector network analyzers
- Protocol-level knowledge of serial interfaces including SPI, I2C, CAN and UART
- Experience with MS Office products
- Ability to work with both internal and external (customer) resources
- Able to work in a fast paced environment with quickly changing priorities to ensure superior customer satisfaction
- High-speed digital interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, SATA, etc.
- RF communications such as Bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g/n, Zigbee, GSM, CDMA or similar
Nice To Haves
- Experience with RFID systems using either active or passive tags
- Exposure to medical device design, aerospace design or other regulated industries is an added advantage
- Analog design concepts and design tools such as SPICE and HyperLynx
Responsibilities
- Lead electrical design projects
- Translate product requirements into implementable architectures
- Conduct design analysis on components and/or assemblies ensuring designs meet technical requirements and are cost efficient, manufacturable, and reliable
- Perform detailed electronic design of microcontroller and microprocessor based platforms and related analog/digital circuits such as power supplies, sensors, ADCs and DACs. This will include drawing of circuits using a schematic CAD tool (Cadence OrCAD or Altium) along with simulation as appropriate using tools such as SPICE or HyperLynx.
- Conduct design analysis on electrical circuits ensuring designs will operate reliably across the required range of operating conditions
- Gather technical data and prepare technical documents such as design verification test reports, written rework instructions, PCB placement and routing guidelines and Analysis of Alternatives documents
- Maintain organized history of design artifacts utilizing a version control system and/or like tools
- Complete assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines
- Communicate with other engineers and supervising project managers to coordinate and assure project completion
- Prepare proposal documentation based on customer specifications
- Contribute to electrical design best practices
- Mentor electrical engineersnd finding suitable alternates
- Assist in developing ECOs and route them for needed approvals.
- Support, demonstrate and drive our core values
- Lead, don't follow
- Consistently deliver
- Never stand still
- Create relationships not transactions
- Interact positively and professionally with all employees and customers
- Maintain reliable attendance
- Perform work safely and adhere to all safety requirements
- Complete required training as scheduled
- Perform other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Multiple options for medical and dental coverages
- Paid life insurance and disability coverage
- 401k with match
- 128 hours of time off per year to start
- Paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
