Senior Electrical Engineer

Nielsen-Kellerman Co • Boothwyn, PA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Sr. Electrical Engineer at Nielsen-Kellerman Co. (“NK”), you are expected to be a multi-skilled engineer who is capable of working on many aspects of our portfolio of cloud-connected sports, weather and environmental instruments. From primary development of low-power circuits with integrated sensors and wireless technologies, to collaborating with product designers and software engineers to drive full-stack “internet of things” solutions, the Sr. Electrical Engineer will be a critical member of cross-functional teams designing our Kestrel and NK branded rugged products for reliability, accuracy and ease-of-use. Our products are counted on to save lives, go faster and shoot further. We are committed to US Lean manufacturing and US ingenuity. As a successful 45-year-old small company, we emphasize offer a casual work environment and job security with excellent benefits. This is at-will employment.

Requirements

• 4-year BS degree in Electrical Engineering or other relevant engineering specialty or equivalent training, certifications or experience
• 7+ years of experience in design and development of electronic products including circuit design and board layout
• Experience in evaluating technologies for applicability and suitability
• Experience with low-power wireless data transfer (BT, BTLE, Zigbee, ANT+, 6LoPAN)
• Demonstrated knowledge of proper RF hardware design required to use modular BLE, GPS, Wifi, Cell and similar radio technologies
• Experience choosing components/designing hardware for low power battery operated devices
• Strong knowledge of engineering principles and methods to perform professional engineering functions
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Expert in Altium Designer Schematic and PCB layout tools

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with embedded ARM microprocessor devices – including reference designs and development kits
• Understanding of common hardware/software components required to transfer data from iOT devices to cloud infrastructure
• Knowledge of agile approaches to product development
• Master’s degree or other advanced certifications

Responsibilities

• Be an integral part of a “concept-to-customer” design team launching new low-power electronic products every year and sustaining and improving existing designs
• Independently apply extensive and diversified knowledge of electrical engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments
• Use advanced techniques in the application of theories and practices of electrical engineering disciplines to complete assignments
• Evaluate technologies for suitability to current and future product development goals
• Work on major projects and/or several projects of moderate scope with complex features
• Design electronic circuitry using embedded MCU hardware, digital and analog sensors, USB, CAN, I2C and SPI communications protocols.
• Work within limitations of low-power, battery-operated devices
• Design hardware containing BLE, GPS, Wifi and Cell modules for RF coexistence
• Debug circuit designs to the board level
• Design for EMC compliance and other international compliance standards such as for intrinsic safety
• Carefully follow operational and documentation standards

Benefits

• Employee benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance.
• Voluntary benefits include family medical, life insurance, critical care insurance, FSA dependent care and pet insurance.
• HSA with employer contribution
• 401k with employer match up to 5% at time of eligibility after 90 days of employment
• 9 paid holidays, one floating holiday and flexible PTO
• Paid Maternity/Paternity leave
• Benefits commence on the first of the month following 60 days of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees