Sr. Electronics Engineer

MKS Instruments•Andover, MA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an Sr. Electronic Engineer at the Flow Solutions Business Unit, you will design, develop, troubleshoot and debug hardware and firmware for high accuracy flow and pressure measurement systems. You will support the development of new hardware subsystems, from specification to architecture, simulation, detailed design, component selection, layout, reliability prediction and test.

Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering.
5+ years of exp and knowledge of electrical/electronic hardware design and ability to debug/test prototypes.
Experience with the integration of hardware designs with both mechanical elements and embedded firmware, and knowledge of industrial network communications interfaces and protocols is a plus.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Proficiency with lab debug tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, boundary-scan/JTAG).

Nice To Haves

Experience using EDA/PCB tools such as Mentor Graphic DxDesigner
Experience with EtherCAT, Modbus/TCP, and associated industrial communication protocols
Experience with EMI/EMC regulatory testing with respect to design.

Responsibilities

Designing, debugging and board bring-up of analog and digital real-time embedded electronics for microcontroller-based control and communication hardware platforms using a combination of simulation, analysis, prototyping and testing.
Design of analog and digital electronic circuits including low noise analog circuits, A/D and D/A converters, microcontroller, communications interfaces, low power linear and switched-mode power supplies.
Select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability. May also review vendor capability to support product development.
Evaluate the design to meet requirements factoring in performance, cost, reliability and manufacturability.
Participate in project activities, including DFMEA, design reviews, and creation of technical specifications.
Act as a technical interface to the manufacturing team for new product release.
Support legacy products are required.