Embedded Developer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

You will join the Houston based Engineering team and support R&D and engineering projects.

You will have the opportunity to perform a variety of engineering activities including debugging, designing, and testing of company produced products.

Also, occasionally assist with in-house manufacturing / customer service training and project coordination.


* Design and develop new products.


* Provide technical support of products in current production.


* Design and test of electrical assemblies using ECAD tools and lab test equipment.


* Modify, revise, and prototype existing analog and embedded designs.


* Creation or modification of firmware in existing embedded designs.


* Creation of documentation associated with testing, debugging, and root cause analysis of faulty assemblies.


* Communication with customers, third-party project representatives, and other company departments to meet assigned project requirements and schedule.


* Provide data collection, input and data management for engineering studies, projects and compliance requirements.


* Provide technical analysis, troubleshooting and solutions under the direction of an engineer or supervisor.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:


* Bachelor's degree in Engineering (B.S.) from four-year college or university in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.


* Minimum 3 to 5 years relevant electrical engineering experience.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:


* Embedded systems experience is a must.


* Embedded systems knowledge: Basic HW/SW integration testing, hardware performance tuning, embedded debugger tools.


* Strong Programming skills in C or C derivative languages.


* Basic understanding of IDE toolchain (compiler, linker, assembler and loader).


* Understanding of in-circuit debuggers.


* Understanding of BLDC motor function and how to execute position and speed control (PID control) in firmware


* Experience firmware coding that allows the user to interface a controller with a PC (via USB/other) for the purposes of configuring/reading key variables


* Basic hardware design/layout is required.

Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics.


* Ability to build test jigs (circuit design, proto-board soldering)


* Ability to interface with transducers (aka signal conditioning).


* Familiarity with source version control.


* Ability to produce and present test results in a clean and concise manner.


* Ability to use standard electrical test equipment (Power supplies, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, function generators and impedance analyzers)


* Ability to efficiently use all Microsoft Office products.


* Knowledge of serial communications protocol (CAN bus/J1939, RS232, RS484, SPI, I2C, UART).


* Understanding of manufacturer coding frameworks (e.g.

CMSIS, ASF, etc)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend manuals, work instructions and MSDS sheets common to a ma...