Senior Hardware/Firmware Engineer - Lynntech, Inc.
College Station, TX
About the Job
Lynntech's mission is to solve real problems in defense, aerospace, medical, and energy markets by developing and commercializing innovative world-class technologies and products. To accomplish this mission, we need team members who are passionate about creating the latest in technology solutions, and who are driven to learn and grow.
Lynntech is seeking an experienced electronics engineer with technical leadership and mentoring experience in hardware and firmware development to join our team. This position will commonly be engaged in the following activities as an individual contributor and as a technical mentor and design team lead to junior engineers:
- Developing system schematics to handle power management, signal processing, controls, etc.
- Designing custom printed circuit boards for analog and digital applications
- Testing and verification of custom circuit board designs
- Creating custom firmware implementations on a variety of platforms for implementation into advanced test fixtures, prototype designs, and marketable products
- Producing and maintaining project documentation related to software, firmware, and hardware systems
- Planning and execution of preliminary and critical design reviews, and associated design review documentation
The candidate will need a verifiable background of technology development, design work, systems engineering and leadership with at least 6-8 years (prefer 8-10 years) of relevant experience. Please apply with detailed narrative of your experience in the technical areas sought, including your involvement with teams and your roles in the teams.
Some examples of the skills and techniques applicable to this position are as follows.
- Strong fundamentals in electrical, electronics, and software engineering with the ability to review and provide feedback on peers' designs, as well as develop your own designs
- Experience in developing system and subsystem architectures in the areas of system control, power distribution, and embedded systems based on top-level product requirements and technology constraints
- Ability to mentor a team of junior engineers, and autonomously facilitate design decisions in a collaborative environment
- Basic knowledge of systems engineering and the ability to interface with various teams within the technology-to-product development lifecycle including scientific personnel, CAD, mechanical engineers, instrumentation, control, machining and fabrication, and system assembly and testing
- Experience with electronics engineering design, embedded microcontroller programming, FPGA development, or similar relevant education and experience
- Programming experience in C/C++, VHDL, Microsoft Visual Studio Visual C++, C#, and Visual Basic
- Knowledge and experience in PCB design methods and tools such as Altium Designer
- SPICE modeling applied to analog and digital circuit development
- Knowledge and experience in power supply design, embedded processor solutions, filtering, and data acquisition development (A/D and D/A conversion)
- Knowledge of various communication protocols such as USB, CAN, and TCP/IP
- Experience in troubleshooting of complex embedded systems
- Hardware development (schematics, layout, test) (analog and digital design) (Altium)
- Firmware development (microcontrollers such as the PIC32 or MSP430)
- Software development (Visual Studio for primarily in-house GUI application to run and monitor test stands)
The preferred candidate is anticipated to have the following qualifications.
- Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field with at least 8 years of progressively complex engineering experience (or Masters Degree with at least 7 years experience)
- Strong technical writing, speaking, and presentation skills
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment involving close interaction with other engineers and non-engineering technical staff
- Must be a US Citizen, or Permanent Resident, to meet contract requirements
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online at www.lynntech.com. Feel free to include a cover letter or expanded resume to outline how you fit this position.
Lynntech, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/AA Employer-M/F/Veteran/Disabled.