Senior or Principal Electronic Design Engineer

Kforce's client, a growing and established Engineering Technology company in the Northwest Phoenix, AZ area, is seeking Senior or Principal Electronic Design Engineer. The Senior Electronic Design Engineer works within the R&D department and is responsible for architecture/design, development, deployment, and maintenance of electrical and electronic hardware within products. These products include internet-connected components as well as systems which consist of multiple mechanical/ electrical/firmware and software components which must work together seamlessly. This company offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, aggressive annual bonus, 401K matching, etc. This position is hybrid/remote.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, develop, debug, deploy, and maintain electrical and electronic hardware for new and existing company products
• Collaborate with multiple disciplines, including engineering, manufacturing, finance, and product management to design and develop high quality, highly reliable, easily maintainable hardware/systems with an emphasis on simplicity and time-to-market
• Develop thorough design documentation
• Develop and execute test procedures
• Provide support for internal and external customers* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering or similar field is required
• At least 10-12+years of experience in analog/digital circuit design and analysis
• Knowledge of electrical, electronic, electromagnetic engineering design principles and the physics behind them
• Experience with Analog and electromagnetics is important
• Technical Lead experience is preferred
• Knowledge of low-power real-time embedded system design (Cortex, PIC a plus)
• Knowledge of digital communication hardware and protocols such as (UART, SPI, I2C, IrDA, USB, WiFi, RFID, TCP/IP)
• Design for Manufacturability and Assembly experience; Proven track record of taking designs through manufacturing
• Experience with mid volume (10K to 100K EAU) user friendly products from concept through product launch
• Strong design and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to prepare and verify detailed calculations, specifications, and analysis
• Experience developing electrical hardware in a cross-functional team
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks and activities
• Ability to successfully complete projects/sub-projects within agreed upon deadlines

Nice to have:

• Experience using Altium; Flex-PCB design experience
• Encryption hardware experience
• Exprerience with Wi-Fi or IIoT/IoT products
• Knowledge of rechargeable battery technologies and power supply design
• RF circuit design and FCC/IC experience
• Ability to recommend and justify the purchase of tools and equipment
• Machine Learning experience
• Organize and participate in design reviews
• Knowledge of software development models and project management techniques
• Experience in Waterfall and/or Agile NPD processes