Electrical Engineer

Job Summary

The Electrical Engineer II supports the design, development, modification, and analysis of embedded firmware and software for electronic systems and subsystems. Responsibilities may include working with microcontrollers, processors, device drivers, board support packages, communication interfaces, and real-time embedded applications. This role also involves troubleshooting and diagnosing malfunctions in existing products or systems and implementing necessary modifications. The Electrical Engineer II compiles and evaluates design and test data, analyzes technical requirements, and develops and recommends appropriate technical solutions and approaches.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, analyze, document, and support testing of firmware, embedded software, products, systems, or subsystems.
• Develop and maintain low-level firmware using industry-standard programming languages, tools, and methodologies.
• Support hardware/software integration, bring-up, and debug of prototype and production hardware.
• Use industry-standard development and analysis tools such as AMD Xilinx Vivado, Vitis, ModelSim/Questa, Integrated Logic Analyzer - ILA, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, and version control systems in the performance of assignments.
• Support the full FPGA development lifecycle including requirements analysis, architecture definition, RTL development, simulation, synthesis, implementation, timing closure, integration, and lab debug.
• Review customer specifications and requirements and, under direction, develop firmware and FPGA designs to best support technical, schedule, reliability, and cost objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
• Experience with VHDL, Verilog or System Verilog
• Familiarity with microcontrollers, embedded processors and hardware/software interfaces
• Experience with common communication interfaces and protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB or Ethernet 
• Familiarity with industry-standard embedded development tools, debug methods and software development methodologies
• Experience troubleshooting embedded and FPGA-based systems using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers
• Experience with version control tools such as Git or similar systems 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite