Electrical Engineer III Communications
Carpentersville, IL - USA
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Job Summary
Electrical Engineer III Communications
Join a team where your engineering talent directly supports the people who protect and serve. At OTTO Engineering we design and build innovative communications and powermanagement products used by Public Safety professionals and Military teams around the world. Youll help create rugged reliable and innovative products that professionals depend on every day. If youre excited by meaningful engineering challenges and the chance to build technology that truly matters this role is a great fit.
OTTOs opportunity:
Our Electrical Engineer III will design circuitry for Communications and Power Management Products. Working on concept through production product development as well as participate in the technical resolution of field and production issues. Prior experience in portable (battery powered) electronics analog audio and digital circuitry is desired. Engineer should be able to work independently or as part of a team. Degree of supervision required to perform job duties should not exceed 20%.
Specifically the Electrical Engineer III will:
- Participate in the full product development life-cycle: design bring-up integration of initial HW/SW factory support test & validation and customer support
- Component specification and selection
- Design digital interface logic sensors peripherals microprocessors memory etc.
- Design audio circuits (A/D & D/A converters audio power amps op-amps etc.)
- Design analog circuitry including filters FETs power supplies (linear and switchmode regulators) and battery monitoring & charging
- Evaluate and document product performance to customer specifications
- Ongoing support of existing products (perform updates assist with factory or customer issues)
- Generate schematics using Altium CAD. Provide guidance to a Printed Circuit Board Designer for routing high speed interface impedance matching power routing EMC Compliance etc.
- Generate Engineering Documentation: Schematics BOMs ECNs Test Plans and Specifications
- Hands-on design troubleshooting using oscilloscopes DMMs and other test equipment
- Define and execute performance tests reliability tests EMC testing and field failure analysis
- Define requirements for circuit board level testing as well as of end-of-line functional product testing including selection of test equipment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales Quality Mechanical Firmware and Manufacturing Engineers
- Conduct and participate in design reviews and DFMEAs
- Ensure compliance with industry standards including collaboration with test labs and regulatory agencies
- Help define project timelines and adherence to timelines
- Assists with other related duties as required or assigned
What youll need to bring to the table:
- BSEE
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in concept-through-production product development
- Experience with electronic circuit design of digital and analog/audio circuits with bring-up skills & integration of initial HW/SW
- Experience in microprocessor peripheral interfaces (SDIO I2C SPI RS232 Parallel and Serial/UART JTAG)
- Experience with sensor selection (GPS Accelerometer IMU etc.) and audio (speaker & mic) interface and design
- Strong understanding of Bluetooth USB and connectivity protocols
- Knowledge of battery charging circuits and batteries
- Experience employing mitigation methods and techniques to address circuit noise meet ESD standards and EMC Compliance
- Knowledge of some embedded software is not required but a plus
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and analyze product failures and apply test results to design improvements
- Experience using a Schematic/Layout CAD tool (Experience with Altium is a plus)
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills are essential
- Experience using Microsoft Office Tools (Word Excel PowerPoint)
- Flexible results-oriented problem-solver who is a self-starter and who can work independently and as a member of a team
What OTTO offers for this specific position:
The hiring range listed in this posting is what we in good faith anticipate relying on when confirming a base salary for this position; exceptions may be considered for highly experienced candidates with multiple years of at-level experience.
- Target base salary hiring range: $85000 to $95000 based on qualifications and experience.
- Profit Sharing Bonus - OTTO believes that its fair to share the profits that the employees help to make; profit sharing is distributed to employees twice a year. OTTOs profit sharing plan is paid at the discretion of the company and is not a guaranteed bonus or any part of a compensation plan.
- Vacation: 80 hours - vacation time is earned on the anniversary date.
OTTOs Benefits:
Health:
Medical Insurance-
- HMO Plan
- Standard PPO Plan
- Enhanced PPO Plan
- High Deducible PPO Plan
- FSA LFSA and HSA
Dental Insurance-
- Base Plan
- Buy-Up Plan
Vision Insurance
401(k) with a company match
Life insurance:
- Life/AD&D
- Voluntary Life/AD&D
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
10 paid holidays
Company picnic
Holiday party
AND numerous OTTO celebrations throughout the year!
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