Principal Engineer, Hardware Development
Landis+Gyr
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Alpharetta • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $112,965 - $162,627 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
IoTSwitching
About the role
- Lead design, and development of wireless communication devices
- Contribute to the overall system architecture that utilize communication devices by working with Systems and Solutions architecture teams
- Work with the other architects in the wireless communications platform team, and Global Procurement, on the selection of major components used in RF devices
- Resource allocation responsibilities teams being managed
- Responsible for subordinate teams' on-time delivery & quality adherence
- Contribution to department budgeting
- Direct contribution in the hiring process through technical & team fit interviews
- Direct contribution to the performance appraisal process, feeding into performance improvement plans & employee recognition plans
- Provide leadership in design, development, documentation, bench/compliance testing, etc
- Develop specifications including functional requirements, detailed design, test procedures as part of multidisciplinary team
- Identify technical areas for improvement and make detailed business cases for improvements or new areas of opportunities
- Provide support, troubleshoot, and resolve sustaining issues with high Quality Output
- Provide detailed & accurate estimates for development efforts
- Lead in component and/or solution design, development, documentation, and validation
- Work on agile development teams, collaborating with multiple cross-discipline architecture teams to develop hardware and software components as part of L+G Smart Grid solutions
- Participate in recruitment, development and mentoring of junior engineers
- Lead functional area-specific continuous improvement initiatives
- Lead in innovative technology and solutions development and/or validation
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering or related field
- Master's degree preferred
- At least 10 years of relevant experience required
- Knowledge in modern Communications technologies RF Mesh (Wi-SUN), Cellular (LTE M, NB-IoT), Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Bluetooth/BLE
- Expert level RF and Antenna Design experience
- Knowledge of development processes, tools, and related frameworks
- Deep knowledge with relevant development and/or validation methodologies
- Deep knowledge of AMI and Smart Grid Systems and Solutions
- Experience with analog circuit design, specification development, electronics packaging, and environmental qualification testing
- Experience with low noise analog design, PCB design considerations for grounding, transient protection, noise immunity, and signal conditioning
- Proficient use of lab equipment, o-scopes, logic analyzers, signal generators, DVMs
- Experience with power/AC electronics such as transformers, regulators, switching supplies, filtering
- High voltage design experience highly desirable
- Experience with embedded software is highly desirable
- Experience in product development and manufacturing processes
- Ability to proficiently utilize standard computer applications such as spreadsheets, word processors, basic CAD tools, web browsers, email, and Windows
- Electrical Engineering and metering industry knowledge
- Ability to understand and utilize component datasheets effectively
- Excellent relationship-building skills
- Technical writing abilities
- Ability to recognize potential problems and take proactive measures
- Excellent listening skills and ability to understand information and ideas presented through spoken words including technical data
- Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing
- Must have proficient multitasking, organizational and time management skills
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision coverage
- life insurance
- 401(k)-retirement plan featuring a generous company match incentive
- three weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO)
- eleven paid holidays
- tuition reimbursement program
- optional pet insurance
- supplemental medical coverage
- host of other perks to ensure the health, wellness, and enrichment of our team members
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Hard skills
RF MeshCellular (LTE M, NB-IoT)Wi-FiZigBeeBluetooth/BLERF and Antenna Designanalog circuit designembedded softwarepower/AC electronicshigh voltage design
Soft skills
leadershiprelationship-buildingtechnical writingmultitaskingorganizational skillstime managementproblem recognitionlistening skillscommunication skillsmentoring