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Job Description: Electrical Engineer / DIGI-TRONIC S/W architecture
Reports to: SVP of Product Development
Department: RD & E
Classification: Indirect
Location: Livermore, CA
Job Summary:
This position is a Electrical Engineer for the UltraCell Fuel Cell Product lines and Controllers. This Electrical Engineer will be responsible for specifications, board design, documentation, and transfer to manufacturing of his/her designs. This Engineer must be proficient in Electrical Engineering and should understand C variant software, system controls, troubleshooting, design, and follow up documentation. Project management experience is a strong plus. The demonstrated ability to manage and lead a group and electrical/software engineers, and ensure that their work is aligned with customer requirements is a very strong plus. Interacting with other engineers and scientists with specific domain knowledge will be essential.
Essential Functions:
- Develop a large firmware array to control the DIGI-TRONIC fuel cell. Provide the massive scaled control array between fuel cell experts and hardware engineers
- Develop GIT or similar system to align all S/W developers and accelerate the development timeline
- Specify, design, and architecture for the DIGI-TRONIC variations, starting with version 1 (20-9-1-45 single string H2.). Collaborate with HW, SW and fuel cell engineers to ensure that the DIGI-TRONIC architecture can be scaled to fit Advent roadmap needs
- Must be a strong EE with experience in board design in real time control, digital and analog controls, and power management
- Must be capable of creating electrical architecture for various products
- Must be able to understand software and firmware in C for above systems
- Manages Projects
- May Supervise other Engineers and Techs.
- Should be familiar with standard EE design tools (ORCAD, PADs, SPICE, etc.)
- Is an active member in many cross-functional process/product improvement teams. Attends weekly Engineering Group Meeting.
- Writes monthly contract reports.
Qualifications Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
- Data science experience a plus
- Masters Degree a strong plus
- 8-12 years related work experience
- Skilled at structured problem analysis
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Ability to work with cross functional teams
- Broad understanding of manufacturing methods, i.e. board fab, assembly, flex circuits, etc.
- U.S. Citizen
Nice to have:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
- Understands analysis and interpretation of analytical data
- Familiar with various fuel cell design concepts
- Some experience in Electrochemistry and/or Catalytic Chemistry
Personal Attributes:
- Must be self starter
- Must be comfortable working in high pressure environment
- Must be comfortable working in start up environment typically with minimal support staff
Other:
- Some travel required
- Some lifting required
If you share this mentality, please send us a bio at [email protected] with the corresponding code: Electrical Engineer / DIGI-TRONIC S/W architecture
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