Senior Electrical Engineer

As a Sr. Electronics Engineer at Nielsen-Kellerman Co. ("NK"), you are a multi-skilled engineer capable of working on many aspects of our portfolio of cloud-connected sports, weather and environmental instruments. From primary development of low-power circuits with integrated sensors and wireless technologies, to collaborating with product designers and software engineers to drive full-stack “internet of things” solutions, the Sr. Electrical Engineer will be a critical member of cross-functional teams designing our Kestrel and NK branded rugged products for reliability, accuracy and ease-of-use.

Our products are counted on to save lives, go faster and shoot further. We are committed to US Lean manufacturing and US ingenuity. As a successful 45-year-old small company, we emphasize a casual work environment and job security with excellent benefits. This is at-will employment.

• Be an integral part of a “concept-to-customer” design team launching new low-power electronic products every year and sustaining and improving existing designs
• Independently apply extensive and diversified knowledge of electrical engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments
• Use advanced techniques in the application of theories and practices of electrical engineering disciplines to complete assignments
• Evaluate technologies for suitability to current and future product development goals
• Work on major projects and/or several projects of moderate scope with complex features
• Design electronic circuitry using embedded MCU hardware, digital and analog sensors, USB, CAN, I2C and SPI communications protocols.
• Work within limitations of low-power, battery-operated devices
• Design hardware containing BLE, GPS, Wifi and Cell modules for RF coexistence
• Debug circuit designs to the board level
• Design for EMC compliance and other international compliance standards such as for intrinsic safety
• Carefully follow operational and documentation standards

• Ability to work quickly yet carefully and within established standards and practices
• Initiative to work independently combined with the judgement to ask appropriate questions
• Self-organization to manage assignments to meet deadlines
• Personal interest in being part of a smaller, entrepreneurial team designing products for cost-effective US manufacturing
• Empathetic to user experience and interested in making products that are enjoyable to use as well as effective and reliable
• Analytical and good at solving complex problems
• Strong learning bent with desire and ability to obtain and retain new information
• Open to feedback

• Required:
• 4-year BS degree in Electrical Engineering or other relevant engineering specialty or equivalent training, certifications or experience
• 7+ years of experience in design and development of electronic products including circuit design and board layout
• Experience in evaluating technologies for applicability and suitability
• Experience with low-power wireless data transfer (BT, BTLE, Zigbee, ANT+, 6
  
  LoPAN)
• Demonstrated knowledge of proper RF hardware design required to use modular BLE, GPS, Wifi, Cell and similar radio technologies
• Experience choosing components/designing hardware for low power battery operated devices
• Strong knowledge of engineering principles and methods to perform professional engineering functions
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Expert in Altium Designer Schematic and PCB layout tools
• Experience working with embedded ARM microprocessor devices – including reference designs and development kits
• Understanding of common hardware/software components required to transfer data from iOT devices to cloud infrastructure
• Knowledge of agile…