Electrical Engineer

Vitesse Systems is looking for an Electrical Engineer to join the team! The Electrical Engineer will assume the role as a technical leader and be given the reigns to develop innovative solutions to challenging problems across a wide variety of industries with applications on earth and outer space.

• 3 Weeks of Paid Time Off
• 10 Paid Company Observed Holidays
• Birthday & Anniversary Incentives
• 401K Employer Match
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Company-paid Short & Long-term Disability
• Continuing Education Reimbursement Program
• Generous Referral Program

The primary responsibility of the Electrical Engineer requires you to take full ownership of a problem and think like a systems engineer as you work closely alongside mechanical, software, embedded, and controls engineers.

• Full life cycle development of hardware and electronics starting from initial system architecting and concepts all the way through design, analysis, prototype, testing, qualification, and deployment
• Perform and document analyses on projects, including hand calcs, circuit simulations, and CAD.
• Design circuitry, PCBs, embedded, and high-level electrical system architectures
• Write embedded code (microcontrollers, drivers, communication systems, PLCs)
• Collaborate with stakeholders across disciplines to satisfy electrical requirements for mechanical hardware and control systems
• Troubleshooting and diagnosis of electrical system problems including EMI / EMC issues with the ability to provide data driven solutions to make the system more robust
• Lead design reviews internally and externally with customers
• Communicate frequently and effectively with team members
• Be responsible for deadlines, technically excellent, and accountable for your work
• Constantly strive to improve your own technical skills, company processes, and be willing to both teach and learn from your peers
• Travel when required to support hardware assembly, testing, and integration
• Other duties as assigned.

• B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field
• Level I:
  • 1+ years of professional experience in electrical design and analysis
  • 1+ years of experience with CAD and circuit simulation software packages
  • 1+ years of hands‑on experience in the design and development of electronics, electromechanical systems, or PCBs (internship and project team experience is applicable)
• Level II:
  • 5+ years of professional experience in electrical design and analysis
  • 3+ years of experience with CAD and circuit simulation software packages
  • 3+ years of hands‑on experience in the design and development of electronics, electromechanical systems, or PCBs (internship and project team experience is applicable)
• Level III:
  • 7+ years of professional experience in electrical design and analysis
  • 5+ years of experience with CAD and circuit simulation software packages
  • 5+ years of hands‑on experience in the design and development of electronics, electromechanical systems, or PCBs (internship and project team experience is applicable)
• PCB / PCBA design experience, preferably using Altium
• C/C++, VHDL, or Verilog experience coding an embedded system
• Experience modeling electro‑mechanical systems, preferably for motor control or robotic actuator control applications
• Demonstrated ability to use data and analysis to inform data driven decisions
• Excellent communication skills and ability to succinctly present recommendations to stakeholders, peers, management, and executive staff
• Experience at a lean engineering organization or a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints
• Demonstrated ability to perform on a highly technical and cross disciplinary hardware development team
• Demonstrated ability to understand and apply electrical design principles relevant to power systems, embedded systems, and general electrical system architecture
• Demonstrated ability to create, maintain, and improve processes involved in the practice of engineering and product development
• Demonstrated ability to run design reviews, generate requirements, create product specifications…