Senior Firmware Engineer

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Senior Firmware Engineer - Des Moines, IA Area

This role is Remote Hybrid - must live with a 3 hour commute and willing to travel to the lab as needed.  

This is a long term contract with potential to become a permanent employee. 

• Design and implement automotive interfacing electromechanical systems with embedded processors, analog and digital sensors and controls, including PCB design and layout.
• Design communication buses with I2C, USB and UART, embedded and ARM processors.
• Design communication platforms for cell, Bluetooth, WiFi, IoT and embedded systems functions.
• Collaborate with Engineering and non-engineering team members to establish design requirements in an agile environment.
• Use creativity and engineering principles to design custom components and integrate with off-the-shelf components.
• Estimating and tracking program/project budgets.
• Performs patent reviews/evaluations and contributes to the patent portfolio.
• Collaborate with the test lab team to create test plans and establish ongoing and validation test protocols.
• Design custom test and automation fixtures.
• Develop and track product configuration analysis.
• Identify and implement replacement solutions for end of life components.
• Collaborate with suppliers to achieve desired functionality from purchased components
• Prepare technical presentations, reports and other design documentation.
• Utilize engineering experience, technical investigation skills, and experimental testing to determine the root cause of device failures.
• Present findings and provide recommendations on project and product direction to business leaders.
• All other duties as assigned.

• BS electrical or computer engineering, or similar 4-yr technical degree.
• Minimum of 4 years electrical product design experience.
• Experience with electronics hardware development and working knowledge of interfacing mechanical hardware
• Experience with digital and analog hardware such as fuel cells.
• Knowledge of ODB-II, CAN, USB, UART, I2C, Bluetooth, WiFi and IoT platforms. Ethernet experience a plus.
• Proficiency with PCB layout CAD, schematics, gerbers and other tools.
• Experience with PLM software; Arena is a plus.
• Experience with production environments and able to collaborate with productions staff to develop manufacturing solutions
• Experience with project management and the product development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of basic automotive control systems and IoT enabled devices.
• Experience with automotive systems, breath sampling technology, user experience design and handheld technologies is desirable.
• Travel to suppliers or customer sites, about 5-10% possible.

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