Senior Electrical Engineer

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Senior Electrical Engineer

At the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC), it is our engineers and technicians who drive the breakthroughs that define our success. The members of our technical staff collaborates closely with leadership and multidisciplinary teams to design, build, and deploy sophisticated robotic solutions that address complex challenges in industrial, commercial and government sectors. Each project benefits from their expertise, creativity, and hands-on problem-solving, fueling progress and innovation across the organization.

As part of our dedicated team, you will work alongside world-class robotics professionals committed to pushing the boundaries of technology and redefining ideas into solutions for real-world applications. We foster a culture of professionalism, respect, and collaboration, offering a flexible and encouraging environment where you can sharpen your skills, lead impactful projects, and take control of your career development.

We are seeking a dynamic Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical design efforts in robot design, fabrication, assembly, and testing with a solid application of electrical engineering principles and practice. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced and innovative setting. In this role, you will be instrumental in advancing robotics design across multiple industries, ensuring our team delivers exceptional and ground- breaking results.

• Designing, developing, and analyzing complex/larger electrical/electronic robotic subsystems/components
• Performing light fabrication of prototype parts for robots
• Supporting junior engineers
• Assembling and testing electrical/electronic assembly
• Documenting analysis, crafting, and testing results
• Developing and making presentations to sponsors and other interested parties
• Performing other R&D tasks, such as researching new electrical components
• Administrative functions including purchasing materials and handling vendor relations
• Other duties as assigned, based upon the needs of the department
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and more than 6 years’ experience OR MS in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years’ experience
• Proficiency with systems engineering and project management with significant focus on systems level design and integration
• Strong understanding of motion control, brushed and brushless motors, and design of motion controllers
• Circuit design and multi-layer PCB layout experience using Altium Designer is required
• Experience with embedded system design implementing microcontrollers and FPGAs: strong experience programming in C/C++ for embedded systems; experience programming FPGAs (Verilog or VHDL)
• Extensive analog circuit and low-voltage system design experience
• Sensor interface design; experience with interfaces such as SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, and standard computer buses is a must
• Understanding of the design and debugging of safety-critical electrical systems and experience with electrical system fault detection, prevention, and mitigation
• An eagerness to work in a fast paced, rapid design, prototype, and build environment

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Job ID: 2024974

Why NREC?

Join our talented team at NREC where you will have a direct impact on operations and meaningful projects as you collaborate with experts and build your career helping solve industrial and government challenges and deploying technology to real world operations.

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran. Careers > Senior Electrical Engineer

At the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC), it is our engineers and technicians who drive the breakthroughs that define our success. The members of our technical staff collaborates closely with leadership and multidisciplinary teams to design, build, and deploy sophisticated robotic solutions that address complex challenges in industrial, commercial and government sectors. Each project benefits from their expertise, creativity, and hands-on problem-solving, fueling progress and innovation across the organization.

As part of our dedicated team, you will work alongside world-class robotics professionals committed to pushing the boundaries of technology and redefining ideas into solutions for real-world applications. We foster a culture of professionalism, respect, and collaboration, offering a flexible and encouraging environment where you can sharpen your skills, lead impactful projects, and take control of your career development.

We are seeking a dynamic Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical design efforts in robot design, fabrication, assembly, and testing with a solid application of electrical engineering principles and practice. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced and innovative setting. In this role, you will be instrumental in advancing robotics design across multiple industries, ensuring our team delivers exceptional and ground- breaking results.

• Designing, developing, and analyzing complex/larger electrical/electronic robotic subsystems/components
• Performing light fabrication of prototype parts for robots
• Supporting junior engineers
• Assembling and testing electrical/electronic assembly
• Documenting analysis, crafting, and testing results
• Developing and making presentations to sponsors and other interested parties
• Performing other R&D tasks, such as researching new electrical components
• Administrative functions including purchasing materials and handling vendor relations
• Other duties as assigned, based upon the needs of the department
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and more than 6 years’ experience OR MS in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years’ experience
• Proficiency with systems engineering and project management with significant focus on systems level design and integration
• Strong understanding of motion control, brushed and brushless motors, and design of motion controllers
• Circuit design and multi-layer PCB layout experience using Altium Designer is required
• Experience with embedded system design implementing microcontrollers and FPGAs: strong experience programming in C/C++ for embedded systems; experience programming FPGAs (Verilog or VHDL)
• Extensive analog circuit and low-voltage system design experience
• Sensor interface design; experience with interfaces such as SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, and standard computer buses is a must
• Understanding of the design and debugging of safety-critical electrical systems and experience with electrical system fault detection, prevention, and mitigation
• An eagerness to work in a fast paced, rapid design, prototype, and build environment

Job ID: 2024974

Join our talented team at NREC where you will have a direct impact on operations and meaningful projects as you collaborate with experts and build your career helping solve industrial and government challenges and deploying technology to real world operations.

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran. National Robotics Engineering Center

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