Lead Hardware Engineer

Please Contact: To discuss this amazing opportunity, reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Ravi Jhamnani at email address ravi.jhamnani@generistek.com can be reached on # 630-576-1914.

We have Permanent role Lead Hardware Engineer for our client at Willowbrook, IL. Please let me know if you or any of your friends would be interested in this position.

Position Details:

Lead Hardware Engineer- Willowbrook, IL

Location : Willowbrook, IL 60527

Duration : Fulltime/Permanent

Pay rate : $140K-$150K

Summary:

The Lead Hardware Engineer position is part of the Clients Platform team. This team is responsible for the creation and maintenance of automotive battery and electrical system test equipment platforms. The Lead Hardware Engineer job responsibilities include all aspects of hardware design and development to ensure performance, reliability, and an overall high-quality product. In this role, the Lead Hardware Engineer will work in and, in some cases, lead design teams. The Platform Engineering team is responsible for all engineering activities on tester, charger, and electric vehicle battery management platforms.

A Day In The Life:

• Electronics hardware design and development that delivers a high-quality, reliable, on-time product that meets our customers’ needs.
• 70-80% - Development work
• New platform development
• New design product technical ownership/leadership
• Mentor and guide Hardware Engineers on the team on a daily basis.
• Lead Hardware Engineering Scrum, including biweekly Sprint Planning and Retrospective.
• Create and maintain product technical documentation – specification, design documents.
• Designing and troubleshooting micro controllers and embedded mixed-signal systems at the component level.
• Perform schematic capture, work with layout resources, and perform board bring-up and development validation on designs.
• Initiate and participate in hardware/platform design reviews.
• Work closely with other departments (mechanical, software, production, etc) to support ongoing design tasks and projects.
• Work closely with the customer and technical teams to understand needs/problems and develop designs and solutions to solve these problems.
• Work with Supply Chain and suppliers in component selection, approval and manufacturing.
• Understands intended business use of the designs and develops solutions to meet business needs.
• Intake tasks, create WBS, estimate effort and perform to those estimations.
• Continually improving hardware engineering process by working on improvement initiatives.
• Be proactive in designs and architectures for future platform development decisions to maximize reuse and cost efficiencies.
• Maintain and use hardware engineering standards.
• Resolve technical questions and issues post-delivery.
• 20-30% - Maintenance, troubleshooting support

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent – Master's preferred
• 7 - 10 years’ experience in product design for commercial and/or industrial devices a plus
• Demonstrated work experience with complex mixed signal, digital and analog design - expertise in design, development, testing and debugging
• Ability to provide technical assessment and leadership to other project team members and departments
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience with UL, CB Scheme, etc. would be a plus

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits; Life & Disability Insurance at no Additional Cost; 401(K) Savings Plan with Company Match; Annual Bonus & Profit-Sharing Opportunities; Generous Vacation & Holiday Schedules; Reimbursement for
• Continuing Education & 50% of Textbook costs; Onsite Wellness Screening & Flu Shots; Subsidized Health Club
• Memberships; Auto Supplier Discounts; Free Charging Stations for Plug-In Hybrids & EVs in Parking Lot; Monthly Employee
• Meeting/Lunch; Friday Breakfasts; Annual Picnic, Holiday and other events.
• State of the art laboratories and rapid modeling tool room to fuel creativity
• 3 weeks paid vacation 5 sick days 1 volunteer day 11 holidays
• 401K match (no vesting) profit sharing
• Tuition assistance to attend college or obtain an advanced degree

To discuss this amazing opportunity, reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Ravi Jhamnani at email address ravi.jhamnani@generistek.com can be reached on # 630-576-1914.