Itron Inc. is a leading technology provider to the global energy and water industries. Our company is the world's leading provider of intelligent metering, data collection and utility software solutions, with nearly 8,000 utilities worldwide relying on our technology to optimize the delivery and use of energy and water. Our products include electricity, gas, water and heat meters; data collection and communication systems, including automated meter reading (AMR), smart metering and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI); meter data management and related software applications; as well as project management, installation, and consulting services.

Itron, Inc. has an immediate opening for an Electrical Engineer, at its West Union, SC facility to participate in the design of new products in Itron's line of solid state electricity meters.

The candidate will be responsible for all phases of embedded hardware design including technical analysis of product requirements, recommendation of design alternatives, functional specifications, schematic design, PCB layout, hardware debug, hardware verification testing and release to manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the design of high volume, low cost circuits with the highest standards for quality and reliability.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Trouble shooting and failure analysis of complex electronic circuitry

• Design of switching power supplies for AC to DC conversion.

• Mentoring of junior hardware engineers.

• Design analog signal processing and digital interface circuitry with an emphasis on high accuracy and reliability in a harsh operating environment.

• Op amp circuit design, filter design, communications, digital sampling theory, and digital circuit design utilizing microcontrollers and digital signal processors

• Line frequency magnetic design experience and EMI/RFI conformance engineering is a plus

• The ideal candidate will possess the skills to use software tools for simulation throughout the development process