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About the role
- Embedded Hardware Engineer at SparkFun designing circuit boards and firmware for innovative electronic products. Collaborating within the engineering team to develop and support new product ideas.
Responsibilities
- Research - Validate new ideas, technologies, and concepts
- Design Schematic, PCB parts, libraries, and PCB layout to implement product ideas
- Develop software/firmware as needed to support new product implementation
- Design for DFx
- Write product documentation, including tutorials and assembly guides, as well as example projects.
- Collaborate with Sourcing to locate, source, and validate product components and materials
- Collaborate with QC and Operations for test and production
- Provide both internal and external support as needed for developed products
- Work as a key member of a cross-functional product development team, collaborating with members of the marketing, operations, and sales teams
- Work closely with the open source hardware and software communities, collaborating with larger products, as well as supporting SparkFun created solutions.
Requirements
- Experience with hardware and embedded electronics engineering and development processes.
- Experience with PCB schematic capture, PCB layout, design, and troubleshooting
- Experience with embedded software environments, including Arduino and C/C++. Micro Python/Python experience a plus
- Experience with engineering tools and technologies – e.g. multi-meters, oscilloscopes and related digital tools
- Familiarity with DIY projects that involve electronics, microcontrollers and programming.
- Proven ability to develop products quickly and independently
- 4+ years’ experience
- Excellent communication skills
- **Preferred Qualifications (not required)**
- Complex PCB Designs involving BGAs, 4+ layer counts
- Experience with network development and internet-of-things network patterns and protocols
- Experience with rapid prototyping and accelerated product development
- Demonstrate proper community interaction and communication on github or other community
- Experience building projects with an Arduino and other tool-chains such as Keil, MPLAB, Atmel studio, ARM GCC, etc…
- Experience with version control software and methodologies (git, github.com)
Benefits
- Competitive salary (salary range for this position is $75,000-$90,000 per year)
- Medical/dental/vision plan
- Matching 401(k)
- Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
- A casual dress code for you
- Dogs - yes, we bring dogs to work
- Full gym with climbing wall. If that’s not your style we offer a monthly gym stipend
- We have a great employee discount and opportunities to create and share content with the SparkFun community
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid time to volunteer
- EcoPass (public transportation pass)
- Summer BBQs, work parties, and more!
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