Acroname continually interacts with some of the biggest and best consumer electronics manufacturers in the world. These customers trust Acroname's expertise in manufacturing test system design, bring-up and debug. We're looking to hire a true unicorn of an engineer to help in these efforts. The role is heavily focused on electrical hardware design engineering tasks, but requries a true generalist who is willing and capable of touching all aspects of a product.
The right person may very well be a unicorn since the role requires skills of a hardware electrical engineer, a Acroname's engineering team is expanding and looking for an experienced systems engineer with a GTD attitude. Acroname engineers enable customer success by inventing and enhancing product offerings through solving complex automation problems in production testing, design validation, and control systems.
We're looking to hire a true unicorn of an engineer to help in these efforts. The role is heavily focused on electrical hardware design engineering tasks but requires a generalist who is willing and capable of touching all aspects of a product. The right person may be a unicorn since the role requires the skills of a hardware electrical engineer, a mechanical engineer, a software programmer, a test engineer, a data scientist, and a good humorist. Having one horn is optional. If this begins to describe you, keep reading.
Key skills:
The right candidate for this job will have one of the following:
- expert or senior level skills as an electrical engineer doing hardware design of consumer electronics or electronic test systems
- expert or senior level skills as a mechanical engineer designing plastic and sheet metal cases for consumer electronics or fixtures for test systems
Beyond the above, the candidate should feel comfortable and adept:
- expert or senior-level skills as an electrical engineer doing hardware design of consumer electronics or electronic test systems
- expert or senior-level skills as a mechanical engineer designing plastic and sheet metal cases for consumer electronics or fixtures for test systems
- architecting hardware and software systems for use in manufacturing environments
- good understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals
- mechanical modeling of PCBs, consumer electronics, and test fixtures
- mechanical design of test fixtures and electronic housings
- architecting, bringing up, and debugging electronic hardware
- designed systems with USB and ethernet interfaces
- experience with schematic capture for low to medium-complexity boards (10-2000 placements)
- experience with PCB layout of 2-8 layer boards
- shipped more than one product to end-users
- extremely self-driven, can own a complete design, but also knows when to ask questions
- sense of humor; we only do this because we want to
- desire to make real products, not DIY hackery
- complex thermal designs are fun for you
- extremely comfortable with lab test equipment
- not afraid of soldering down to 0201 and other LQFP packages
- ability to interact with customers more than once
- possesses a freaky talent (persistence) for finding the root cause of failures
- able to travel for business, including international travel (<25%)
What you'll do:
Everything. Well, everything that someone else isn't already doing.
- be a self-driven contributing member of our engineering team
- own consumer and industrial-grade product electrical designs from cradle to grave
- own the mechanical designs of the same products
- drive and participate in the architectural design of new products
- component and alternate selection for new and old designs
- qualify selected components by SPICE simulation, breadboarding, proto-boarding, etc.
- schematic capture
- PCB layout
- liaise with PCB and assembly partners
- liaise with prototype and product plastic and metal fab houses
- coordinate kits and builds with the operations team
- coordinate with internal and external mechanical engineers
- advise and aid in debug of firmware
- design production test strategies for products
- ask questions when things get hard
Key Traits:
- BS or MS in any Engineering discipline
- Other degrees acceptable with relevant work experience
- 8+ years experience in electrical hardware design and manufacturing
- if you just graduated college, this job isn't for you
- seriously, this is not an entry level position
- willingness to jump in and solve any problem
- extremely self-driven but knows when to ask questions
- sense of humor, we only do this because we want to
- must be a US citizen (sorry. we work on US government contracts, so no options here.)
- able to travel for business, including international travel (<10)
Bonus Points:
- customer site support experience
- expert with ARM microcontrollers
- always carries a oscope, logic analyzer and screw driver
- knows enough about programming to be dangerous to yourself and those around you
- able to design biquad filters in your head
- have used MIPI for debugging or other communications
- rides a bike to work because cars were cool in the 80's
What You'll Get:
- moderated glory
- full benefits (and an RTD bus pass)
- Salary $70000 - $98000 (per year)
- potential stock grants
WWWWWH:
Who: Acroname, Inc.
What: awesome hardware designs for awesome products
When: immediate and permanent
Why: because you're awesome, we're awesome and together our products will be awesome
Where: Boulder, CO (Local candidates strongly preferred; relocation not paid)
How: Send your resume to jobs@acroname.com
More About Acroname:
While we take our products and customer needs seriously, we are a small and uniquely Boulder business. All of our coworkers have lives outside of work, and we pride ourselves on not taking things too seriously. We work hard; there are serious crunch times.
As an engineer at Acroname, you'll join a small, quick-moving team building tools based on decades of experience; think of us as a seasoned start-up. Your work will be challenging and dynamic, filling days with engaging challenges. You'll get to work with the team to architect new products, delve into the subtleties of our APIs, espouse the virtues of the new Python idiom you just found, and learn from a great group of colleagues. You get the freedom to move things where you think they should go while not having to start from nothing. And sometimes, you'll just be waiting for Eclipse to restart since it crashed.
Acroname is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, orientations, religions, and individuals with disabilities.