This role is to provide embedded software engineering solutions and documentation support within the organization. This position requires creativity, innovation, electronic product design capability, product evaluation, and research. A successful candidate will be competent in the aspects of design and problem-solving from engineering first principles
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
• Interpret internal and external customer requirements to meet desired outputs.
• Conduct technical product evaluations to identify potential modes of failure as defined by existing documentation and report results back to internal and external customers.
• Communicate technical knowledge, specification, and direction to internal and external customers.
• Develop software code for embedded processors and support applications.
• Read, interpret, troubleshoot pneumatic and electrical schematics.
• Develop, troubleshoot, and configure product communication protocols.
• Create and input data utilizing corporate management system software that include software documentation, code releases, and test reports.
• Perform guided research on a variety of topics and provide summarized data results.
• Complete assigned tasks using predefined departmental processes.
• Hands on technical support for both internal and external customers.
• Participate on a team to accomplish given tasks or processes.
• Travel mainly for the purpose of training, customer support, or trade shows. (Less than 10%)
• All other duties as assigned.
• Record daily activities
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT
• Capacity to work indoors in an office, laboratory, and/or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time.
• Capability to lift objects or equipment weighing up to 51 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Physical aptitude to use basic hand tools in a laboratory and/or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to travel and/or attend meetings domestic and internationally outside of normal business hours.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor's degree in a computer science, computer engineering, electrical or technical engineering discipline, or the equivalent in appropriate education and experience as determined by management utilizing internal SMC career development criteria.
• Novice understanding of the product development process.
• Novice understanding to apply project management principles, methodologies, and documentation.
• Novice understanding of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) processes.
• Novice in use of Integrated Development Environments and code repositories.
• Competent in use of common embedded programming languages.
• Novice understanding of schematics.
• Competent understanding of communication protocols.
• Novice in conducting research using corporate resources.
• Competent at efficient use of time to effectively plan and execute multiple duties.
• Competent to utilize basic inspection equipment in a laboratory environment. (Calipers, micrometers, flow meter, voltmeter, Oscilloscope, etc.)
• Novice to utilize advanced inspection equipment in a laboratory environment. (microscopes, CMM, Contour/Roundness Measuring Instruments, etc.)
• Competent ability to communicate utilizing corporate office software.
• Competent ability to take verbal and/or written direction on tasks, training, or departmental / company policies.
• Competent ability to communicate, in English, with internal and external customers tactfully and professionally