Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Description:

Brooks Instrument (www.brooksinstrument.com), an industry leader in flow and pressure instrumentation for critical applications, is seeking candidates for a Senior Electrical Engineer position that will be based at the company headquarters in Hatfield, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). The company has manufacturing locations in Pennsylvania, Hungary, Malaysia and Korea, and also maintains sales and service offices throughout the world. Our high-tech products are used in laboratory and process applications in end markets such as: oil & gas, petrochemical, medical devices, waste water, life sciences, and analytical instruments. 

Brooks is a division of ITW (Illinois Tool Works), a fortune 200 company. ITW is one of the world’s leading diversified manufacturers of specialized industrial equipment, consumables, and related service businesses. The company has operations in 56 countries and employs over 50,000 employees. These talented employees, many of whom have specialized engineering or scientific expertise, contribute to ITW’s global leadership in innovation. The company is proud of its broad portfolio of nearly 10,000 active patents, and is focused on fully leveraging its highly differentiated business model to deliver solid growth with consistent best-in-class margins and return on capital.

Basic Function

The Electrical Engineering position is part of the sustaining engineering team responsible for the design, support, and maintenance of electronic hardware and firmware for all released Brooks Instrument products. This role is a cross-functional position where both circuit design and embedded software development skills are required. This individual must be self-directed, highly motivated, and organized with strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills. They must also possess the ability to work on multiple projects and functions simultaneously in a team environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and maintain embedded hardware and firmware systems for flow and pressure control devices.
• Create and maintain design documentation packages.
• Perform analog circuit design and simulation including power supply circuitry (switching and linear), voltage and current I/O circuitry, as well as circuits with discrete semiconductors.
• Design and simulation of digital circuits using microprocessors and associated peripheral devices in embedded systems.
• Use CAD tools for schematic capture and simulation to achieve circuit design goals.
• Support printed circuit board (PCB) layouts, working within 2D and 3D spatial constraints.
• Translate firmware requirements into highly reliable and well-structured C/C++ embedded firmware.
• Follow Brooks’ current and future best practices for hardware and firmware design.
• Perform design work, preliminary testing, and coordination for agency approvals (CE, UL, RoHS).
• Ability to diagnose problems and provide solutions within project constraints. 
• Possess abilities to take on multiple concurrent assignments under minimal supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Strong teamwork skills.
• Ability to follow all safety procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge , Skills and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of embedded electronics, including analog & digital circuit design as well as firmware development required.
• Working knowledge of circuit design and development tools (Altium Designer, OrCAD, SPICE) required.
• Proficiency with use of electronic lab equipment (e.g. power supplies, multi-meters, oscilloscopes, function generators, network analyzers) required.
• Familiarity with the Keil ARM IDE, Subversion, Bugzilla and STM32F processors required.
• Skills in Unit Test testing and Code Coverage analysis methodology required.
• Familiarity with industry standard communication protocols (EtherCAT, RS485, Profibus, Modbus, DeviceNet, Foundation Fieldbus) preferred
• Programming ability using the C and/or C++ language required.  Other programming languages a plus.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Project).

Education and Experience

•  B.S.  Electrical Engineering is required and an M.S. degree is preferred.
• >5+ years of experience with embedded hardware development is required.
• >5+ years of experience developing complex embedded software systems is required.
• Experience with mass flow control systems and/or other control systems highly desirable.
• Experience with System Engineering and modeling is a plus (MatLab/Simulink/Embedded Coder).

Benefits

Our employees enjoy competitive, merit-based salary plus excellent benefits including:

• Health and dental insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• 401K plan with generous company match
• Vacation, personal days and holidays
• Continuing education reimbursement program
• Flexible spending accounts 

The opportunity to join a well established (80 years in business) yet dynamically changing organization that works together as a team to meet the challenges of satisfying customers’ needs and managing rapid growth to better compete in a global marketplace.

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. 

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. 

As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.