Electrical PCB Engineer(s) levels I and/or II

Our Innovative Company is seeking; Electrical Engineer(s) with Altium Design, Python and/or Ai Programming experience for its Sarasota facility. A candidate that has proven experience with autonomous Drones/sUAS, in both fixed-wing, VTOL, transitional aircraft and both water and/or land vehicles is desired for these position(s).

Since 1999 Rapid Composites (RC) has been an established provider electro-mechanical product engineering and manufacturing services. We specialize in developing products from the ground up and are capable of executing a “start to finish” process entirely under one roof.

RC develops many sophisticated, advanced composites and electro-mechanical products for some of the most prominent defense, aerospace, commercial and automotive companies. Help us expand, a new, highly automated facility in Sarasota Florida.

Join a leading, design to manufacturing company and help create complex low to medium voltage, power electronics. Our company seeks capable, PCB Design Engineers- using Altium to join the team in Sarasota, FL. This job is a rare opportunity to join a thriving organization that is in explosion growth mode. This job comes with career development and the opportunity to work on many… world changing, innovative products.

Ideal candidate(s) should have expertise in the following areas:

• Familiarity with I2C and UART protocols. Must have knowledge of peripheral interfacing with microcontrollers. Knowledge of SBUS is a plus.
• Knowledge of EMI sources and mitigation techniques. Must also have awareness of magnetic fields and how they may affect instrumentation.
• Experience with creating test plans and conducting bench tests with an oscilloscope and multimeter. Familiarity with a spectrum analyzer is a plus.
• Must know how to code in C and C++ to customize off the shelf flight controllers for use with INAV. Programming languages will be needed for future projects requiring peripheral interfacing.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design. Experience with Altium is a plus.
• Due to current semiconductor shortages, experience with sourcing semi’s and ensuring stock availability for production volume is required.
• Familiarity with calculating an RF link budget. Experience with 2.4 and 5.8 GHz long range (3 – 10km) RF links is a plus.
• Familiarity with Linux environment.
• The ability to set up a basic wireless network.

Preferred Knowledge

• Familiarity with quadcopter physics of flight.
• PID tuning.
• PCB fabrication and assembly process.
• Interfacing sensors (Magnetometer, GPS, LiDAR, accelerometer, gyroscope, and SONAR)
• Data analysis and graphical realization.
• Knowledge of flight configurators such as Betaflight or INAV.
• Knowledge of STM32 Microprocessors.

As a PCB Design Engineer (Altium), you will develop the next generation of power products for renewable energy and robotic systems! You will also create and manage CAD libraries.

Desired Skills / Experience:

· Strong experience in multi-layer PCB design using Altium is required.

· Analog Circuitry

· Battery Management

· Canbus Experience

· Ability to create and manage CAD libraries

· Exposure to high-speed and RF PCBs.

· Experience with PCB materials and BOMs would be beneficial but not essential.

· Any exposure to 3D CAD development, PCB verification, would be beneficial but not essential

· Key Responsibilities include but not limited to:

· Provide proactive support and assistance to all customers, either external or internal

· Troubleshoot and resolve assigned technical questions and issues

· Drive resolution of customer concerns and provide feedback and discuss with product teams

· Actively monitor and provide online support through online through various mediums including cases and/or web chat as required

· With the assistance of Altium support’s ticket system, manage and monitor customer issues on a daily basis, while prioritizing and deciding on next actions

· Provide overall escalation management and technical solutions when issues are reported to them, including but not limited to, review of open issues on a daily basis, updating our customers on the status of their escalated tickets, and assisting in the reproduction of issues

· Constantly expanding product knowledge

· Contribute to the scalability of the Customer Success team through documentation and process optimization

· Use daily customer support experience to identify helpful online content for customers

· Creation of topic-based content, video tutorials and knowledge base articles as required

· Qualifications include but not limited to:

· Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering, Electronics engineering or related field

· Knowledge of Electronics Industry is preferred

· Minimum 2 years’ experience in PCB Design space in lieu of the preferred education

· Excellent Verbal and Written communication skills with peers and customers

· Ability to Troubleshoot complex issues

· A solid understanding of electronic design software, verification, and automation

· Must possess excellent group and interpersonal communication and presentation skills in a customer service environment, and the desire to work in a fast-paced environment with passion and enthusiasm for Altium Corporate Goals, Visions, Products, and Solutions

· You're a master multitasker and can juggle multiple tasks simultaneously with outstanding attention to detail

· You have superb client-facing skills and radiate enthusiasm, high energy, poise, and confidence

· You can articulate the value proposition of a technology platform to meet client needs

· You're comfortable collaborating with both technical and business teams

· Previous experience using Altium Designer is a plus

Previous Experience in Technical Support role preferred

· Fluent in English

· Fluency in an additional language is a plus

· Be driven, self-managed, and motivated

Requirements:

· US citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card) as required by US export control laws.

· Bachelor of Science in a relevant field or BSEE

· Clean record; no felonies or nolo contendere allowed (willingness to undergo a back ground check that follows all Federal, State and local laws and guidelines)

· Capable of rapid concept visualization and ability to communicate effectively with our team of designers and engineers.

· Good verbal and written communication are a must with the analytical skills

· needed to determine best course of action, i.e., most economical processes or materials to be used.

· Ability to manage multiple projects and hit compressed deadlines with precision. These projects require a self-managing personality and the skills of an inventor.

Working conditions:

• This job will require very little travel.
• When not traveling, time will be spent in the office. Some remote work is ok.
• Rapid Composites maintains healthy grounds and workplaces that are entirely smoke free.
• Rapid Composites is an equal opportunity employer.

Rapid Composites offers a very competitive compensation package with exceptional growth potential. We look forward to hearing from you. Please apply online and only through Zip Recruiter. All applicants that meet the job posting requirements will be considered for this career opportunity. No phone calls will be accepted.