Senior Electrical Engineer (Embedded Control)

High-Tech Professionals - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Senior

San Jose, CA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Senior Electrical Engineer (Embedded Control) is responsible for developing embedded system controls for precision motion control sub-systems and other embedded control systems for Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM). This role requires close collaboration with various engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of control sub-systems with the SEM mechanical system, including firmware implementation and the development of control algorithms for advanced motion controls and other functionalities.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded system control for precision motion control sub-systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams for integration of control sub-systems with SEM mechanical systems.
• Implement firmware for control sub-systems.
• Develop control algorithms based on system requirements, including motion controls and vibration isolation.

Requirements

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in embedded system development.
• Solid skills in system control firmware development for industrial control sub-systems.
• Independent working ability with strong initiative and self-motivation.
• Team-working attitude.
• Solid skills in motion/motor control system development based on embedded bare-metal/RTOS.
• Experience in communication development (Ethernet/UART/SPI/USB/CAN/EtherCAT).
• Experience in embedded system development on ARM or SoC with C/C++ programming.
• Familiarity with VHDL/Verilog on FPGA and knowledge of board-level circuits design and debug.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with application & driver development on Linux.
• GUI development with C#.