Lead Electrical Engineer

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Job Summary

In this role, you will work as an Electrical Engineer in the Veolia WTS Analytical Instrument Technology team designing electronics systems and modules for development projects launching new analytical instrumentation. 

Key Characteristics: 

• Excellent interpersonal skills with emphasis on engagement, teamwork, and positive attitude 
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, identify problems, formulate solutions, and determine priorities with minimum oversight
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail, time management, and multi-tasking skills
• Meticulous with a keen eye for detail, ensuring high-quality deliverables 
• Enjoys working in a team environment and collaborating with others to develop solutions to technical challenges 
• Enjoys technical challenges and breaking down problems into more manageable parts, evaluating options, and making well-reasoned judgements
• Creative problem solver and critical thinker who enjoys technical challenges
• Highly organized with an utmost attention to detail while supporting multiple projects 

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Work with cross functional teams on new instrumentation designs to meet defined functional and performance specifications
• Responsible for system and detailed circuit development, modeling, and simulation for PBCA products
• Lead design activities by developing schedules and milestones, facilitating design reviews and knowledge transfer activities, selecting options for prototyping efforts, coordinating activities and updates from other electrical engineers on the project team, and identifying risk mitigation options to achieve project goals
• Design digital and analog hardware utilizing FPGAs, microprocessors, ADCs/DACs, power supplies, and control circuitry to meet functional and performance specifications following best practices
• Create and execute test plans to qualify components and board designs, verify performance, and document results
• Translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications as well as Theory of Operation documents
• Release designs to production using Engineering Change Orders and a Configuration Management release process
• Actively participate in the development of electrical standards for product development and improvement
• Mentor more junior team members by providing technical guidance and subject matter expertise

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: 

Required Skills:

• Solid technical background with understanding of digital, analog, and FPGA electronic circuit design, electronic systems, as well as related software
• Experience using engineering CAD tools for circuit board design and schematic capture (Altium Preferred)
• Strong problem-solving skills with a hands-on approach to troubleshooting while working in a lab environment during board bring-up, characterization, and system level hardware integration using test equipment such as a DMM, oscilloscope, pulse generator, current probe, spectrum analyzer, etc
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to effectively work within a larger cross functional team
• Ability to manage actions for medium to large projects to completion while sharing technical knowledge with the group 
• Quick learner able to understand complex schematics and system architectures
• Ability to collaborate with cross departmental teams
• Ability to translate user needs into tangible product and functional requirements
• Ability to develop new designs to satisfy user and functional requirements
• Ability to understand applications of Analytical Instruments within our chosen vertical markets and importance to meeting product goals
• Architectural experience to help generate robust system-level designs in concert with technical experts from other disciplines

Preferred Skills:

• Experience integrating embedded system processors, low-level firmware, and FPGAs 
• Familiar with circuit simulation and modeling tools such as PSPICE and MATLAB
• Agile, rapid prototyping mindset when working with other team members to expediently explore parallel options and provide recommendations for the best approach

Education & Experience

Preferred:

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 10+ years of experience in analog design as well as product design, development, and test of electronic assemblies and instruments

At Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger
communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder
and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Because our people are our greatest assets, we
also offer competitive compensation and benefits that include:

• Compensation - The salary range is tied to the market for similarly benchmarked roles.  The range is not an absolute, but a guide, and offers will be based on the individual candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions, as well as internal peer equity.  Depending upon all the preceding considerations for the final selected individual candidate, the offer may be lower or higher than the stated range: $110,000 - $140,000 USD
• 10% Annual Incentive Plan Bonus 
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Starting Day 1!
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan - 3% default contribution plus matching!
• Flexible Spending & Health Saving Accounts
• AD&D Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

This position is expected to stay open until September 20, 2025. Please submit your application by this date, to ensure consideration.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date
of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject
to applicable law.

****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer
will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this
opportunity****

VWTS does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates.  Any unsolicited resumes and candidate profiles will be deemed the property of VWTS, and no fee will be due.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.