Firmware and Electronics Hardware Engineer with Kohler Energy

Location: Hybrid: N7650 Lakeshore Drive Sheboygan WI 53083 with relocation options available.

This is more than a job posting for Kohler Energy, one of the oldest and largest privately held companies in North America. This is an invitation to collaborate and apply your craft in a creative conscious and characterful culture. For the last 100 years, our engines, generators and UPS products have powered homes, hospitals, lawn mowers, stadiums, and everything in-between

BASIC FUNCTION:

The Firmware and Electronics Hardware Engineer is responsible for:

developing embedded software and electronic circuits for generator controller development

participating in software and electronics hardware design peer reviews

maintaining software requirements in the configuration management tool

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Estimate software and electronics hardware tasks for scheduling purposes
• Design and develop embedded controller software in C and C
• Develop unit tests and software verification test plans
• Participate in software platform design, development and architecture discussions
• Build management using version control and ticket tracking
• Develop, test and document analog, digital, RF and mixed signal electronic circuit designs - this includes the use of modeling and simulation techniques using PSpice and vendor-supplied simulation tools.
• Integrate previous circuit designs with new designs in new controller projects
• Use and develop electronic design best practices including risk assessment, design for environment and design for manufacture
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing prototypes, documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Participate in embedded software design peer reviews
• Work in a cross-functional team environment to develop low-level microcontroller and microprocessor software (board support)
• Use standard laboratory tools including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, debuggers, DMMs to analyze, debug and document proper operation of electronic circuits and software

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering from ABET accredited program.
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering and 4 years of related work experience; or
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, M.S.in Electrical Engineering and 2 years of related work experience

EXPERIENCE:

• Knowledge of any of the following a plus: Matlab, PSPICE, Simulink, Orcad, Verilog, VHDL, C, C , Python, Assembly Language
• Experience developing requirements-based embedded software in a structured work environment
• Experience developing requirements-based embedded software in a structured work environment
• Experience developing electronic circuits for microcontroller and microprocessor based controls

Traits of the ideal Firmware and Electronics Hardware Engineer candidate :

• Excellent abstract reasoning and problem solving skills, with capability of documenting problem solving process and data used to make decisions
• Experience developing C or C software for embedded systems with real time operating systems
• A working knowledge of microcontroller, microprocessor, memory, ADC and communications hardware technologies