What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Electrical/Computer Engineer position at Vanguard Protex Global?
Job Description
Full job description
Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for team members who are collaborative, accountable, agile and driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and for our customers. Join our team!
Tampa Bay Business Journal's "The List" has Vanguard Protex Global ranked as #12 out of 25 Tampa Bay companies for 2022, noting 7 patents awarded.
Job Summary:
Senior Electrical Engineer has overall responsibility for the electronic design of products, including firmware and software that may be applicable to the product. The Sr EE will apply knowledge of electronic circuits, microcontroller-based signal processing, databases, and communication protocols such as those used across the internet, to design small low and micro-power systems for retail security. This position will have end-to-end responsibility for user applications that rely on cloud-based back-ends. As such, knowledge of web front-end and middleware languages will be used. He or she will design for moderate volume, high mix production using accepted quality processes to achieve extremely low cost with high yield. This position is full time, in office, in Oldsmar, Florida.
Duties And Responsibilities
The following are duties and responsibilities for the position. Other duties or functions may be performed as assigned.
Travel may be required to customer installations, test sites, suppliers, or other locations to support design efforts. Estimated travel 5%
Vanguard Protex Global is a drug-free workplace.
Company Description
We offer customers an outstanding product at a fair price, deliver it on time and offer the best customer service in our industry.
Chris Kelsch (Founder)
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Quality
At VPG we invest significant resources and capital in design, customer market testing, engineering and product development. We employ a customer-focused solution development process to identify opportunities and evaluate their value proposition and economic viability.
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Innovation
Innovation is one of the key driving forces at VPG; all our products are built from the inside out by people who live and breathe innovation. Our responsiveness to changing customer needs and new technology have helped establish a process of continuous improvement in product design and innovation.
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Commitment
We have a strong reputation for our commitment to new product development and our personal customer relationships. We work closely with customers to design custom solutions consistent with the customer’s merchandising strategy as well as any help that may arise on the way. We are your business partner, and your ally.
We offer customers an outstanding product at a fair price, deliver it on time and offer the best customer service in our industry. Chris Kelsch (Founder) service_big2 Quality At VPG we invest significant resources and capital in design, customer market testing, engineering and product development. We employ a customer-focused solution development process to identify opportunities and evaluate their value proposition and economic viability. service_big2 Innovation Innovation is one of the key driving forces at VPG; all our products are built from the inside out by people who live and breathe innovation. Our responsiveness to changing customer needs and new technology have helped establish a process of continuous improvement in product design and innovation. service_big2 Commitment We have a strong reputation for our commitment to new product development and our personal customer relationships. We work closely with customers to design custom solutions consistent with the customer’s merchandising strategy as well as any help that may arise on the way. We are your business partner, and your ally.
Full job description
Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for team members who are collaborative, accountable, agile and driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and for our customers. Join our team!
Tampa Bay Business Journal's "The List" has Vanguard Protex Global ranked as #12 out of 25 Tampa Bay companies for 2022, noting 7 patents awarded.
Job Summary:
Senior Electrical Engineer has overall responsibility for the electronic design of products, including firmware and software that may be applicable to the product. The Sr EE will apply knowledge of electronic circuits, microcontroller-based signal processing, databases, and communication protocols such as those used across the internet, to design small low and micro-power systems for retail security. This position will have end-to-end responsibility for user applications that rely on cloud-based back-ends. As such, knowledge of web front-end and middleware languages will be used. He or she will design for moderate volume, high mix production using accepted quality processes to achieve extremely low cost with high yield. This position is full time, in office, in Oldsmar, Florida.
Duties And Responsibilities
The following are duties and responsibilities for the position. Other duties or functions may be performed as assigned.
- Ownership of design from concept through production, driving successful product launch with aggressive timetables
- Development of product and/or system architecture
- Design micro-power analog and digital circuits including microcontrollers
- Design and write microcontroller code using appropriate development tools
- Design for manufacturing, test, and regulatory compliance objectives
- Design for interaction with cloud-based back-end systems
- Create database schema and integrate appropriate transaction protocols between products and back-end systems
- Conduct Design Reviews with peers and cross-functional team members
- Effectively communicate with cross functional team members at VPG, external suppliers, partners, customers as needed
- Project scheduling/estimation and defining performance requirements
- Bachelor's required; Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering.
- 5-10 years’ experience in electronics design and development from concept through production
- Knowledge of network topology/infrastructure
- Extensive skill with embedded system software languages and protocols (e.g. C, C , RTOS, TCP/IP, etc.).
- Proficiency in schematic capture, PCB layout experience, including specifying components
- Demonstrates a commitment to accuracy and quality while meeting goals or deadlines
- Proven track record of managing at the project level
- Demonstrated ability to coach technicians and/or less senior engineers, and to provide electronics leadership for mechanical engineers
- RF circuit and IoT device design experience
- Experience designing and writing code for mobile apps
- Experience designing and writing code for web servers
- Develops innovative ideas, break-through advancements, and innovative solutions
- Uses understanding of the business to create strategies for competitive advantage
Travel may be required to customer installations, test sites, suppliers, or other locations to support design efforts. Estimated travel 5%
Vanguard Protex Global is a drug-free workplace.
Company Description
We offer customers an outstanding product at a fair price, deliver it on time and offer the best customer service in our industry.
Chris Kelsch (Founder)
service_big2
Quality
At VPG we invest significant resources and capital in design, customer market testing, engineering and product development. We employ a customer-focused solution development process to identify opportunities and evaluate their value proposition and economic viability.
service_big2
Innovation
Innovation is one of the key driving forces at VPG; all our products are built from the inside out by people who live and breathe innovation. Our responsiveness to changing customer needs and new technology have helped establish a process of continuous improvement in product design and innovation.
service_big2
Commitment
We have a strong reputation for our commitment to new product development and our personal customer relationships. We work closely with customers to design custom solutions consistent with the customer’s merchandising strategy as well as any help that may arise on the way. We are your business partner, and your ally.
We offer customers an outstanding product at a fair price, deliver it on time and offer the best customer service in our industry. Chris Kelsch (Founder) service_big2 Quality At VPG we invest significant resources and capital in design, customer market testing, engineering and product development. We employ a customer-focused solution development process to identify opportunities and evaluate their value proposition and economic viability. service_big2 Innovation Innovation is one of the key driving forces at VPG; all our products are built from the inside out by people who live and breathe innovation. Our responsiveness to changing customer needs and new technology have helped establish a process of continuous improvement in product design and innovation. service_big2 Commitment We have a strong reputation for our commitment to new product development and our personal customer relationships. We work closely with customers to design custom solutions consistent with the customer’s merchandising strategy as well as any help that may arise on the way. We are your business partner, and your ally.
