What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Hardware Systems Engineer position at verramobility?
Who we are...
Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility. We develop technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily. We are fostering the development of safe cities, working with police departments and municipalities to install over 4,000 red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm safety cameras across North America. We are also creating smart roadways, serving the world's largest commercial fleets and rental car companies to manage tolling transactions and violations for over 8.5 million vehicles. And we are a leading provider of connected systems, processing nearly 165 million transactions each year across 50 individual tolling authorities.
Culture
Verra Mobility Corporation is a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial company that operates with a people-first philosophy and approach. The company lives by its core values—Do What’s Right, Lead with Grace, Win Together, and Own It—in everything it does for its customers and team members. The company seeks to grow aggressively, both organically and through acquisition, to continue to be the undisputed market leader with these five core competencies: bias for action, customer focus, teamwork, drive for results, and commitment to excellence.
Position Overview:
Verra Mobility is actively seeking a Senior Hardware Systems Engineer to design, test, and maintain hardware and software systems to ensure they operate efficiently and robustly.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Own the design, development, field validation, and deployment for Verra’s complex hardware / firmware systems.
- Be (or become) a subject matter expert in the field of camera imaging, radar systems, and other embedded sensing devices.
- Work alongside hardware Product team to develop detailed technical specifications from product requirements.
- Develop, execute and own overall validation test plans against technical specifications and field requirements.
- Perform field failure analysis, including root cause and corrective action for both hardware and firmware systems.
- Work closely with 3rd party Original Design Manufacturers, collaborating closely with their engineering and technical teams in product development and validation.
- Develop and perform acceptance testing for hardware / firmware system from 3rd party vendors.
- Be the technical leader for device performance in the field, including calibration, configuration, defect detection, and at-scale data analysis.
- Work closely with firmware development teams, to drive device performance via understanding of the firmware codebase and configuration.
- Drive and own embedded sensor functionality (including sensor fusion), including but not limited to cameras and radar systems.
- Work closely with commercial and account teams, to ensure customer business rules are being met with products in the field.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum 10 years relevant industry experience in a high-volume consumer electronics system environment is preferred.
- Experience with schematic, PCB physical design using Cadence Concept and Allegro or similar CAD tools
- Lab skills: oscilloscopes, logic and protocol analyzers, electronic loads, etc.
- Ability to work with firmware codebases, though detailed firmware development skills are not a must
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience leading technically complex projects that are dynamic and business critical..
- Design experience in digital logic, simulation, power conversion and delivery.
- Familiarity with RF/wireless concepts.
- Experience with high-speed serial and memory interfaces including signal integrity design and measurement fundamentals.
- Command line interface and scripting skills.
- Specific deep expertise in several of the following areas is required: CPU or GPU microarchitecture, batteries, power management, analog design, audio, wireless, DisplayPort, HDMI, PCIe, Thunderbolt, USB, SPI, I2C, UART, analog sensors, interconnect.
- Statistical data analysis and visualization (ex. JMP) is a plus.
Verra Mobility Values
An ideal candidate for this role naturally works in alignment with the Verra Mobility Core Values:
- Own It. We focus on high performance and drive toward breakthrough outcomes. Our employees ensure accountability, optimize and align work, focus on the customer, and cultivate innovation.
- Do What’s Right. We champion integrity and good character. Our team members model ethical behavior, demonstrate good judgment and are courageous.
- Lead with Grace. We express humility and compassion, and we are authentic and candid. Our employees demonstrate self-awareness, care for others, instill trust, and communicate effectively.
- Win Together. We believe in growing and inspiring people together. We seek people who collaborate, value differences, think and act globally, foster an engaging work environment, and recognize and develop others.
With your explicit consent which you provided as part of the application process, we will retain candidate personal data solely for the business purpose for which it was collected. In no event will we retain such data more than two (2) years following the closure of the recruitment process relating to the role for which you applied or in the event other related job opportunities arise within the company. Verra Mobility Applicant Privacy Notice
Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
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