About the Team:

The Factory Test team is responsible for hardware testing in our Long Beach facilities. We use our breadth of experience and collaborative engineering approach to support everything from very large structural tests to precise valve actuation. To that end, we design, build, and operate all test assets in Long Beach from initial concept to test execution. If you enjoy working on a multi-disciplinary team with a broad mandate and want to put hands-on hardware, then this is the team for you.

About the Role:

As a Data and Control System Hardware Engineer, you will be responsible for design, build, and integration of data systems at our Long Beach facilities. The projects you work on will run test systems across the factory ranging from quick and scrappy development test setups to large permanent infrastructure. You will be required to be hands on with the hardware, working side-by-side with our technician team to build and debug your projects. Once your hardware is built, you will also work closely with our operations and software teams to integrate it with our in-house data and controls platform - including writing and debugging automation to control real hardware.

Your projects will span a variety of construction methods, sizes, and applications. These could include anything from portable data systems to large motion control cabinets. The kinds of hardware you will design and work with may include:

• Commercial Data Acquisition Specifications
• Motion Control Cabinets
• AC / DC Power Distribution Systems
• Wiring Harnesses
• Selection and Integration of Test Stand Instrumentation
• Portable Data Systems
• Motor and Pump Control Cabinets

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field 
• 5+ years of experience developing, activating, and troubleshooting electrical and/or automated systems
• Electrical engineering fundamental knowledge
• Experience with data and control systems (SCADA, PLC’s, NI, Beckhoff, etc.)
• Experience specifying, selecting, and integrating sensors and actuators such as pressure transducers, RTDs, strain gages, thermocouples, solenoid valves, accelerometers, microphones, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate risks in complex systems.

Nice to haves but not required: 

• Experience using AutoCAD Electrical
• Experience using schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Altium 
• Circuit simulation experience (SPICE, PSPICE, LTSPICE, etc.)
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python or MATLAB for preforming analysis or writing automation tools and with embedded or systems programming in languages such as C, C++, or Rust
• Experience with COTS data acquisition systems such as NI, Dewesoft, Beckhoff etc. 
• Experience with communications methods such as, but not limited to, SPI, Ethernet, EtherCAT, CAN, and Modbus