Staff Electrical Engineer

Company: ARA
Location: Greenville
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Job Description:

If you want to accelerate your career growth and are passionate about applying your expertise to solve problems of national importance, then we have an amazing opportunity for you! You will be able to achieve your personal and professional goals in an environment that emphasizes and rewards the entrepreneurial spirit. Not only will you solve challenging core problems, you'll be able to grow your career in an exciting environment that promotes teamwork and cross-training in a wide range of related disciplines.

ARA's Integrated Products Division is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer at our Greenville, South Carolina location. Nestled among the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Greenville offers a place to thrive in technology & relax in nature. If you are ready to be a technical lead working on electrical design, development, testing, and integration, please apply!

You will be working closely with your colleagues in South Carolina, Vermont, and other ARA offices across the country to develop unique solutions in the areas of ground robotics, security, sensors and Geotech. Close collaboration with other engineering disciplines will allow you to grow your skillset. You will contribute to the day-to-day activities of projects ranging from unique sensors to highly integrated robotic systems.

• Essential Functions
  
  • Support electrical design of robotics components, sensor systems, and geotechnical products
    • Rapid prototyping of potential solutions
    • Design of PCBs, cable harnesses, and electronic control systems
    • Troubleshooting electrical components
    • Working with mechanical and software engineers
    • Working with electrical technicians
    • Lead electrical development teams
      • Required Experience and Skills
        
        • B.S. Electrical Engineering
          • 5-7 Years experience
          • Experience in an electrical design package (e.g. Orcad, Allegro, Eagle, etc.)
          • Experience with laboratory tools (Oscilloscopes, multi-meters, etc.)
          • Strong hands on and debugging skills.
          • Solid understanding of analog and digital design techniques
          • Ability to generate and read electrical schematics
          • Microprocessor/microcontroller experience
          • Strong communication skills
            • Preferences
              
              • Able to multitask and support multiple projects
              • Harnessing design techniques and implementation
                
                ARA is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1,700 professionals and is rapidly growing. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.
                
                At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. We realize that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company's success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Our motto is "Engineering and Science That Matters for Fun & Profit" and we live our core values of Passion, Freedom, Service and Growth every day.
                
                Authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
                
                Interested applicants should submit their r--sum-- electronically at: www.careers.ara.com
                
                Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
                
                The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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