Senior R&D Electrical Engineer

1 month ago

Westbrook, Maine, United States IDEXX Full time

We are seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our Instrument Development team developing the next generations of world class IDEXX diagnostic instrumentation. The successful candidate will have a background in electronic hardware and embedded system design and development.

As an Electrical Engineer at IDEXX, you will be involved in developing custom point of care instrument solutions to monitor, and control, a wide variety of critical parameters impacting animal medical diagnosis. Our instrument requirements often demand relative position of the sample medium under test and a variety of sensors (temperature, humidity, light, pressure etc.) with micron precision in multiple dimensions. You will develop design solutions that are cost effective, reliable, long-term manufacturable and serviceable, while maintaining ease of use.

What will you do?
  • Be a key part of product development teams providing electrical engineering support on future platform developments from concept feasibility through prototype evaluation and production release.
  • Develop system HW and FW design requirements for instrumentation products. Contribute as part of cross-functional teams to develop new product features and requirements.
  • Analyze, develop specifications, design, review, fabricate and test a variety of electronic and control-related subsystems. Participate in product validation.
  • Develop/recommend appropriate facilities, suppliers, components, equipment, tools and resources necessary to complete design, fabrication, implementation and testing of electro-mechanical sub-systems.
  • Develop schematics, layouts and BOMs for both prototype and production level electronic circuit release, evaluating design performance, DFM and cost.
  • Develop and refine high-level specifications into detailed FPGA architectures.
  • Design, simulate, and implement advanced FPGA-based systems using VHDL using timing analysis to tune synthesis and place & route to ensure optimal FPGA performance.
  • Coordinate assembly of system prototypes.
  • Develop tools and protocols for troubleshooting system behavior and measuring system performance to specifications. Test final products to specifications and ensures quality requirements are met.
  • Support troubleshooting and root cause investigation of hardware and system related problems and propose design change solutions. Specify, implement, and test modifications to existing hardware systems.
  • Develop personal engineering skill set by learning from experienced, and cross-functional peers.
What do you need to succeed?
  • A Bachelor's degree, plus 5-7 years of engineering experience.
  • Skills with mathematical and analytical techniques.
  • Knowledge of electrical, and electromechanical system design and related challenges.
  • Proficient in selection and use of appropriate electronic and analytical test equipment.
  • Proficient in development and execution of test protocols to analyze and verify the performance of electronic subsystems.
  • Proficient in analysis of test results, assessing probable failure modes and developing and executing appropriate corrective action.
  • Experience in design/integration of electrical, mechanical, and control systems required.
  • Experience in design/implementation of FPGA subsystems required
  • Working knowledge of FPGA Synthesis, place & route, timing Analysis tools required.
  • Strengths in systems analysis, design and development required.
  • Experience with AMD's Vivado and or Aldec's Active HDL are advantageous.
  • Working knowledge of Schematic Capture and PCB layout tools are advantageous.
  • Experience with mechanical design tools and analytical tools such as Matlab and JMP are advantageous.
  • Effective verbal and written communications skills.
  • Ability to work in a cross functional team environment, as well as individually.
What you can expect from us:
  • Salary range starting at $100,000 based on experience
  • Opportunity for annual cash bonus
  • Health / Dental / Vision Benefits Day-One
  • 5% matching 401k
  • Additional benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and much more

If you're looking for a role that'll challenge you, offer a variety of work and learning, while helping an amazing industry, we'd love to hear from you

Why IDEXX:

We're proud of the work we do because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.

So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement.

Let's pursue what matters together.

About the job location:

If you're thinking about relocating for this role, here are a few things to know about living in Maine (often called "Vacationland"). The Westbrook, ME area provides great access to active downtown areas and the outdoors, with the coast and numerous mountains and hiking trails nearby. You'll also find a number of large companies like ours in the area, creating a vibrant work culture.

You can learn more on the Portland tourism website:

IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.

While we appreciate our staffing partners, we are unable to accept unsolicited agency resumes.

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