Senior Electrical Engineer — Precision Sensors & FPGA Design

Nordson Corporation; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Vision, Dental

401k and Life Insurance

Volunteer time off (16 hours/yr)

Matching Gifts Program

Job summary

Nordson Test & Inspection is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design the next generation of high-precision electronics and semiconductor inspection sensors. You will take ideas from concept to production, driving design and development from concept through verification to manufacturing.

You will contribute to product conception, plan projects, implement FPGA logic with Verilog, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a dynamic R&D environment.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering with 2+ years related experience.
• MS in Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Experience with FPGA hardware and HDL design.

Responsibilities

• Design electronic circuits for 3D measurement products that utilize machine vision and pattern projection.
• Translate customer and internal product requirements into specifications, risks, and design concepts.
• Risk reduction through feasibility studies of initial electronics concepts.
• Contribute to project planning by estimating tasks, resources, schedules, NRE, production costs, and manufacturing support.
• Design electrical circuits utilizing FPGAs, micro-processors and micro-controllers, SOMs, low speed devices with I2C and SPI, and high-speed devices like LPDDR4.
• Ability to solve challenging problems with creative design solutions.
• Supervision of PCB layout activities that must achieve challenging size, space, weight, and high-speed board requirements.
• Implement FPGA logic using Verilog (preferred) or VHDL languages.
• Manage fabrication and testing of prototype and production electrical designs.
• Design and verification testing to internal and external specifications.
• Development of manufacturing, calibration, and alignment processes.
• Transition new designs to manufacturing.
• Support existing products, customer issues, and supply chain issues.
• Mentoring of Junior Engineers and Technicians.

Skills

FPGA hardware

HDL design

Verilog

Schematic capture

Digital circuit design

Embedded systems

Documentation

ASIC/PCB design

Education

BS Electrical Engineering

MS Electrical Engineering

Tools

Xilinx/AMD toolset

PCIe

Ethernet

USB

I2C

SPI

RS-422

Job description

Nordson Test & Inspection is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design the next generation of high-precision electronics and semiconductor inspection sensors. You will take ideas from concept to production, driving design and development from concept through verification to manufacturing.

You will contribute to product conception, plan projects, implement FPGA logic with Verilog, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a dynamic R&D environment.