Hardware/Design Engineer at Ametek, Inc. in Rochester, New York

Job Description:

Hardware/Design Engineer Rochester, New York or Coral Springs, Florida The successful candidate will perform electronics hardware design, development activities and architectural design in support of new product development and product enhancements for Power Instruments Protection and Control products. Development of Hardware/electronics aimed at new products will require assisting the corresponding Program and Product Managers with the generation of engineering specifications and corresponding test plans. This position requires the candidate to work with a team but also as an individual contributor on projects requiring cyber security for devices and networks, controls and/or communications. The participation in creating the project plans and schedules is mandatory since once those are set in place the expectation of a timely delivery is implicit. In the process of designing and or implementing legacy fixes candidate will be expected to produce related documentation and adhere to engineering processes that follow ISO 9001-2008 and 6 Sigma quality procedures for documentation and source control. While developing the hardware the candidate will have to assist software engineers to define hardware/software interfaces. It will be also required to provide technical support to the manufacturing, sales, and service groups. Knowledge pertaining to digital fault recorders, revenue metering, power line carrier communication devices, multiplexer devices is desired but not mandatory. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: •Assists engineering and product management in developing requirement specifications for new products. •Maintains and supports legacy hardware and designs and follows proper engineering change documentation. •Solves problems as a result of component obsolescence and lead time issues. •Creates product design requirements and specifications in a team setting. •Designs new product circuits to meet design specifications. •Creates prototype hardware (designs and builds hardware to test concepts.) •Creates and maintains engineering documents including schematics (ALTIUM), bills of material and engineering change notices. •Assists in all engineering functions leading to product release such as board layout, prototype testing, manufacturing issues, final test specifications and system test guidelines. •Uses lab tools, including oscilloscopes, spectrum, and protocol analyzers to diagnose problems. •Develops, debugs and releases VHDL for ALTERA, XILINX or LATTICE FPGAs •Employs model-based design tools for automated HDL code generation