Sr System Engineer - Plano, United States - Polara Enterprises

Description

The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for researching, developing, and documenting system level architectures inclusive of the full technology stack to be designed into advanced automatic traffic sensing and control applications.

This role requires working knowledge of municipal power distribution, solar energy harvesting, electronic hardware design, embedded systems, fail-safe signal processing algorithms, wired and wireless communication protocols, TCP/IP, power line communication, industrial IoT and functional safety. Collaborate with Applications Engineering and Product Marketing resources to convert Market Requirements into Product Requirements and Specifications.

Essential Job Functions

• Publish and maintain Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) for New Product Development Programs.
• Develop architectural block diagrams for traffic control equipment and integrated systems.
• Research and Qualify System on a Chip (SoC), Modules and Devices to enable Wireless Connectivity across the product platform
• Identify, develop and qualify common components, modules, sub-systems and methods including a telemetry stack model that can be leveraged across the Product Platform to increase design reuse, decrease detailed design cycle time, enable remote diagnostics and health monitoring.
• Perform detailed design of electronic circuits and embedded software as needed to enable new product development product plans
• Develop and document Interface Control Drawings (ICDs) for Engineered Systems for Customer Applications and Installations
• Lead system level troubleshooting and failure analysis efforts of complex multi-variable field issues
• Identify continual improvement actions to improve the state of the art for advanced traffic sensing and control applications
• Peer review the work products of product development resources across the engineering organization
• Lead effort to perform benchmarking and performance analysis of competitive products

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education: Bachelors Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Systems or Computer Engineering

Technical Experience &Skills:

• 12+ years of related product development experience
• 5+ years' experience designing power distribution, mixed signal, analog and digital circuits
• 5+ years experience developing embedded systems for 32 bit ARM Cortex class processors
• Mastery of C language programming as it pertains to an embedded environment.
• Ability to read schematics to troubleshoot, debug and bring up new hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers and in-circuit emulators.
• Experience in standard architecture documentation methods (e.g. UML)

Soft Skills:

• Strong interpersonal, analytical, organizational and follow-up skills.
• Solid problem-solving skills. Highly technical, quickly grasping how things work. Presents technical concepts, ideas, and information in terms that both engineers and non-engineers can understand.
• Motivated by continuous learning and development.
• Functions well in a small company/startup environment. (High visibility, accountability and development velocity)
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and collaboratively with a cross functional team.
• Disciplined engineering approach.
• Differentiates value added activities from waste.
• Demonstrates systems thinking.

Physical Demands Sedentary Work - Lifting of 10 pounds maximum.

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and operate an office computer/laptop most of the day. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounter while performing this job's essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Travel: Up to 20% travel required

About the Company

Synapse ITS is a comprehensive transportation technology platform focused on increasing roadway safety, accessibility and efficiency through innovative infrastructure. Comprised of 4 leading brands in the traffic industry, Synapse is dedicated to delivering smarter, data-driven technologies to help cities increase safety, optimize resources, and meet Vision Zero goals. As the leading traffic and pedestrian safety platform for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in North America with a portfolio of products including Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) systems, intersection traffic safety products and away from intersection pedestrian and traffic safety technology. The Company has a track record of innovation, harnessing a broad suite of intellectual property while developing new applications like touchless push buttons, Advanced Traffic Controller (ATC) related products, device connectivity and solar LED technology.

Polara Enterprises LLC

Headquartered in Greenville, Texas, Polara designs and manufactures the most technologically advanced and durable ADA-compliant and pedestrian-friendly crosswalk devices on the market. With hundreds of thousands of Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) and push buttons installed across North America, Polara is one of the most trusted names in pedestrian safety.

Carmanah Technologies Corp.

Over more than 25 years, Carmanah has earned a global reputation for delivering innovative away from the intersection safety solutions that offer cost savings while ensuring environmental sensitivity. Based in Victoria, BC, Canada, their portfolio includes a broad range of products, including solar and AC powered systems for midblock crosswalks, school zones, traffic-calming, and general hazard marking.

Eberle Design Inc.

Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, EDI is a leading provider of highly engineered traffic safety products and ITS technologies that enable safe and connected infrastructure. EDI's Advanced Traffic Controller (ATC) suite of products represents the latest technological advancements to increase safety, cabinet reliability, functionality, and ease of maintenance.

Diablo Controls

Diablo Controls is a pioneering manufacturer of traffic, access, and parking control technologies. Based in Crystal Lake, IL, the company is best known for developing the first microcontrollers in the traffic and parking industries, as well as a variety of highly reliable and easy-to-install detectors, transmitters, receivers, and automatic vehicle identification (AVI) devices.

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