Product Development Manager, General Aviation Autopilot in Kent, WA
July 21, 2008
Product Development Manager, General Aviation Autopilot
Digital Control, Inc. is an industry leading international guidance system company. Our Kent office is currently recruiting a full-time Product Development Manager to lead, develop and launch an innovative new product through the FAA Certification process.
Individual should have 8+ years of experience with engineering of flight avionics equipment. Certification knowledge should include FAA DO-160/DO-178 or DOD equivalents. Education and hands-on design in a core engineering discipline (EE, SW, ME, AERO) and a proven track record of taking an aviation product through STC required. Piloting background desired.
Individual should have 4+ years of management experience in the aviation industry. Skills should include hiring of engineering personnel, cost/schedule planning, and strong technical leadership. Fluency with MS Office and MS Project desired.
Digital Control offers a unique work environment and outstanding insurance benefits (100% Medical and comprehensive Dental, Short & Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & Section 125 Plan) as well as a generous 401(K) & Roth 401(K) Match, Quarterly Bonuses, Tuition Reimbursement, Professional Development Programs, EAP Services, Wellness Plans, Financial Planning, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Catered Lunches, Company Picnics and more. This position offers a flexible work schedule, a warm open atmosphere surrounded by lots of plants, a few dogs and a lot of fun and creative people! If interested, e-mail resume to HR Manager hr [at] digital-control [dot] com.
DCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Hardware/Systems Product Engineering Manager in Dallas, TX
July 14, 2008
Hardware/Systems Product Engineering Manager, Salary DOE, North Dallas Suburb
Employ your intellectual and leadership skills to help define the development strategy of this high-tech firm that is pioneering new security systems used by large organizations across several sectors. As Systems Engineering Manager, you will guide internal engineering projects in a fluid matrixes style management organization while also managing the efforts of outside vendors. These projects are often very short-lived and must result in sophisticated, working prototypes (reference designs) on the first run. You will develop system specifications, create plans and manage projects, and supervise the budget for sales support and operations development. Strong verbal, written and presentation skills and a track record of effective management across engineering disciplines will pave the way to success in this role. The company provides a generous salary and benefits package including excellent health, prescription, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, and retirement benefits.
For immediate consideration, send MS Word resume toresume [at] alynpatrick [dot] com.
Requirements:
– Minimum requirement, 4 year degree in Engineering or related; MSEE is preferred. MBA helpful but not a requirement
– 10+ years experience as an engineer in the electronics design field. Candidate will come from a hardware design background in the digital or analog board level space. Systems design knowledge very important too.
– Must have experience leading design teams but not afraid to roll up sleeves and design a board. Not seeking someone far removed from the design itself.
– Must have experience gathering requirements’ from customers and ability to deliver effective presentations to the clients (important)
– Working knowledge of low level signal processing and electro-optic systems. Prefer some optics, sensor or RF industry experience.
– Experience with analog and digital circuits, constructing electronic circuit prototypes, and supervising electronics circuit repair
– Expertise with test equipment such as DVMs and oscilloscopes and comfortable working in a hands-on laboratory environment
– Well organized, focused, able to handle multiple priorities and projects, and with excellent communication skills.
– Knowledgeable of sensors, measurement techniques, and the modifications necessary to existing instrumentation in support of sales efforts
– Strong track record of driving engineering projects to satisfactory completion
– Ability to travel CA 20% (+/-) but not extensive
Desirable:
– Experience with PADs, ORCAD, and 3D CAD software (i.e., SolidWorks, Siemens PLM, Pro/Engineer)
– Experience with DSP and embedded systems
– C, C++ and Assembly skills
– Experience with optical ray tracing software (i.e., Optics Lab, Code V, Light Tools, OSLO and Zemax)
Hardware Engineer in Dallas, TX
July 14, 2008
Hardware Engineer, Salary DOE, N. Dallas Suburbs
Your wide range of hardware design skills, along with your electro-optical and / or RF products experience are sought by this growing company which serves large organizations designing a wide range of products. As Senior Electrical Engineer you will create specs, design, fabricate and test devices along with other hardware and software engineers. Your technical problem-solving abilities, hardware specification and architecture definition skills, and strong analog circuit design experience will contribute to the company’s success. This role is roughly 85% Digital and 15% analog in focus. In addition to a generous salary, the company provides an excellent benefits program of health, dental, prescription, vision, and life insurance, paid time off, retirement savings, and more.
For immediate consideration, send MS Word resume to resume [at] alynpatrick [dot] com.
Requirements:
– BS required; MS desirable
– 10+ years product design and development (all board level), including analog circuit design
– Track record of developing Hardware specifications and defining architecture of hardware devices
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills
– Electrical CAD software experience, with programs such as SuperSpice, OrCAD, Protel or Schematica
– Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced, small company environment
– Security Clearance or the ability to obtain it is desirable
– Other desirable experience includes experience with precision instrumentation, electro-optical systems, battery-operated and handheld devices, RF, Spice simulation, switching power supplies, ISO 9000 standards, embedded processors, and FPGA/ ASIC
– Previous Optics, Optical Design, RF Optics etc very helpful. Ideal candidate would be a board designer from telecom or scientific (medical instruments or otherwise) electronics/instrumentation.
LabWindows / Agilent / HP VEE Conversion Engineer in Dallas, TX
July 2, 2008
LabWindows / Agilent / HP VEE Conversion Engineer - $40-50 per hour, N. Dallas suburbs
This Fortune 500 company needs a strong Test Development engineer who is familiar with both VEE and LabWindows CVI for a 6 month (target) contract. You will convert algorithms from a legacy VEE environment into a robust and powerful LabWindows setting. Will develop test software routines for RF measurement, instrument control and device control projects. This is a vibrant R&D organization is pushing the limits in the latest, digital wireless communications systems work.
If you meet the requirements, please send your MS Word resume to resume [at] alynpatrick [dot] com [dot]
Requirements:
– BSEE or higher degree preferred
– 5+ years experience in creating and integrating RF test software, instrument drivers, UUT hardware interfaces, and GUI screens for test SW and calibration control
– Must have hands on experience in LabWindows / CVI and HP or Agilent Vee
– Knowledge of RF measurement and RF instrument control, i.e. signal generator, power meter, network analyzer, Vector Signal Analyzer
– Experience developing calibration routines and control modules for RF assemblies
– Expertise with developing and code setting optimization algorithms
– Technical documentation skills and experience
Search terms: VEE, HPVEE, HP-VEE, AgilentVEE, HP Basic, Labview, NI, Agilent VEE
Sr. Software Engineer in Dallas, TX
July 2, 2008
Sr. Software Engineers - Video Stream, MPEG decoders, 90-115K target + profit share, great benefits, North Dallas Suburbs
Fantastic role working with a privately owned organization who is dominating their market-place. They currently hold over 50% of the market-share nation wide for their primary customer industry. This small (<200) but growing and profitable firm that has doubled its revenue is the last 3 years is seeking an embedded software engineer to work on advanced video streaming, and MPEG decoders for video content delivery and sophisticated, compact and robust set-top boxes. In this position you will develop embedded and application code. An adjacent role will focus on higher level application development using Linix and Java!. Positions will focus on the development of software for Video streaming, RF and MPEG Decoders. You will also develop and integrate software in full-life cycle projects for both custom projects, and core products. This will be a challenge and the work is fast paced and refreshing. In this position you will wear many hats and be rewarded with significant challenge and opportunity to learn new skills in the embedded-Linux, kernel and device driver markets.
If you meet the requirements, please send your MS Word resume to resume [at] alynpatrick [dot] com [dot]
Skills sought:
– 5+ years of embedded software
– Experience with MPEG decoders or video streaming, or set-top-box
– Prefer uClinux or embedded Linux but open to Windows and other platforms.
– Device driver skills in Linux or Windows DDK environment a plus
– For the higher level role, will consider software engineers who have worked on handsets, video display, digital signage, RF tuners, set-top-box, video on demand, video content delivery for airplanes, hospitals, universities, hotels, casinos etc
Skill menu (skills / technologies considered pluses but not all required): h.264, h264, h.263, h263, mpeg, mpeg2, mpeg4, jpeg, ddk, device driver, video, transport, audio decoders, demuxers, NuMega, WDM, buffers, SoftICE 1394, arm, mips, MP3 streaming, audio, playback media, bios, pcmcia, Visual C++, .Net, C#, Java


