OVERVIEW NanoFlex Power Corporation is a technology company commercializing revolutionary new solar cell technologies developed with the University of Michigan and University of Southern California. We are seeking a diligent, experienced electrical engineering professional with a history of successful PCB and embedded system design. This individual will engage in product development as NanoFlex moves towards commercialization of its products for use in IoT sensors and a variety of thin film solar applications. The Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer will report to the VP of Engineering and will be responsible for driving product engineering of innovative solar-powered IoT platforms and services. EMPLOYMENT DETAILS * Employment Status: Full-time employee * Location: Ann Arbor, MI * Start Date: Immediately * Compensation: Competitive salary, fringe benefits, and stock options package RESPONSIBILITIES * Maintain and iterate existing design of PCBs that utilize sensors, opportunistic cloud communication, and charging via NanoFlex solar modules. * Drive innovation of sensor product engineering to optimize sensor layout, power management, and data transmission frequency. * Interface with software engineering team and supply chain partners for optimal communication with gateway. * Based on customer feedback, incorporate new sensing applications and radio technologies into hardware/firmware design. * Some travel to national customers to better understand users and use cases. * Through regularly reviewed projects, work with development team to design, manufacture, test, analyze, and report on PCB designs and performance. * Work closely with OPV team to inform solar module designs. * Summarize and communicate experimental results and analysis with development team on a weekly basis. * Set up initial engineering documentation systems inclusive of product design and quality specifications in conformance with a total quality management system. * Stay on the cutting edge of current technology. Benchmark competitor technologies and help develop roadmaps for gaining competitive advantage. * Support preparation of intellectual property development, filings, grant proposals, and grant reporting. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION * BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or other relevant field. MS and/or industry experience a plus. * Demonstrated ability to design and create circuits of power supplies, voltage protection, and protocol interfaces. * Experience designing and developing solutions for IoT embedded systems, including designing, building, testing, debugging firmware for low power embedded sensors and application interface electronics. * Experience with major PCB CAD design software. * Experience with wireless firmware development such as BLE, Zigbee, LoRaWAN, Wi-Fi. * Experience in hardware/software co-design, and strong interest in developing software stacks, tools, programming models and APIs for new hardware. * Proven record of collaboration with product development team to ensure satisfaction of system functional, physical, and operational requirements and compliance with all requisite standards. * Previous work with potential manufacturers to develop supply chain and move from prototype to commercialized product. * Record of communicating issues and openly identifying risk; proactively engaging to propose and implement solutions to identified problems. * Demonstrated peripheral vision; working on specific projects, but with wider applications in mind. * History of accomplishing development initiatives within time and budget constraints while demonstrating innovative solutions. * Literate, communicative, customer-friendly, team oriented and flexible. PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES The chosen candidate will be a detail-oriented, time- and cost-conscious engineer with a strong desire to innovate and drive major solar industry change with paradigm shifting new solar products. They will demonstrate an exceptional level of team building and project management skills, as well as the intuition to recognize and direct the varying elements of project and personnel demands that drive a successful technology company forward. Sensitive to the developments and nuances that define the sectors the company serves, the Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer will be a student of current industry technology trends, ensuring that the company maintains its technology leadership position. CONTACT Interested candidates, please send your resume to: Adam Barito | VP of Engineering & Product Development | [email protected]