Senior Electrical Engineer

AURA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (AURA) is an advanced research and development (R&D) company creating game-changing innovations for the US Department of Defense and the private sector in cutting-edge technology.

If you are a smart, capable, and talented individual who possesses high integrity, thrives in a fast-paced environment, wants to chart your own course based on your capabilities, and is willing to be accountable for failures and successes, then continue reading because you may be the ideal candidate to join our exponentially growing R&D business.  

AURA has an immediate opening for a full-time Senior Electrical Engineer. Candidates preferably will be located in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC area, although well-qualified remote candidate will be considered.  US Citizenship is required due to the requirements of our US Government contracts.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

This is a hands-on role; you will be responsible for technical leadership and hands-on work in requirements definition, design, and implementation of electronics. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will design and implement solutions comprising combinations of embedded systems, sensing, FPGA, and analog systems. You will lead your technical team in collaboration with other senior architects, designers, and test/validation groups. 

Minimum Technical Requirements:

• Expert in the design, implementation, and validation of analog, digital, and mixed signal embedded systems, including requirements definition, schematic capture, PCB layout, fabrication, testing, and rework.

• Strong experience with FPGA development

• Proficiency with at least one industry-standard schematic capture and layout software package (Altium strongly preferred) and collaborative electronics development experience 


• Competency with common electronics test equipment, e.g., digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers 


• Significant experience in manufacturing test development; experience in developing JTAG testing procedures


• Outstanding troubleshooting, debugging, outside-the-box problem-solving skills, and abstract thinking 


• Comfortable working and contributing in a multi-disciplinary research and development organization and approaching problems without full specifications

OTHER DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE 

• Strong understanding of analog design, ADCs, and high-speed digital interfaces, digital signal processing, data acquisition


• Experience with power systems, particularly in the area of medium-voltage DC switching, instrumentation, and control


• Experience with network cybersecurity products and/or other high-security devices


• Design for EMI and noise immunity/shielding, and galvanic isolation of analog and digital components.


• Design/implementation of products meeting MILSPEC, automotive, aviation, medical, or related performance and compliance standards 


• Design and compliance testing for MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461 or equivalent civilian environmental, EMI, and electrical safety standards


• First-hand experience in bring products through certification testing including safety and emissions testing

WORK EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION & TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS 

• 5+ years experience and Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering OR


• 10+ years experience and Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

BENEFITS:

• Fortune 500-level Health Care Coverage


• Unlimited Leave Program after 60 days


• 10 Paid holidays & Paid Winter Break


• 401(k) Safe Harbor Contributions


• Employee Discount Program
  
  

Submit your resume/CV in PDF format via instructions at the
following link: http://aura.company/careers/

No phone calls after submission. We will let candidates know via automated reply that we have received their resumes and will contact them if there is a good fit after the closing date for this job.

AURA Technologies, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and affirmative action employer of veterans protected under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistant Act (VEVRAA). We are a Drug Free Workplace and thus, all job offers are contingent on successful criminal background check and drug screen. As a US Federal Contractor, AURA uses the Department of Homeland Security e-Verify system to determine eligibility to legally work in the United States. Most of AURA’s work is for the federal government, and federal regulations may in the future require AURA’s employees to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.

Write a carefully crafted, well-written cover letter that elaborates on your interest in this position and why you think you are the best candidate for the job. Submit your cover letter, CV and three professional references (one of which must be from a current or former supervisor) in PDF format ONLY via BambooHR.

Any attachments must be in PDF format or will not be opened due to virus concerns. No phone calls after submission. We will let candidates know via automated reply that we have received their resumes and will contact them if there is a good fit after the closing date for this job.