The Role:

Guardian Agriculture is in search of a candidate to fill an open role of Senior Electrical Design Engineer. In this role, the candidate will assist in the development of unmanned and automated agricultural equipment and support systems. These systems will be deployed across the US in support of increasing crop productivity and yield through the efficient application of various agricultural chemicals on crops. As this company is forging a new branch of an enormous industry, the candidate will have a significant impact on the future of agriculture through critical thinking, personal initiative. A candidate with a strong drive to have a meaningful and positive impact in the world will benefit from this role.

As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, the candidate will have a direct impact on the reliability and success of these systems in a fast paced, challenging, yet supportive environment. This role requires the candidate to be an experienced self-starter with a strong emphasis on tangible results in context with timeline requirements. This candidate will assist in overseeing other Electrical Engineers and Interns to ensure that deliverables are met to specification and to timelines. The candidate will report directly to the VP of Hardware Engineering and will have Electrical Engineers reporting to them.

The Team:

Guardian Agriculture is developing large multicopters for applying agricultural chemicals to high-value crops. Relative to existing plane- and helicopter-based crop spraying solutions, our systems radically improve precision and safety while reducing chemical use, reducing impact on pollinating insects, and minimizing opportunities for organisms to acquire chemical resistance.

Guardian is a small, multi-disciplinary team of talented engineers, technicians, and operators who prioritize high reliability product and service design over exploratory R&D. We are a hands-on team and split our time between development work, system testing, and field deployments. We value safety, thoughtful design, team work, and a growth mindset as we scale the organization and build an autonomous system that farmers can trust.

Responsibilities:

• PCB Design and Manufacturing
  • Overseeing Circuit Schematic Capture and PCB Design in Altium and Eagle
  • Interfacing with external manufacturers for production of Class 3 boards
  • Testing, debugging and repairing PCBs
  • Maintain CAD libraries in an orderly manner.
  • Perform Design Reviews for other Electrical Engineering Staff.
• Electrical Engineering:
  • Ensure that Electrical Engineering deliverables remain on task and in scope according to requirements and deadlines.
  • Ability to create build documentation for electrical assemblies, including cable drawings.
  • Ability to solder to Class 2 or 3 per IPC J-STD-001 standards
  • Assist in debugging and failure mode analysis as needed
  • Design top level design requirements for projects
  • Ensure FMEA Protocols are followed in design and design reviews.
  • Perform safety and reliability analysis and evaluations proposed and existing designs
  • Create tools to assist in effective testing activities
  • Supporting and guiding Technician teams on various projects to meet deliverable dates.
  • Assist in improving the quality of the outputs of the company with regards to Electrical products.
• Software:
  • Interface with the main software team and operate in a collaborative nature.

Requirements:

• B.S. or M.S in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
• 7-10 Years of experience in an EE Design Role “shipping product” in a mixed discipline environment.
• Proven ability to produce complex PCBs in Altium Designer 20 or Eagle 7.x to current.
• Experience guiding other Electrical Engineers and Technicians to produce complex assemblies
  • Sensor Development and Integration
  • TI MCU Chipset incl. Code Composer Studio and the TMS Hercules Chipset, or similar.
  • Electric Motor Drives, Especially BDLC Control
  • Lithium-Polymer Battery Chemistries and management.
  • Experience with Mixed Signal and High Power distributed Electrical systems.
  • PCB Software EAGLE, ALTIUM
  • MCAD Software: Solidworks
  • FAA, FCC, UL, CE, and other environmental standard governing bodies in a design capacity.

Benefits:

Flexible time off, competitive salary, stock options, free company lunch every day, comprehensive benefits package, lots of tools, and the opportunity to build and use play with flying machines that will have an environmental impact.

Guardian Agriculture provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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