Hardware Engineer


Location:	Walla Walla, Washington

Department:	Sustaining Engineering

Job Title:	Hardware Engineer

Job Description:

This position requires researching, designing, and developing electronic and electrical solutions by performing the following duties:

Works under occasional supervision to develop practical solutions to a wide range of moderate to difficult problems, making general and full use and application of electrical and electronic design, and development principles.
Analyzes requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
Consults with software and/or mechanical engineers to evaluate interface between electronic and mechanical hardware and software, and operational and performance requirements of overall system.
May independently determine approach to problems.
Adapts designs or previously developed solutions to new problems, using know-how gained from increasing experience.
Supports installation and monitoring of field systems.
Participates in and leads group brainstorming sessions, design and technical reviews.
Participates in technical product development meetings with other technical disciplines.
Interfaces with other technical disciplines to provide solutions to complex, multi-disciplinary problems.
Responsible for schedules and budgets for specific tasks.
May serve as project technical leader for new designs or product improvements.
May lead multi-disciplinary teams to accomplish multi-faceted designs.
Participates in, or may lead, technical product development meetings.
Participates in new product introduction teams.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:
BSEE degree or equivalentfrom a four-year college or university in a technical discipline, plus three years of relevant work experience. A Masters' degree, or PhD, may substitute for one year of experience, providing the advanced degree is in a technical discipline. Relevant experience includes: general electrical and/or electronic hardware design and testing. Image and/or signal processing, and machine vision are a plus. Must be legally authorized to work in the US.

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