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Req #: 227970

Department: APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY

Posting Date: 04/01/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $10,000 - $14,167 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230119_a11y.pdf) Please note that this position has been re-posted. If you have already submitted your application, you need not submit it again, as it has already been received.

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state, and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to building stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities, and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The Team: The Ocean Engineering (OE) Department designs, builds, tests, and deploys custom equipment for oceanographic research, marine renewable energy, marine robotics, subsea acoustic instrumentation, and other basic and applied science efforts. The OE department is a long-standing resource for scientists, R&D organizations, and the U.S Navy by delivering technology and expertise from the design phase through at-sea deployment of custom, one-of-a-kind scientific instruments and systems. As a member of the OE department your work will be deployed above and below the world's oceans, glaciers, and other harsh, remote environments across the globe.

See Yourself at APL (https://seeyourselfapl.uw.edu/) as a member of the Ocean Engineering Department! We are seeking a full-time Senior Hardware Design Engineer to join the team. This position has a salary range of $120,000 to $170,004 per year ($10,000-$14,167 monthly), along with great employment benefits and competitive total compensation incentives.

Senior Hardware Design Engineer Responsibilities: As a Senior Hardware Design Engineer in the OE team, your responsibilities will include:

· Design, build, and test of electrical hardware and systems · Laboratory and in-field troubleshooting of electrical systems · Technical leadership, project management, and budgetary considerations for projects that are moderate to large in scope · Planning and executing at-sea deployments · Project leadership and mentoring of junior engineers on the team

Your work may directly contribute to observations such as ocean/atmosphere interactions, ocean carbon absorption, ocean/ice/glacier interactions, coastal ecosystem monitoring, and/or may be involved in the development of novel renewable energy or scientific instrumentation technologies. As a senior engineer, you will have a great deal of autonomy to define and implement solutions to these problems.

Requirements: A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.

Successful candidates will typically have around 10 years of experience in a professional environment providing the following:

· System & electronics development from initial requirements, design, and testing, through field deployment · Schematic design and PCB layout using Altium, KiCad, or other ECAD software · Managing PCB fabrication and assembly with external manufacturers · Hand soldering, debugging, and system integration of PCB’s · Diagnosing, documenting, and resolving electronic hardware problems · Designing, documenting, and building custom electrical harnesses · Participating and performing in peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews · Managing multiple projects in parallel

This role requires that candidates be able to meet the physical requirements necessary to work at sea in small to large vessels, or other field sites, and be willing to perform the required duties aboard sea-going vessels. Field efforts are not anticipated to be more than 10% of a candidate's work averaged over a year but may range from days to a few weeks long at a time.

This role requires that candidates are U.S. Citizens.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

While not required, you’ll stand out if you have: · Experience in mixed-signal / analog electronic design. · Experience with power electronics design, high-speed digital design, or RF design. · Experience with digital protocols such as RS-232, RS-485, SPI, CAN, or Ethernet. · Experience working with autonomous or high-reliability systems. · Experience with C, C++, and Python programming for bring-up and testing.

About APL: The Applied Physics Laboratory is a research unit at the University of Washington. Our research expertise is in ocean physics and engineering, ocean and medical acoustics and imaging, polar science, environmental remote sensing, and signal processing. We conduct research and development that is sponsored by a variety of federal and state agencies and take great pride in our long-standing status as a US Navy-designated University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). Our work takes place not only on the University of Washington campus and medical centers, but in field locations around the world – at sea, in the air, and on polar ice caps. We apply rigorous scientific inquiry and engineering excellence in pursuit of solutions to important problems for the good of our region, nation, and world.

DEI: Diversity is a core value at the University of Washington and the Applied Physics Laboratory shares this commitment. We are focused on building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable research environment for all students, staff, and collaborators. We believe every member of our team enriches our community by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and discover, design, and deliver solutions.

Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.