Embedded Hardware Designer Intern

Accountabilities

• Design, development and analysis of distributed electronic hardware, equipment and systems.
• Continuously improve hardware development processes.
• Recommend design approaches to meet requirements in new and existing products.
• Work with engineering, managers, marketing, production control, quality and manufacturing groups to develop requirements, specifications and test plans.
• Work with procurement and suppliers in building prototype and production circuit boards.
• Specify and perform verification, testing and debugging of electronic subsystems.
• Manage lifecycle of existing and future designs to ensure obsolescence risks are minimized and common designs are utilized.
• Create and maintain documentation including schematics, bills of materials and drawings to support prototyping and volume manufacturing.

Critical Competencies / Core Behaviours:

• Quickly learns when faced with new challenges; undeterred by the knowledge that some lessons are learned from setbacks.
• Motivated by the challenge of new work; proactively seeks answers.
• Strives to deliver the highest quality output and collaborates with the team to deliver on shared goals.
• Takes initiative to practice and apply new skills to continuously improve performance; is accountable for meeting commitments.
• Looks beyond the obvious symptoms to uncover their underlying root cause (5 Whys).
• Continuous learner; demonstrates high levels of curiosity.
• Natural collaborator but can work independently when required.

Qualifications
 

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of electrical circuit design theory.
• Familiar with PC based CAD: schematic capture and printed circuit board design (ORCAD, ALTIUM Designer, etc.).
• Experience with hand soldering on PCBAs.
• Experience with the operation of oscilloscopes.

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

• Electronics and Embedded Systems hardware design, including (but not limited to) experience in the following technology areas:
  • Designs involving microcontrollers or FPGAs.
  • Communication interfaces including RS-485, Ethernet, I2C, SPI and UART.
  • Analog and digital PCB design.
  • Linear and switching power supply design.
  • ADC/DAC system design.
  • Signal conditioning, passive and active filter design.

• Familiar with the selection and application of electronic components.
• Experience with prototyping and testing of electronic board assemblies.
• PCB and system-level troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with the operation of logic analyzers and network analyzers.
• Embedded Software/Firmware experience for Hardware development.

   

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

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