[KIT-list] Firmware Engineer, Audio, Embedded C (San Diego, CA, relocation available)

Thursday, February 17, 2022

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Firmware Engineer, Audio, Embedded C (San Diego, CA) Job ID 3285

NOTE: Relocation is available for the selected candidate.

Job Description
Our client is one of the foremost Gaming Headphone creators in the USA. Due to recent growth, they are seeking to hire another creative Firmware Engineer to add to their team. The Firmware Engineer will become an integral part of the audio headset engineering team. The selected candidate will work with our experienced engineering staff in the development of Company's gaming headsets. Work will include analysis, design, development, integration and testing of firmware for our products. The work will be highly collaborative with firmware engineers, hardware engineers, and test engineers. This opportunity represents a unique opportunity for candidates interested in working in a fast paced, team environment, creating cool gaming headsets.
Specific Duties Include

- Develop embedded software for high-volume consumer audio products.
- Collaborate with firmware, software, hardware, and test engineers to deliver products.
- Work with product managers and third-party vendors gathering requirements.
- Develop software in Embedded C and assembly for headsets or related products.
- Create software architectures.
- Participate in peer reviews.
- Debug and fix software defects.
- Unit test firmware.

Required Skills

- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
- 3-5 years of relevant engineering experience preferred
- Solid fundamentals in object-oriented programming and data structures
- Worked with embedded CPUs, 8051, ARM, Microchip, NXP, Freescale, CSR
- Data Communication over USB, UART, I2C, SPI, I2S, Bluetooth, BLE, WiFi
- Real-time, multi-threading experience, interrupts, RTOS, and bare metal systems
- Experience with Bootloaders, FLASH, EEPROM, timers, DMAs, peripheral drivers
- Familiarity with digital audio processing, A/D and D/A audio converters
- Digital electronics, schematics, and, board bring up
- Debugging with emulators, debuggers, JTAG, IDEs, and unit tests
- Experience with Consumer Electronics, Audio, or Gaming a plus
- Programming experience in embedded C, C++, C#, Python. shell scripting a plus



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[KIT-list] Senior Power Amplifier Engineer, audio (Hybrid role during COVID, Costa Mesa, CA, relocation available)

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Senior Power Amplifier Engineer, audio, Hybrid role, Costa Mesa, CA
*** This position is a hybrid role until covid is over. Some on-campus lab time will be required, and the rest will be WFH. Relocation is available for the right Candidate.


Job Description
Our client is a premier audio manufacturer located in Southern CA. The Senior Power Amplifier Engineer is responsible for creating and implementing electronic hardware products for the Company. The Engineer will design and develop audio specific power supplies and amplifiers with power levels ranging from several watts to tens of kilowatts. A successful candidate needs a broad technical background designing, simulating, fabricating, and testing both switch mode power supplies (SMPS) and class D audio power amplifiers.

Typical responsibilities include analog and digital circuit design, architectural design, schematic capture, circuit modeling and simulation, PCB layout, timing and signal integrity analysis, components evaluation and selection, solving EMC and regulatory issues, bringing up prototypes and troubleshooting, test and validation of the designs.

Engineer is responsible for delivering product design that meets all safety, regulatory, and performance requirements. In addition, the Senior Power Amplifier Engineer will provide guidance to junior team members and technicians.

The position requires the individual to work well within a small, cross-functional team consisting of mechanical, software, and firmware engineers, as well as product managers, program managers, manufacturing engineers, and NPI engineers. The role requires someone who is self-motivated, has excellent problem solving skills, possesses a keen attention to detail, works well within a small team, and can produce results.


Specific Duties Include

- Designs and implements analog and digital electronic hardware with an emphasis on audio applications.
- Development and analysis of audio electronics components and systems.
- Develops power supplies and amplifiers for use in professional audio products.
- SMPS topology analysis and selection.
- Design simulation in Micro-Cap.
- Magnetic design and prototype of inductors and transformers.
- Tests, validates, and verifies audio performance of audio systems and subsystems.
- Test, qualify, and debug supply and amplifier to meet FCC, CE, UL, etc. standards.
- Drives and achieves results that meet aggressive time and cost constraints.
- Works effectively with other design engineers, manufacturing, test engineering and outside suppliers to ensure a high quality, robust solution in minimal time.
- Must be self-motivated in order to achieve assigned objectives with minimal supervision.
- Lead, mentor, and support junior engineers in their career development and project design efforts.
- Travel to Asia and other countries approximately 5% of the time. (when covid is gone).
- Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

- BSEE required, MSEE preferred.
- 10 + years' design experience is required.
- Experience with simulation tool(s) is required.
- Extensive experience with schematic capture/PCB layout software required. (Cadence Allegro preferred).
- Experience with high fidelity analog & digital audio circuit design, operational amplifiers, and high dynamic range audio data converter.
- Experience with audio power amplifier design, such as Class-D amplifiers.
- Solid theoretical and practical knowledge of switch-mode power conversion for use in DC/DC power supplies.
- Magnetic design skills for inductors and transformers required.
- Knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements and test methods including UL, FCC, CE, and others as appropriate.
- Good communication skills, both written and oral, in English.
- Superior problem solving skills: issue identification, problem structuring, analysis, and developing recommendations.
- Ability to produce results in a dynamic work environment.
- VHDL or Verilog experience is a plus.
- Experience with C++ scripting and other high-level programming languages is a plus.



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[KIT-list] Professional Services Contract Specialist for Thomson Reuters (remote-based)

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https://thomsonreuters.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/USA-Carrollton-2395-Midway-Rd/Commercial-Assurance-Specialist_JREQ154113

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The Commercial Assurance function is responsible to support the marketing, selling, and contracting of Professional Services, on a global basis, within the Legal segment of Thomson Reuters Corporation; the mission is to make positive impact to the overall customer experience and Thomson Reuters revenue. 

The Commercial Assurance/Professional Services Contract Specialist is first and foremost a team player who must work across different functional groups seamlessly; internal stakeholders include Professional Services functions such as practice teams, service delivery excellence, technical services, education services, operations, customer advocacy, and resourcing & partner strategy as well as Legal segment functions such as legal, sales, marketing, product, and finance. 

The Specialist will be a recognized for expertise in the areas of documenting professional services contractual agreements related to ERP software, such as Statements of Work (SOWs) and Change Orders (COs), and negotiating win-win scenarios with customers and TR service delivery executives so as to address customer needs while minimizing risk to TR revenue.  The Commercial Assurance function is newly created; thus, the Specialist will contribute to the development of new processes, policies, and strategy, as well as requirements for tools and applications for the function, with an eye toward efficiency and global scale.  The Specialist will lead complex initiatives as an individual contributor as well as through teams of matrixed reports and will thrive on solving unique and multifaceted challenges in a short timeframe. 

Key Responsibilities:

- Manage Commercial Assurance deliverables:

- Prepare/Review custom SOWs and service models/fee schedules, which are backed by a custom work plan; participate in the sales motion for custom quotes to gather necessary detail and risks; propose risk mitigation solutions working with service delivery executives and legal stakeholders, as needed.
- Maintain service model, SOW and CO templates over time to incorporate feedback; lead discussions across all relevant internal stakeholders.
- Develop new SOW templates and service models in conjunction with new product or service offering launches; participate in launch processes as the designated Commercial Assurance representative.
- Contribute to the design, and guide the development, of sample implementation deliverables (such as work plans and resources plans) to be annexed to contractual documents as requested by customers during the sales process, working across relevant stakeholder functions; iterate over time as needed based on internal and external stakeholder feedback.
- Provide input to enhance and iterate professional services content in contracts, such as Executive Sponsor Program, Quality Assurance Program, and Escalation Path; support Professional Services functions to develop content of same.
- Ensure global consistency; prepare high-quality deliverables – succinct and error free.

- Provide input to the design and implementation of a commercial assurance framework covering the customer experience from marketing through the contract lifecycle, which supports the Professional Services organization in prevention of project service delivery cost/budget overrun. 
- Serve as Professional Services point of contact for select Sales teams; facilitate responses to queries and requests, present Professional Services updates and/or facilitate other Professional Services functions participation in sales meetings.

·       At all opportunity, listen for sales, delivery, operations and product feedback to propose possible new service offerings or enhancements to existing service offerings.

- Provide input to business requirements for tools and applications used by the function.
- Develop operational and financial analyses to support proposals; work with operations and finance as appropriate.
- Provide input to new Professional Services sales programs which drive software attachment and services expansion; collaborate with Sales on customer needs, package solutions that would meet business needs and deliver value; when called upon, assist strategic services function in development of Professional Services offerings and a catalog of same, and service delivery excellence function to develop implementation approaches.
- Provide input to Professional Services marketing material.
- Work with practice teams, project management and resource management team on work plans, resourcing planning, and timelines, as needed.
- Deliver to KPIs and operational metrics for the function; monitor reporting of measures and provide input as to course correction, as needed.
- Participate in Professional Services organizational meetings.
- Provide continual feedback to leadership on challenges, barriers with ongoing communication, statuses.

Skills and Other Requirements:

The ideal candidate is a hardworking and highly organized professional, who has solid skills and experience with business consulting firms/client relationship management in a mid to large scale organization.  The Commercial Assurance Specialist must have strong communication skills, detailed understanding of implementation processes, and feel comfortable working with all levels of the TR organization as well as negotiating contractual language with customers.

Specifically, the Specialist will:

- Have 8 to 10 years of related experience preferably with a consulting firm and a professional services organization within a software company,  responsible for scoping services and documenting legal contracts; will demonstrate a keen understanding of the customer value proposition and how to clearly and succinctly explain the professional services which will be delivered at varying levels of detail (contractual language as well as marketing and sales material).
- Demonstrate domain expertise with global ERP implementation as well as management consulting. 

·       Understand the value of, and have experience developing as well as implementing, best practices/consulting (business process redesign, client engagement and project strategies). 

·       Possess experience in building strong, relevant product and consulting service knowledge to understand value delivery that compliments and leverages software solutions to ultimately improve customer satisfaction and increase revenue. 

- Prove excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to build relationships and effectively communicate and influence cross management and organizational levels both internally and externally.
- Demonstrate problem solving, analysis, and resolution skills as well as strong organizational and technical skills.
- Show good understanding of applicable technical concepts, strategies and architectures.
- Working knowledge of Smartsheet, Salesforce Sales Cloud and Service Cloud; preferable to have working knowledge of Contract Express, HighQ, FinancialForce, Apttus CLM and/or Order Capture, and Power BI.
- Hold a bachelor's degree in business administration management, accounting or information technology or equivalent work experience required.  An advanced degree or MBA is preferred.



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