University of Minnesota · 1 week ago
Research Engineer
Minneapolis, MN
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Gain expertise in and perform research, development, prototyping, testing, and scaling process architecting focused on internet-connected hardware systems in the following respective areas: Sensing and Instrumentation, Robotics, Manufacturing, Wireless connectivity
Evaluate the effectiveness of IoT technologies as used in the context of food, agricultural and natural resource applications. This could include performing user surveys, interviews, and engaging design review sessions with users.
Assist in collaborative platform development with the target users of the hardware systems, including working with scientists, farmers, and other user groups
Assist in producing quality professional and policy outputs such as science training documentation, tutorials, standard operating procedures, online content, journal articles, books, book chapters, and presentations
Assist the Lab Field Manager in the support, maintenance, and decommissioning or field-deployed systems
Support student and junior team members projects by providing technical expertise
Support lab management including the setup and maintenance of workspace and laboratory equipment performance by establishing quality standards; developing operations, quality, and troubleshooting procedures; building up specific experimental capabilities (machining, electronics, sourcing components); overseeing, coordinating, and/or executing capital and general equipment orders (working with vendors, obtaining quotes, etc.); ensuring staff compliance; certifying instrument performance; arranging equipment replacement, service, and repair; ensuring that lab consumables are stocked; coordinating removal of surplus equipment in the lab and ensuring general organization of each experimental station in the lab; ensuring lab users maintain their work areas in a clean and organized manner; schedule regular lab cleaning events for all graduate, postdoc, and researchers using the lab; along with other critical functions. Maintain an up-to-date description of lab materials for grant writing
Develop instructional materials for online and face-to-face environments
Provide regular, on-going training on internet of things technologies for K12, undergraduate, and adult learners in internet of things technologies
Qualification
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Required
A BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a closely related field plus at least two years of relevant experience, or a combination of education and relevant work experience to equal at least six years.
Building 2 or more Internet of Things (IoT) prototype sensing, instrumentation, robotics, manufacturing, or wireless connectivity systems. Specifically, this includes design of power electronic systems, low power embedded systems, and analog signal chains.
Designing and printing PCBs.
Building hardware prototypes, developing firmware and/or software using tooling such as embedded C/C++, Eagle, Altium, Xilinx, Solidworks, Autodesk360.
Use of a high-level programming and scripting languages such Python, Matlab, or R, and exposure to Markdown (HTML, LaTEX).
Use of GitHub and the Particle Internet of Things platform.
Providing technical support and developing patches for existing hardware and firmware systems.
Working with and maintaining 3D printers.
Knowledge of the complete hardware system life cycle, including specification gathering, designing, prototyping, manufacturing, quality assurance, deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning.
One or more experiences working in an interdisciplinary setting with software engineers, data scientists, and non-engineers.
Preferred
An MS in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field with an undergraduate minor in computer science and 2 years of work experience in at least one of the following areas: sensing, instrumentation, robotics, advanced manufacturing, and wireless connectivity.
2+ years of experience working with external manufacturers and doing design for manufacturing.
2+ years of field experience deploying distributed sensing and actuation systems in remote, low connectivity, and harsh environments such as in developing countries or remote rural areas.
A proven track record of work across the complete hardware system life cycle, including specification gathering, designing, prototyping, manufacturing, quality assurance, deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning.
Familiarity with the Internet of Things stack from sensing and actuation platforms to wireless backhaul, web server, databases, and front-end applications.
Proven track record of deploying large sensing and actuation systems in remote and harsh environments with intermittent and low bandwidth data backhauls.
4+ years of experience working with git and other software version control systems.
4+ years experience working in agriculture and natural resources management contexts.
Willingness to travel to for up to 2-4 weeks at a time.
1+ year of experience with technology commercialization and intellectual property protection.
Company
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota is an educational institution that offers master's and doctoral degrees in medicine, law, and engineering fields.
10,001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$97.08MKey Investors
American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsNational Science FoundationU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2023-12-01Grant· $0.03M
2023-05-04Grant· $20M
2023-04-13Grant· $10M
Leadership Team
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