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About the role
We are the hardware engineering group that designs and implements embedded systems (meters) for collecting TV tuning and TV viewing data. Our team’s responsibilities include electrical schematic design, circuit board layout, and enclosure mechanical design. We use contract manufacturers to build prototypes and production meters. Typical meter designs consist of a single main board with a dozen or more integrated circuits (BGA, QFP, TDFN, SOT, etc) and related passive components. Our designs range in size from rack mount equipment to devices as small as a wrist watch. We design and create automated manufacturing test systems that incorporate various instruments such as optical detectors, power supplies, DVMs, RF generators, and frequency converters. These test systems are used to validate newly manufactured equipment.
Key Responsibilities
You will be directly responsible for supporting product innovation and contributing to recommendations to employ leading-edge technology to design solutions. You will be expected to guide engineering technology, make appropriate technology tradeoff decisions, and arbitrate opposing ideas. Explore and provide alternative solutions to problems. Key responsibilities include analysis, design, implementation, validation, troubleshooting and support for electronic systems including:
Role Requirements
Provide project estimates in terms of cost and duration
Identify risks and provide mitigation plans for the project
Tracking and reporting project status to management.
Component selection, BOM creation (ensuring multiple sourced components), and cost estimation
Electrical/Schematic design of embedded systems (you will work with a dedicated PCB layout engineer)
Initiation of ECOs / DOs documenting the design in our PLM system
Preparing for and conduction design reviews
Creating test requirements and supporting a test engineer for your designs
Ensuring products meet US, CA and EU government regulations
Contribute to the innovation and intellectual properly creation within Engineering
Recommend alterations and enhancements to improve quality of products and / or procedures
Validation of concepts and their correct implementation
Key Skills
Altium Designer for schematic capture
Arena PLM
Ability to handle multiple priorities and simultaneous work projects
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong analytical skills
Must be able to juggle multiple priorities and handle work requests with a sense of urgency
Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in Engineering discipline or related degree, or equivalent work experience.
Evidence of progressively more complex experience in Engineering
What can we offer you as an employee of Nielsen Media
In addition to a competitive salary and benefits we offer a varied area of responsibility as well as an open corporate culture with numerous development opportunities. Above all, our employees appreciate the ability to work independently in a motivated and very friendly team. Social responsibility, open communication and living our values can be found not only on our homepage, but also in everyday work. An informal atmosphere in a dynamic media company with opportunities for ownership and personal development.
Diversity
Here at Nielsen, we believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Nielsen is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from people that are excited to work for us, regardless of their background - so please get in touch!
Nielsen provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to any protected characteristics under local law.
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