Principal Electrical Engineer (Engineering)

GTI Energy, the nation's leading research, development, deployment, and training organization serving energy markets, has an opportunity for a Principal Engineer - Electrical in our Energy Delivery research group. GTI offers generous benefits, competitive salaries, and the opportunity to work in a professional R&D environment. The qualified candidate will perform research and development activities in collaboration with other engineers and scientists, focused on applying engineering practices to the development and deployment of electronic technology.

The position will be based in the Des Plaines, Illinois area, but the candidate must also be able to work remotely to meet all federal, state, local, and company COVID guidelines.  While local candidates are preferred, GTI provides relocation assistance for the right candidate.

This position is within a group of engineers and scientists that bring technology solutions to gas and energy utility companies. The candidate must be able to apply technical theory and engineering to the design, development, and deployment of electronic technologies. The candidate must be able to work within the structure of an overall project team while being able to work independently and set direction for project teams. Position responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design and assist in the construction of technology prototypes
• Research and identify components that match design specifications
• Perform construction, programming, and testing of sub-systems or modules
• Document work in written and graphical formats
• Potential for travel for industry events, customer site visits, field demonstrations or testing
• Other duties as assigned

• Embedded C/C++ firmware development with STM32 or other ARM families
• Proficient with laboratory bench instrumentation and prototype construction
• Experience with analytical tools such as MATLAB, R, or Python
• Experience with rapid prototyping tools such as Node Red or Micropython
• Familiarity with IoT communication protocols such as LoRa, LTE, WiFi, BLE

• Familiarity with National Instruments LabVIEW tools
• Printed circuit board layout with Eagle or equivalent
• Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, Losant, ThingsBoard

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical engineering
• 2 – 5 years of relevant work experience

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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