Hw Engineer

Profile

Electronic background

Fluent in English

Main Responsibilities

The HW Engineer will be in charge to lead the evaluation, development and validation of custom electronics board, industrial communication electronics hardware (fieldbus) using Anybus-HMS or Hilscher chip or module and optional devices for Industrial PC.

All activities are performed cooperating with external companies specialized on electronic design and electronic component manufacturing.

The HW Engineer will work in the dynamic HW Design team, within the cooperative and engaging environment of the Advanced Automation Solutions organization, together with other teams as Robot Controller Software Engineering. Actively supports Procurements, Internal Manufacturing and After Sales.

Main areas of responsibilities are:

-Study and comparison of different solutions for fieldbus interface (slave and master)

-Industrial PC architecture knowledge with ability to compare Processors performance, peripherals features (chipset, memory, SSD type, LAN Controller, expansion card slot standard i.e., M.2)

-Real time operating system concept for integration in the IPC and knowledge about real time operating systems (VxWorks versions and relevant BSP, Linux distribution, etc.)

-Communication interface HW & SW design evaluation (together with Robot Controller Software Engineering) for industrial communication fieldbus (eg. Powerlink, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP and PROFINET)

-Design and management of tests bench for validation of prototype of new electronic devices, integration tests, troubleshooting and root cause analysis for failure on the field.

-Development of technical specifications documentation for the electronic devices, selection of supplier (for the technical scope) in cooperation with the Procurement office.

-Support to the manufacturing team for troubleshooting on electric/electronic components and design improvements

-Robot controller 24V DC Power Supply design and distribution

Technical Skills

Strong knowledge of fieldbuses technology and implementation (both HW and FW/SW)

Experience in design of industrial automation electronics

Ability to understand and deal with electronics schematics, BoM, PCB layouts

Familiarity with common electronics laboratory instruments (oscilloscope, power meter, etc)

Knowledge and analysis of ISO standards / EU Machine Directive /UL norms applicable to the above mentioned electronic components

Knowledge of external Accredited Laboratory tests (EMC, Electrical Safety, etc)

Knowledge of Functional Safety HW architecture concepts

Basic knowledge of EN ISO 13849-1 and IEC 61508-x