Job description

• A designer and manufacturer of electric motorcycles for the consumer and fleet markets.
• Headquartered in Scotts Valley, California, we design and build our product onsite and have been doing so since 2006.
• We are looking for an individual that has a very deep understanding of embedded electrical systems design.
• This individual will work within a team of electrical engineers to design cutting edge electric motorcycles and all the systems that make these vehicles perform safely, predictably, and excitingly.
• This individual will play a key role in defining the motorcycles systems, user interfaces, safety interlocks, and performance characteristics.
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Define high level system architecture for systems on the motorcycle such as battery monitoring system, all sensor inputs, motor controller and high current busses, and gauges/rider interface
  
• Design, develop, code, test and debug systems software for bike systems and functional test
  
• systems.
  
• Analyze and enhance efficiency, stability and scalability of system resources.
  
• Integrate and validate new product designs.
  
• Interface with hardware design and development.
  
• Support software QA and optimize I/O performance.
  
• Conduct peer reviews of designs, features, and marketing/engineering specifications
  
• Work with component vendors to qualify parts to meet the needs of the system architecture.
  
• Assist with building a test infrastructure to get full test coverage of all features
  
• Ensure these motorcycle systems meet requirements, release them for production and commercial deployment.
  
• Ensure projects are handed off to production for on time, fully qualified, quality manufacture on production schedule
  
• Provide post production support.
  
• Mentor other Jr and mid-level engineers
  

Required Education/Experience:

• Required minimum of BS degree (MS preferred) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar area
  
• Minimum of 6-10 Years of professional engineering experience in related field
  
• Extensive experience with embedded systems software and hardware
  
• Extensive experience developing in C and C++ environments.
  
• Experience with wireless communication principles and protocols: 3GPP, 802.11 or Bluetooth.
  
• Experience with analog and digital circuit design; power electronics is a plus
  
• Experience with automotive power train systems or EV systems preferred
  

Skills and Attributes

• Strong embedded programming expertise in C or C++ programming
  
• Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting on embedded targets.
  
• Proven experience in embedded systems design with multitasking real-time operating systems.
  
• Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.
  
• Excellent knowledge of OS coding techniques, IP protocols, interfaces and hardware subsystems.
  
• Problem solving and process oriented design test and document is essential.
  
• Proficiency debugging embedded software systems. Familiarity with UARTs JTAG, and oscilloscopes.
  
• Strong documentation and writing skills with attention to detail.
  
• Experience with SEI CMMI policies and procedures is a plus.
  
• Excellent communication skills.
  
• Adequate knowledge of reading schematics and data sheets for components.