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Job TitleElectronics Design EngineerLocation(s)Stockholm
Job Description
Perten, a PerkinElmer Company is currently looking for a Electronics Design Engineer - Hybrid working - 3 days in Hägersten
Perten, a PerkinElmer company, provides analytical solutions for the food and agriculture industries. With decades of expertise, we support customers worldwide with advanced technologies for grain, dairy, feed, food, and process analysis.
Our portfolio includes Near-Infrared (NIR) instruments, grain quality testing solutions, rheology analyzers, dairy analyzers, and process monitoring technologies designed to help producers ensure quality, optimize yield, improve consistency, and reduce waste.
Trusted by laboratories, grain handlers, millers, food manufacturers, and processors around the world, Perten combines reliable technology, application expertise, and dedicated customer support to help customers make smarter, data-driven decisions.
The ideal candidate will own tasks related to both sustaining our existing product portfolio and designing new, NIR, rheological and RF analytical instruments for food analysis. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and driven professional to contribute to the ongoing success and innovation of our advanced analytical instrument portfolio.
This role will be based in Hägersten under the Perten Instruments R&D organization. Perten Instruments is a part of PerkinElmer, Inc. Perten Instruments specializes in the design, development, and manufacture manufacturing of analytical instruments used primarily in the food and agricultural industries. Their Our instruments are known for their precision and reliability in analyzing various properties of grains, flour, food, feed, and other agricultural products.
PerkinElmer is a global analytical services and solutions provider with offerings including the leading OneSource Field and Laboratory services business that serve the biopharma, food, environmental, safety and applied end markets to accelerate scientific outcomes. Since 1937, PerkinElmer has served as a trusted partner in laboratory analysis and management and today complements its service offerings with a broad portfolio of atomic spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy, and chromatography instruments, consumables, and reagents. With a dedicated team of more than 6,000 team members, the Company serves customers in more than 35 countries. Additional information is available at www.perkinelmer.com.
Role description:
- Development and design of electronic circuit boards containing digital and analog components. A typical design involves computer module carrier boards, DC-DC converters, motor drivers, AD-converters, LED drivers.
- Participate in the entire process of releasing new products, maintaining the existing portfolio up-to-date, and addressing end-of-life (EOL) situations by updating instruments while ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Debug, trouble shoot and repair on a PCBA level using tools such as oscilloscope, signal generator etc. Including soldering equipment both for SMD/THD components
- Work closely in a small team and interact with other functions e.g. Software, Applications, and Product Management teams
- Basic firmware development, with or without RTOS
Role requirements:
- Legal right to work in Sweden (eg permanent residence permit, EU citizenship or equivalent)
- BSc in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 5 years or more experience in a similar position is preferred
- Experience in PCBA design from idea to volume manufacturing
- Proficiency with Altium Designer or other eCAD tool
- Experience in hardware debugging
- Be able to provide test and verification documents for production use
- Experience with one or more of the following protocols: SPI, I2C, USB, UART, DisplayPort, HDMI, Ethernet, SATA, MODBUS
- Basic understanding how to comply with EMC, ESD and electrical safety as well standards related to legal market requirements
- Experience with cable and connector selection is a plus
- Experience with FPGAs is also an advantage
- Ability to collaborate, with a problem-solving and innovative mindset
- Ability to lead smaller projects
- Fluent in English
What we offer:
- Interesting and stimulating role in an expanding company and market
- Advanced technology and top professionals
- Possibility to attend professional training and seminars
- Collaborative and diverse environment
- Wellness subsidy
- Collective agreement
- Hybrid workplace
Will you be our next top professional? Please apply to this intriguing position as soon as possible and join us today!
Keywords: PCB, PCBA, electronics, electronic design, measurement technology, Altium Designer, laboratory instrument, hardware design
Skills Required
- BSc in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 5 years or more experience in a similar position
- Experience in PCBA design from idea to volume manufacturing
- Proficiency with Altium Designer or other eCAD tool
- Experience in hardware debugging
- Ability to provide test and verification documents for production use
- Basic understanding of EMC, ESD and electrical safety standards
- Fluent in English
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What We Do
For 85 years, PerkinElmer has pushed the boundaries of science from food to health to the environment. We’ve always pursued science with a clear purpose – to help our customers achieve theirs. Our expert team brings technology and intangibles, like creativity, empathy, diligence, and a spirit of collaboration, in equal measure, to fulfill our customers’ desire to work better, innovate better, and create better. PerkinElmer is a leading, global provider of technology and service solutions that help customers measure, quantify, detect, and report in ways that help ensure the quality, safety, and satisfaction of their products. Learn more at www.newperkinelmer.com.
