Hardware Control Engineer

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Job Title : Hardware Control Engineer

Job Site: Hansen Way, Palo Alto, California 94304

Minimum Requirements : A Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering or a related field (or foreign equivalent) and three (3) years of experience in the job offered, as Test and Service Engineer, Research Assistant, Hardware Engineer, or a related occupation.

Job Duties : Design, implement, and test new automated control systems for beam generation and delivery. Simulate design concept to test new beam control solutions. Implement beam control improvements. Solve design issues, executing root cause analysis to understand failure mechanisms. Test, monitor, and characterize system performance through hands-on experiments with prototype systems. Conduct experiments with radiotherapy machines to understand BGM performance. Create and execute machine usage test cases that mimic boundary conditions for the beam servos. Test iterative beam control improvements. Utilize scientific computing methods to analyze control systems and develop optimization strategies. Analyze beam generation and monitoring records using scientific scripting. Store and organize large amounts of beam generation and monitoring data. Evaluate performance of beam servo algorithms. Utilize scientific computing tools to quantify servo performance metrics. Stablish analysis tools to detect potential issues at customer site and communicate them to service personnel to perform preventive maintenance. Document BGM servo stability, failure events, proposed solutions, and reliability testing results. Recommend new testing methods to better quantify servo performance. Investigate failure events recoded during reliability tests and propose solutions. Perform verification and validation tests for the BGM subsystem. Perform verification and validation testing to ensure product regulatory compliance. Create and execute test cases to show BGM control systems are performing according to specifications. Document test results. Failure mode and effect analysis. Investigate and document issues related to BGM subsystem performance. Track and document design issues with BGM subsystems. Investigate issues related to beam control algorithms and test cases. Provide solutions to issues related to BGM performance at customer site and communicate them with service personnel.

Special Requirements: Must have experience and/or academic training with each of the following:

Embedded software engineering Data Analysis Control systems design Test Automation Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Test Plan Review, Scheduling Mechanical and Electrical Schematic Reading Technical writing Troubleshooting and Problem-solving Matlab, C++ and C# Hardware Testing and Validation System Integration

      Rate of Pay:   $159,756.91/year

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