Senior Electrical Engineer

As a Sr. Electronics Engineer at Nielsen-Kellerman Co. (“NK”), you are expected to be a multi-skilled engineer who is capable of working on many aspects of our portfolio of cloud-connected sports, weather and environmental instruments. From primary development of low-power circuits with integrated sensors and wireless technologies, to collaborating with product designers and software engineers to drive full-stack “internet of things” solutions, the Sr. Electrical Engineer will be a critical member of cross-functional teams designing our Kestrel and NK branded rugged products for reliability, accuracy and ease-of-use. Our products are counted on to save lives, go faster and shoot further. We are committed to US Lean manufacturing and US ingenuity. As a successful 45-year-old small company, we emphasize offer a casual work environment and job security with excellent benefits. This is at-will employment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Be an integral part of a “concept-to-customer” design team launching new low-power electronic products every year and sustaining and improving existing designs
• Independently apply extensive and diversified knowledge of electrical engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments
• Use advanced techniques in the application of theories and practices of electrical engineering disciplines to complete assignments
• Evaluate technologies for suitability to current and future product development goals
• Work on major projects and/or several projects of moderate scope with complex features
• Design electronic circuitry using embedded MCU hardware, digital and analog sensors, USB, CAN, I2C and SPI communications protocols.
• Work within limitations of low-power, battery-operated devices
• Design hardware containing BLE, GPS, Wifi and Cell modules for RF coexistence
• Debug circuit designs to the board level
• Design for EMC compliance and other international compliance standards such as for intrinsic safety
• Carefully follow operational and documentation standards

Personal Qualities for Success in this Job 

• Ability to work quickly yet carefully and within established standards and practices
• Initiative to work independently combined with the judgement to ask appropriate questions
• Self-organization to manage assignments to meet deadlines
• Personal interest in being part of a smaller, entrepreneurial team designing products for cost-effective US manufacturing
• Empathetic to user experience and interested in making products that are enjoyable to use as well as effective and reliable
• Analytical and good at solving complex problems
• Strong learning bent with desire and ability to obtain and retain new information
• Open to feedback 
• Collaborative

Qualifications and Experience

Required:

• 4-year BS degree in Electrical Engineering or other relevant engineering specialty or equivalent training, certifications or experience
• 7+ years of experience in design and development of electronic products including circuit design and board layout
• Experience in evaluating technologies for applicability and suitability
• Experience with low-power wireless data transfer (BT, BTLE, Zigbee, ANT+, 6LoPAN)
• Demonstrated knowledge of proper RF hardware design required to use modular BLE, GPS, Wifi, Cell and similar radio technologies
• Experience choosing components/designing hardware for low power battery operated devices
• Strong knowledge of engineering principles and methods to perform professional engineering functions
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Expert in Altium Designer Schematic and PCB layout tools

Desired:

• Experience working with embedded ARM microprocessor devices – including reference designs and development kits
• Understanding of common hardware/software components required to transfer data from iOT devices to cloud infrastructure
• Knowledge of agile approaches to product development
• Master’s degree or other advanced certifications

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have direct supervisory responsibilities. All development engineers are expected to function as project leads for some projects.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

Climate-controlled indoor office with attached manufacturing facility. May be required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb or balance. Must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Dogs in office.

Training

Most training is on-the-job but formal education and training may be provided where appropriate.

Work Location & Hours

This position will be predominantly remote - working from home or other remote location of your choice. We expect remote employees to be available to collaborate virtually Monday to Friday during the core hours of 10am-4pm Eastern. In addition, our remote teams get together on-site and in-person when the team determines that is the most effective way to advance a project or goal. We believe it is valuable for teams to work together in person on at least a quarterly basis. Accordingly, we give priority to applicants who live within 1.5 hours travel of our headquarters in Boothwyn, PA. We provide a quality laptop, test and development tools, secure access to company resources, and a technology allowance for establishing a home office. Remote employees are expected to have access to high-speed internet. Engineering employees have the use of our R&D labs and machine shop on site. All employees have access to visitor cubicles and employees who prefer to work on site more than half of the time may request an assigned cubicle. These policies and work arrangements may change in the future but NK has committed to a hybrid workplace with remote work emphasized for team members not directly involved in manufacturing, order fulfillment, customer support, IT and facilities. We trust our employees to become engaged in their work and passionate about making their contributions to our growth and strategy in a way that works for them while supporting the productivity of the team.

Pay Rate

This is a salaried position. Pay rate commensurate with qualifications and experience as well as company size. Annual bonus based on company and individual performance with a range that averages 2%- 4% of base compensation.

Benefits

• Fully paid employee benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. 
• Voluntary benefits include family medical, life insurance, critical care insurance, FSA dependent care and pet insurance.
• HSA with employer contribution
• 401k with employer match up to 5% at time of eligibility after 90 days of employment
• 9 paid holidays, one floating holiday and flexible PTO
• Paid Maternity/Paternity leave
• Benefits commence on the first of the month following 60 days of employment.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Must be eligible to work in the US without employer sponsorship. Security clearance is not required.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NK is an equal opportunity employer. NK conducts all employment-related activities in full compliance with all applicable Federal and State laws and without regard to an individual’s age, color, sex, disability, marital status, national origin, citizenship, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or other legally protected category is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No person will be discriminated against in hiring or in any other aspect of their employment and also applies to training, transfer, promotion, compensation, benefits, and all other aspects of employment. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this position.

About NK 

Nielsen-Kellerman is the parent company for eight brands focused on helping people succeed in their profession or passion by providing mission-critical measurements, information, insight and guidance whenever and wherever needed. Ambient Weather, Kestrel Weather, KestrelMet, RainWise, Kestrel Ballistics, MagnetoSpeed, Blue Ocean Megaphones and NK Sports are each recognized as the preeminent products for their applications from meteorology to military, firefighting to farming and rowing to research. Our products ARE us - we design them, build them, sell them, and passionately stand behind them. 

NK has been in business for over four decades and is still growing stronger. Working here offers excellent opportunities for personal and professional development as well as the fun and satisfaction of being part of a successful American business. NK is a Lean enterprise committed to American manufacturing and continuous improvement of our design, production, administrative and sales processes.

NK's headquarters comprises three facilities located in Boothwyn, PA, about 30 minutes southwest of Philadelphia. Our Ambient Weather brand operates primarily from Chandler, AZ in the Phoenix suburbs. NK's work environment is informal and high-energy, and our employees' quality of life is important to us. NK has been named a Philly Top Workplace 10 times, including 2025.