Director, Embedded Systems Engineering

About Us

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, a family owned business for over 75 years, takes pride in powering progress in health, security and quality of life. We are key partners with the world’s leading medical devices, semiconductor, scientific analytics and industrial systems manufacturers. When they want to push the limits of what’s possible with high voltage applications, they turn to us to make it happen.

While Spellman is not a household name, our products are used to make and often power many of the most advanced technologies that make modern life possible. With design and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe and Asia, we have become the preferred provider of high voltage power solutions for OEMs pushing the boundaries of technology around the world by designing and producing the products they need to power progress.

As part of our continuous focus on offering high-performance and cutting-edge products and solutions to our markets, the fields of advanced power conversion, power management, and controls, and embedded systems are of strategic and critical importance. In this context, Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp. is seeking a highly talented, motivated, creative, and experienced engineering leader in embedded systems, specifically in Power Electronics, Power Management, and Digital Controls, encompassing development, testing, and validation.

For this highly skilled and hands-on engineering leadership role, our expectations are as follows: In addition to managing the day-to-day activities of a growing team of seven highly skilled embedded systems engineers, you will focus on the design, development, implementation, testing, and documentation of complex firmware and software to be used in high voltage power supplies across all our markets and applications. You will interface with and support our global engineering community as needed and provide support to the business development and sales teams on all relevant matters.

Further, success in this role requires strong people management and soft skills, including coaching and mentoring. A deep understanding of RTOS and bare-metal firmware is also essential.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Technical

Oversight of all Embedded Systems development activities for all Spellman products and platforms and all associated R&D. This includes providing technical direction, workload management, prioritization, and day-to-day technical expertise to teammates.

Project planning for firmware/software development needs.

Oversight of all firmware and software design for sophisticated high voltage power supplies (HVPS). This includes languages such as C, Verilog, VHDL, Assembly, C#, VB6, Java, and WPF, as well as firmware development based on RTOS.

Interface with peers in the Engineering team to implement desired features as described in product and application requirements.

Oversight of the preparation of all technical documentation, such as circuit diagrams, manuals, technical reports, and release documentation.

Support the review and interpretation of internal/external customer requirements.

Oversee and improve the firmware and software release process, including the use of revision control systems such as Tortoise SVN.

Continuous research of the latest concepts in Embedded Systems development, including DSPs, MCUs, FPGAs, CPLDs, and SOMs.

Leadership and Managerial Responsibilities

Provide daily leadership, expertise, and coaching to our highly skilled and dynamic Embedded Systems/Digital engineering team in Hauppauge, NY.

Collaborate with the company’s global engineering, sales & marketing, operations, and quality teams to support common projects and overall company strategy.

Develop and implement Embedded Systems Engineering strategies for current and future product and technology development projects in alignment with the company’s overall objectives.

Foster an engineering culture of high performance, serving as a role model through leadership by example.

Lead the Embedded Systems Engineering team with a hands-on approach, focusing on project planning and management, risk assessment and mitigation, staff development, and customer satisfaction.

Execute product design and development projects using lean and risk management principles, covering new product and technology development as well as existing product sustainability, including performance, quality, reliability, and cost improvements.

Support the Sales & Marketing team and work directly with customers to identify product needs, application details, and product requirements, providing support and technical expertise to pre- and post-sales teams and application engineering professionals.

Align priorities and business needs with the Manufacturing and Quality departments, driving a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Plan and formulate engineering programs and organize project teams according to project requirements and priorities.

Engage in strategic discussions regarding products, markets, and technology/product road-mapping.

Review product designs for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and applicable specifications, including industry standards and homologation requirements.

Lead and oversee product design reviews, approving design changes, specifications, and software/firmware releases in accordance with Spellman engineering product development processes.

Ensure timely project execution within the allotted budget.

Ensure compliance with all Spellman and other governing security regulations.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Master’s degree preferred) with 15+ years of hands-on experience in product and technology development within the power conversion and management (power electronics) field. Experience in high voltage X-ray power conversion technology is highly desired.

Extensive knowledge of power electronics, power conversion, analog circuit design, and a strong understanding of magnetic design principles for both low and high voltage applications is preferred.

7+ years of experience leading an engineering team in a global company, ideally with direct exposure to a manufacturing environment.

Proven leadership abilities with a focus on both tactical and strategic business aspects.

Ability to identify and enhance the strengths of team members, providing coaching, motivation, and direction as needed.

Commitment to fostering high performance and an environment of open collaboration and teamwork.

Flexible, customer-focused orientation with an emphasis on successful and seamless project execution, as well as the strategic needs of the company.

Passionate about collaborating with multidisciplinary teams (sales and marketing, operations, quality, supply chain), customers, and other company teams to drive a continuous and strong focus on value creation.

Excellent project management skills and proficiency with engineering design and analysis tools in the fields of power conversion, power management, and digital and analog control.

Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally (approximately 10%).

Our good faith estimate of the salary range for this role is $200,000 - $275,000. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and other factors. In addition to base pay, we offer a full benefits package.

This position requires on-site presence at Spellman High Voltage headquarters in Hauppauge, NY. Relocation assistance is available.

We at Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation believe that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status or disability. The right of equal employment opportunity extends to recruiting, hiring selection, transfer, promot