Lead Sensor Engineer
| Company | Ecolab |
|---|---|
| Location | Naperville, IL, USA, Eagan, MN, USA |
| Salary | $104700 – $157100 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- MS in Applied or Experimental Physics, Physical or Analytical Chemistry, Electrical Engineering or related field and 4+ years of post-graduate work experience in Research and Development
- Experience working both independently and in a team environment
- Experience in defining, implementing, characterizing, and leading end-to-end sensing systems development or analytical instrumentation development
- Experience developing performance metrics for the evaluation of sensor systems
- Experience developing market driven, multidisciplinary based sensors: Optical, Opto-electronic, Electro-chemical, Electro-mechanical, Biological, Acoustic and/or Complex Analog and Digital Signal Processing
- Experience with innovative and creative solution generation that have been reduced to practice and launched to the field
- Experience managing a wide range of and concurrent technical projects and getting agreement on and managing priorities
- Demonstrated experience to learn new areas and applications
- Immigration sponsorship not available for this role
Responsibilities
- Understand and assess sensor needs and requirements from the businesses and recommend, use, and/or develop sensor solutions to meet customer needs
- Adapt and integrate commercially available sensor technologies for Ecolab applications
- Develop sensing solutions to meet Ecolab’s product requirements and customer needs
- Research and demonstrate the feasibility of new technologies to meet sensor needs
- Determine the quickest way to build and test prototypes in the lab and field environments, ‘maker’ mindset, to quickly assess feasibility
- Lead and Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand needs and to develop new sensor-enabled products
- Document and publish research results, both written and through presentations and demonstrations
- Propose and develop platform sensing technologies which can be adapted to solve multiple problems for Ecolab’s businesses
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in Applied or Experimental Physics, Physical or Analytical Chemistry, Electrical Engineering or related field and 10+ years of post-graduate work experience
- Ability to develop Software and design electrical boards for prototyping new sensor technologies
- Cross-functional team leadership or demonstrated ability to manage teams
- Project management experience
- Problem-solving skills and familiarity with problem-solving
- Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills and ability to present results clearly and concisely to variety of audiences
- Ability to understand Nalco Water and Ecolab applications and develop appropriate characterization tools to be able to get to the heart of problems
- Knowledge of emerging sensor technology trends and the field of data analytics