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Are you looking for a position with a proven industry leader? Are you looking for a position where you can be an integral part of a team?

This position, which is located in our corporate office in Mt. Kisco, NY, is a needed addition to our Engineering team. The Component Engineer/ Sourcing Specialist will perform Critical Component Reviews for all new products to determine costs, lead times etc. and ensure that parts are available at all phase gates of a project. 

What you'll do:

• Attends all product team meetings, acts as a bridge between engineering and sourcing/purchasing.
• Performs CCR’s (critical components reviews) for all MtK development projects at each project phase gate.
• Quotes all new components, obtains cost estimates, lead times at all phase gates of a project: alpha, beta, pilot.
• Based on lead times, works with purchasing to ensure that components are in place at the factory for beta, pilot and production ramp up.
• Reviews all BOM’s for RoHS compliance/accuracy.
• Places PO’s for Engineering samples, beta and occasionally pilot builds as well as FA samples at Curtis factories.
• Monitors all manufacturers PCN’s (product change notices).
• Identifies, monitors and tracks all EOL (end of life) components in MtK designs, and informsappropriate design team.
• Generates new component specifications. Maintains current component specifications, generates ECN’s for component changes.
• Researches and identifies potential sources for new components. Sets up meetings with suppliers, distributors, FAE’s etc.
• Moves stock from various factory warehouses to MtK to support alpha and beta engineering builds.
• Purchases components from local distributors to support alpha and beta engineering builds.
• Administers contracts/generates PO’s for services such as Tech Street standards, Engineering maintenance/support services, MtK QA supply and yearly calibrations, etc.

What you'll need: 

Education

• An Associate’s degree in electrical engineering, electrical technology or related fields, BSEE or BSET preferred. Supply chain management degree, certificate or training a plus.

Experience

At least two years of work experience in relevant fields.

• Electronic component purchasing experience for an electronics manufacturer preferred.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems (INFOR-Syteline preferred), MS Office, etc.
• Prior knowledge of various components electrical and mechanical characteristics.
• Familiarity with electronic manufacturing material flow.
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment. Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner. Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.

Skills

• Strong analytical skills, good communication, and interpersonal capabilities to work in a team and make a joint effort towards a common goal.
• Familiarity with engineering and design practices and standards including ISO 9000.
• Flexible, self-starter with high standards for quality with a hands-on, multi-tasking orientation.
• Ability to bridge the gap between a problem and a potential solution
• Ability to communicate clearly and understandable with different stakeholders in a technical project
• Ability to abstract and summarize complex issues
• Eager to learn and understand the product
• Ability to understand and manage interpersonal aspects
• Flexible and striving for success

Please visit us on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to learn more about Curtis. For consideration, please send cover letter and resume to: nyrecruitment1@curtisinst.com. We look forward to hearing from you!!

Are you looking for a position with a proven industry leader? Are you looking for a position where you can be an integral part of a team?

This position, which is located in our corporate office in Mt. Kisco, NY., is a needed addition to our Engineering team. The Requirements Engineer will analyze marketing information, stakeholder, and user needs to derive the functional and non-functional requirements to be met by the system’s design and consolidate these requirements into complete requirements and system specifications.

What you’ll do:

• Lead various systems engineering activities that are essential for a successful launch of HMI products for vehicular market.
• Collaborate with product engineers to refine system level requirements, and develop methodologies for numerical evaluation of requirements.
• Collaborate with development teams and quickly understand the existing solution, capabilities, and architecture, as well as design choices and considerations
• Systematically organize dependencies, interfaces and other cross-module artifacts
• Derive and manage requirements for HMI systems and subsystems such as connectivity, camera, UI.
• Help create architecture and design artifacts that describe complex solutions
• Guide the development of test cases and test procedures that verify the requirements and assist in identifying test methods to achieve very high coverage.
• Coordinate system integration with automated testing systems
• Ensure end-to-end traceability of all artifacts including requirements, code and tests
• Collaborate with the safety team to identify safety requirements, explore redundancy options, and tackle methods to ensure safety goals are met
• Reviews and assesses development activities (e.g. user needs, development plans, design requirements, hardware and software architecture and design, verification and validation) to ensure that they comply with applicable procedures standards and regulatory requirements.
• Generate specific task definitions, assignments and schedules for the design of Integrated HMI systems and subsystems consistent with product specifications and R&D guidelines.
• Participate in failure analysis studies on a continuing basis and evaluate designs and follow through on needed modifications.
• Work with project schedules, specifications, verbal and written instructions.
• Work as part of interdepartmental project team.
• Inform supervisor of unusual circumstances or problems and perform other related duties as assigned.

What you'll need:

Education

• BS or MS in electrical engineering, computer science or related fields. Preferably advanced training in Business Analysis & Requirements Engineering (e.g. IREB certification)

Experience
At least five years of work experience in relevant fields.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate information from varied disciplines including Engineering, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs required. Relevant project experience preferred.
• Automotive industry experience a plus.
• Developed and managed systems and requirements documents; interface specifications, test specifications, dependency tracker, etc.
• Working knowledge of standard systems engineering tools (Polarion, Git, MS-Project, etc.)
• Prior knowledge about vehicular requirements, functional safety, path planning, and vehicle control are highly valued.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, vehicular architecture, vehicular communication interfaces, or vehicular architectures.
• Ability to read and evaluate C++ code, schematics and PCB layouts. Experience with various design and software tools.
• Experience with interpreting industry safety standards such as ISO26262 a plus.
• Fulfilled end-to-end traceability from top-level systems requirements, all the way to software source code, test cases, and test results
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment. Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner. Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.

Please visit us on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to learn more about Curtis. For consideration, please send cover letter and resume to: nyrecruitment1@curtisinst.com. We look forward to hearing from you!!

Are you looking for a position with a proven industry leader? Are you looking for a position where you can be an integral part of a team?

This position, which is located in our corporate office in Mt. Kisco, NY, is a needed addition to our Engineering team. The Senior Computer Engineer is responsible for digital, analog, software design/analysis of ARM based UX platforms.

What you’ll do:

• Design, develop, diagnose, and operate complex embedded systems, that include MPUs, Ethernet.
• Wireless, power management circuitry, CAN, USB, I2C, I2S, A/D, PWM, flash, RAM, etc.
• Use CAE tools to design and analyze circuit board schematics to specification and work closely with circuit board designers to develop PCB layouts that meet industry standard compliance requirements.
• Generate specific task definitions, assignments and schedules for the design of electrical and electronic components and subsystems consistent with product specifications and R&D guidelines.
• Supervise the layout and construction prototypes, first generation products as well as laboratory and production equipment. Coordinate prototype validation, Agency approvals (FCC, UL, CE).
• Develop embedded software in a number of languages such as C, C++, Python, etc. for MCUs and MPUs on RTOS and Linux based systems.
• Define, perform and supervise testing of components to determine suitability for a specific application, optimize solutions for cost efficiency.
• Define, perform and supervise testing for design verification as defined in the product specification and task description. Analyze data and identify potential and actual faults in design, manufacture and quality. Integrate and configure AVTS, Jenkins, and similar automated tools.
• Design, or assist in designing production test equipment and fixtures. Supervise the testing and qualification of pre-production and production prototypes.
• Prepare design and cost proposals on new programs.
• Work with project schedules, specifications, schematics, verbal and written instructions. Specify and use a full range of electronic test equipment, computer hardware and software.
• Provide technical input to Configuration Management so that appropriate documentation can be provided on a timely basis.
• Write engineering reports, test reports, procedures, progress reports, application notes.
• Perform failure analysis studies on a continuing basis and evaluate designs and follow through on needed modifications.
• Work as part of interdepartmental project team. Act as Engineering Project Leader as assigned.
• Train and provide technical guidance to technicians assigned to specific projects.
• Provide technical support to less senior personnel and other operating departments as required, such as Sales, Customer support, Application Engineers, Customers.
• Contribute in design reviews.
• Travel to vender and customer sites to provide technical support when required.
• Inform supervisor of unusual circumstances or problems and perform other related duties as assigned.

What you'll need:

Education

• MSEE or MSCE with emphasis on digital circuit design, MCU and MPU, embedded systems design, high level programming languages.

Experience
At least five years’ experience as a senior design engineer with project responsibility developing products for moderate to high volume production.

• Expertize in embedded circuitry design.
• Knowledge of Design techniques for EMC / ESD
• Strong C/C++/RTOS/Linux embedded programming skills and experience developing and debugging applications in embedded systems for ARM based microcontrollers and processors.
• Experience with HMI tools/design, GUI integrated tools/design, capacitive touch LCD technology, IoT and wireless communication, camera interfaces, LCDs, Graphics accelerators
• Demonstrated ability to work in all phases of the product development process from early development through production and able to apply appropriate analytical and experimental techniques.
• Familiar with CAE software packages for PCs or workstations. Proficiency in schematic capture (Altium experience is a plus) and strong layout principles knowledge
• Familiar with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review
• Excellent knowledge of OS coding techniques

Please visit us on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to learn more about Curtis. For consideration, please send cover letter and resume to: nyrecruitment1@curtisinst.com. We look forward to hearing from you!!

Are you looking for a position with a proven industry leader? Are you looking for a position where you can be an integral part of a team?

This position, which is located in our corporate office in Mt. Kisco, NY, is a needed addition to our Test Engineering team.

What you’ll do:

• Design, develop and formally validate electronics hardware and software for production testing of medium to high volume microprocessor based embedded systems manufactured in overseas plants.
• Write and implement formal test plans for products to be tested.
• Analyze test methods and process flows to optimize test coverage and cost, taking into account setup times, reliability, repeatability, handling, fixturing, etc.
• Supervise the construction of test equipment, using additional resources when necessary.
• Commission and validate test equipment in production facilities worldwide, travelling internationally when required (typically 2-3 wks./yr.).
• Compile and publish proper and comprehensive documentation for all test equipment.
• Train test operators and technicians.
• Provide guidance and assistance to product development engineers and take responsibility for all aspects of production testing for those products under design. Attend and contribute to New Product Concurrent Engineering team meetings.
• Remotely monitor test yields, investigate problem areas, and implement solutions.
• Inform supervisor of all unusual circumstances and perform other duties as may be assigned.

​​​What you need:

Education

• Bachelors degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or related subject.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in an Electronics design role, preferably with experience in the use of PC based I/O and data acquisition systems.
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in software development using C, C++ or C#. Labview an advantage.
• Experience in database design and manipulation an advantage

Please visit us on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to learn more about Curtis.

For consideration, please send cover letter and resume to: nyrecruitment1@curtisinst.com. We look forward to hearing from you!!

Are you looking for a position with a proven industry leader? Are you looking for a position where you can be an integral part of a team?

This position, which is located in our corporate office in Mt. Kisco, NY, is a needed addition to our Engineering team. The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop and install software solutions; Support software QA and optimize I/O performance, analyze, monitor and improve efficiency and stability of the system, Interface with hardware design and development; requirements definition, testing and documentation of software systems, including embedded applications support.

What you’ll do:

• Design, develop, modify, implement, and support software components anywhere in the Software stack.
• Develop software / firmware in C, C++, C# or other selected languages for Curtis products and / or applications, in accordance with applicable software development methodologies and release processes.
• Develop and maintain embedded Linux systems including kernel, U-boot, and device drivers and API
• Work with Yocto, board bring up for ARM based platforms, hardware/software integration, build cross-compiler toolchain, static code analysis tools, maintain build servers
• Automate tasks with scripting languages such as Bash and Python
• Utilize software engineering tools such as configuration management systems, build processes and in-circuit debuggers in the software development process.
• Work with GIT and SVN
• Develop solutions with IoT, WiFi, BLE, I2C, SPI, PCIe, Ethernet
• Experience developing low-level device drivers and API
• Integrate / develop applications using GUI toolsets, such as Qt.
• Read schematics and device data sheets
• Debug and support existing software applications
• Define, perform and supervise testing to ensure specifications are met. This typically includes module, integration, system and design verification tests. Analyze data and results to identify potential and actual faults in the design.
• Assist in generating project proposals in response to Marketing requirements by estimating hardware & software requirements, engineering effort and cost.
• Work from schedules, specifications, schematics, work orders, verbal and written instructions.
• Specify and use a full range of electronic test equipment, computer hardware and software.
• Provide technical input to Configuration management so that appropriate documentation can be provided on a timely basis.

What you need:

Education

• MSCS, MSEE or MSCE with emphasis on embedded firmware development using high level programming languages.

Experience

At least eight years’ experience in firmware development for microcontroller / microprocessor systems or five in a senior role

• Demonstrated experience with embedded systems design, RTOS and Linux, embedded C and C++.
• Experience developing PC applications in C#, C++, Java or similar language. Experience with Qt a plus.
• Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review
• Excellent knowledge of OS coding techniques
• Experience with advanced concepts of computer architecture, data structures and standard programming practices.
• Mobil app dev experience a plus

Please visit us on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to learn more about Curtis. For consideration, please send cover letter and resume to: nyrecruitment1@curtisinst.com. We look forward to hearing from you!!

Are you looking for a position with a proven industry leader? Are you looking for a position where you can be an integral part of a team? If you have experience working as a developer/coder with SQL Server and VB.NET, we are looking for you!

This position, which is located in our corporate office in Mt. Kisco, NY., is a needed addition to our IT team that will help us enhance our current business processes. You will have opportunities to develop custom programs and reports using the latest Microsoft development tools and technologies. This position is a corporate role with responsibilities extending beyond the local facilities and may require some international travel.

We are looking for someone who:

• enjoys interfacing directly with end-users to determine how to satisfy their business requirements
• can perform high quality coding in a team
• will test/debug their own code, as well as other colleagues
• develop implementation and test plans
• document existing and go-to business processes

Desired Skills and Experience

Education

• Minimum: BS in Computer Science and 8 years’ experience
• Preferred: Graduate degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 5 years’ experience
• Professional Certification in one or more of the core technologies deployed by Curtis is a plus!

Skills

• Strong SQL Server 2016 coding: stored procedures, triggers, CLR
• Working knowledge of VB 6 and VB.NET and C# syntax
• Working knowledge in Crystal Reports and/or SQL Server Reporting Services

Experience

• Knowledge in Windows based hardware/software for servers and client stations. Ability to analyze, trouble shoot and resolve problems.
• Knowledge of Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Network (LAN) concepts and practical experience of establishing and maintaining said networks in a healthy efficient state.
• Knowledge of Internet based communication protocols including IP addressing, VPN, MPLS, SSL, etc. with associated hardware (routers, firewalls, switches).
• Expert Knowledge of SyteLine ERP business system software and SQL databases
• Prior experience in SQL, VB, VBA, VB.net, XML/HTML software coding
• Working knowledge of Progress database queries.
• AND, if you have INFOR Syteline ERP Experience ---------EVEN BETTER!!!!

Please visit us on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to learn more about Curtis. For consideration, please send cover letter and resume to: nyrecruitment1@curtisinst.com. We look forward to hearing from you!!

Are you looking for a position with a proven industry leader? Are you looking for a position where you can be an integral part of a team?

This position, which is located in our corporate office in Mt. Kisco, NY, is a needed addition to our Operations team. This position is the pivot point between the customers forecasted and real demands, the materials supply chains and the production schedulers at our manufacturing facilities worldwide. It has particular responsibility for the release of the production forecast and the monitoring of its accuracy, and is the focal point for short-term changes in manufacturing demand.

What you'll do:

• Prepare information on “Corporate Contracts” by electronics manufacturer for RFQ and eventual procurement commitment for the various manufacturing operations.

• Generate “strategic corporate Purchase Orders” directly into the manufacturing databases for their respective production plans.

• Run component pricing variances between the manufacturing sites.

• Scrub new components for “health” to support design engineering efforts.

• Scrub new “BOM’s” for indirect costs related to transportation / risk of manufacturing location / tariff costs.

• Responsible for updating and publishing the Units Distribution Forecast weekly.

• Maintain and publish the Supply Chain shipping Schedules between Curtis Sites and Vendors for rolling 18 Months.

• Coordinate the various metrics for the Materials Department and propose action for improvements.

• Perform a variety of inventory analyses to assist in managing the global inventory position

• Maintain the engineering specification data within IHS for capturing PCN impact.

• Validate BOM costs between sites and their respective Rank 1 suppliers.

• Compile and e-mail the component forecasts to the vendors.

• Co-ordinate the demand changes within the forecast associated with product transfers between facilities or new product introductions.

• Gather, monitor and format customer supplied forecasts for uploading into ForecastPro, the corporate forecasting software.

• Help update and maintain the corporate forecast in ForecastPro using customer forecast, customer order, sales history, sales and product management input.

• Represent Manufacturing in Sales and Customer Services department and be the link between them and our Materials departments.

• Inform supervisor of all unusual circumstances or problems.  Abide by all company rules policies, and procedures.  Perform other related duties as assigned.

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What you'll need: 

Education

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Supply Chain, Business Administration or a technical field.

Experience

• 3-5 years’ experience in planning at a senior role

• Detailed understanding of modern business systems

• Familiar with modern manufacturing techniques and Supply Chain Management

• Experience working in statistical techniques a definite plus

• Strong attention to detail

Skills

• Computer skills (Excel/Word) essential.  Access a plus.
• Forecast Pro a plus

Please visit us on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to learn more about Curtis. For consideration, please send cover letter and resume to: nyrecruitment1@curtisinst.com. We look forward to hearing from you!!