Design Engineer

Summary

As member of the Product Engineering team, you are responsible for designing new products. From simple product customization up to substantial technical challenges you will have to deal with multiple interlocutors within an international and multi-cultural environment.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Develop products according to HID’s product development process. Follow tasks and timelines.
• Design RFID antennas and transponder products and optimize for manufacturing
• Run RF/electrical simulations on new product requirements and ideas
• Design of testing devices or for the development of new transponder products
• Align HID’s measurements and analysis capabilities with customer/partner requirements based on international standards
• Support of manufacturing engineering and production in setting up a process control for maintaining correct performance on volume products.
• Research new technologies for antennas, transponders, and packaging
• Perform analysis of competitor products and benchmark them versus HID products
• Define test procedures and qualification plans for the new products in collaboration with the Test Engineering team
• Make the project/product risk assessment; evaluate costs, planning and alternatives
• Conduct technical review meetings with different parties/stakeholders that are involved in a project
• Set up of new products including BOM and documents (product specifications and technical product requirements) in HID’s global collaboration tool
• Ensure all activities within their area of control is conducted in a manner that complies with environmental control procedures and does not create unnecessary environmental impacts
• Monitor and ensure compliance to environmental operational controls and compliance with applicable legal and other requirements

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Technical degree in RF, electronics, electrical or equivalent
• Experience in project management is appreciated
• Experience in design RFID tags is an asset
• Knowledge of SRF calculations and approximation methods
• Knowledge of integrated circuit chips and major manufacturers
• Knowledge of electronic assembly and packaging methods would be an advantage
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks: Scrum, Kanban is a plus

Language Skills

• Fluent in spoken and written English

Proficiencies

• MS Office suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Computer-Aided Design software: Autodesk AutoCAD, DraftSight or similar is an advantage
• RF simulation software: CST Microwave, Ansys HFSS or Keysight ADS is a plus
• Project management tool: Atlassian JIRA, MIRO, or Smartsheet is an asset

Customer Expectations

Highlight knowledge, skills, abilities and traits necessary in this role to satisfy our customer's expectations:

• Sense of responsibility, autonomous, pro-active, pragmatic, flexible, capable of multi-tasking
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to prioritize, plan and organize
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Ability to make decisions and to work under pressure
• Results and customer oriented
• Comfortable in working in an international team and in a global networking environment

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Employee works primarily in an office environment
• Employee shall have the ability to perform his duties from home, when required

Work Requirements

• Compliance to all relevant HID Global policies and procedures related to Quality, Security, Safety, Business Continuity, and Environmental systems.
• Travel and fieldwork may include international travel, therefore employee must possess or can acquire a valid Passport.
• Must be legally eligible to work in Malaysia.