Lead Hardware Engineer

Who we are

Cognosos leads the market in delivering real-time asset location and tracking intelligence solutions. Our lightweight, flexible and scalable platform deploys quickly both indoors and outdoors, delivering an unparalleled combination of price and performance across a variety of industries including automotive, logistics, and healthcare. Join our dynamic team, as we accelerate our momentum in our current markets and prepare to launch into our next ones. Named as one of Atlanta’s Top Places to Work by the Atlanta Business Journal, learn more about Cognosos's mission to equip enterprises with instant asset intelligence that unlocks operational potential and optimizes performance at www.cognosos.com. 

We are developing next generation wireless asset tracking solutions. You will be part of a team that develops high reliability hardware and systems to provide customers with real time location data for all of their high value assets. Our solution uses minimal infrastructure to track locations of assets combining machine learning and other localization techniques. We are currently tracking hundreds of thousands of assets and processing more than 2 million messages per day.

Technologies We Work With

• Battery powered microcontroller devices
• Embedded Linux systems
• Proprietary radio networks, BLE, GPS
• FPGA based software defined radios
• Printed antenna design
• Rapid prototyping
• RF Test equipment
• High reliability electronics and mechanical systems
• Machine Learning

Responsibilities

You will lead the development of next generation asset tracking hardware. 

• Lead cross functional development projects
• Interface with product, field, and business stakeholders to develop technical and product requirements
• Meet product function and cost objectives by creating innovative hardware and firmware designs
• Contribute to PCB level designs using Altium
• Specificity and work with Mechanical Engineers to develop electronic enclosures
• Develop and execute EVT, DVT, and PVT plans
• Design products that can be manufactured and tested in high volume production
• Test and qualify prototype products using bench tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, temperature chambers and PC test software

Required Skills and Experience

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• 10 years of industry experience
• Experience with PCB design and simulation tools. We use Altium.
• Documented work using C, C++, Python in real-time embedded systems
• Comfortable working in Linux terminals and headless environments
• Experience in wireless communications and RF engineering
• Experience in low power, battery operated product design using ARM MCUs
• Familiarity with high volume product development and processes
• Experience using IC level protocols, such as I2C, SPI, UART, CAN.
• Good communication skills
• Eager to learn and expand your skill set

Benefits and Perks

We are pleased to offer:

• Competitive salaries
• Unlimited vacation so you can rest and recharge
• Full benefits program (Health, Dental, Vision, 401(k), life and disability insurance)
• Paid parking at our Atlanta office
• Opportunity for equity participation
• Volunteer opportunities 
• Weekly catered lunches

Whether it’s virtual happy hours, company-wide contests, or quarterly cultural outings, we are always looking for ways to keep employees happy and engaged with their teammates.