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- Plug Power (www.plugpower.com)
- Program Manager
- Controls and Communication
- Position Profile
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- Company Background:
- Plug Power is recognized internationally as a market leader
and the premier organization in the race to develop an
economically viable fuel cell for both residential and
non-stationary markets. Since its inception, Plug Power, Inc., a
joint venture between Detroit Edison and Mechanical Technology
Inc., has experienced dramatic growth and has attracted investment
relationships with General Electric and The Southern California
Gas Company. Plug recently pioneered the development of the first
working PEM fuel cell unit to provide complete electricity
requirements to a residential home. This development will
undoubtedly reshape the electric utility industry and allow
emerging countries to leapfrog into wireless distributed power
generation. The technology could provide energy to over 25
million American households and has unlimited worldwide market
potential for other fixed and portable applications.
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- Founded in June of 1997 with 22 employees and $9 million in
funding, the company currently employs over 500 individuals at its
offices near Albany, New York and anticipates continued
exponential growth. With a solid research base and very clear
business objectives this entrepreneurial organization has the
ambition, agility and the financial and business resources to
ensure success. In February 1999, GE Microgen, a joint venture
company with GE, was created to market, sell, distribute and
install all Plug Power branded residential and small business fuel
cells worldwide.
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- Plug Power launched a highly successful Initial Public
Offering on October 29, 1999 and trades on the NASDAQ under the
symbol "PLUG". This well over subscribed offering was led by
Goldman, Sachs & Co., and co-managed by Hambrecht & Quist
LLC, Merrill Lynch & Co., and others.
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- Location:
- Based in New York's Capital Region, Plug Power is located in
an area that has continually received high marks for its quality
of life and cost of living. Urban centers such as NYC, Boston and
Montreal are 2-3 hours away and easily accessible. You will not
have to travel far to find culture or the natural four-season
beauty of the southern Adirondack Mountain region. The area
offers unlimited sports and recreational activities and is home to
numerous universities, entertainment facilities and shopping
centers.
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- Position Overview:
- The Program Manager of Controls and Communication will report
to the Director of Component Design, Verification, and
Reliability, and will be responsible for the overall development
of control strategies, hardware development, software design, and
implementation, verification and reliability. The ideal candidate
will have an extensive understanding of control systems including
embedded microprocessor technology. Experience managing supplier
relationships is a key responsibility for this position.
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- The controls group is tasked with designing the circuit
hardware and programming the software for an embedded control
device for both the fuel processing and stack subassemblies.
These two circuits will be combined into a single unit in Q4.
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- A critical component to this individuals success will be based
on his/her abilities to communicate effectively and manage complex
projects under tight timetables. The challenge facing this
manager will be to drive discipline within the organization to
finalize designs for the first generation product line while
staying ahead of the next generation designs. This position
presents the successful candidate with the opportunity to prove
their capability as a driven manager who gets results through
clear project definition, well articulated design approach,
effective communication and high energy.
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- Responsibilities:
- · Negotiate specifications for the control system that
meet mission requirements, while delivering uncompromising safety
and reliability, working with all subsystem teams to integrate
their control requirements.
- · Work closely with the team to produce high-level
control designs, develop task lists, and project plans, and
execute the designs through the team (present head count is
16).
- · Direct the activities of both the hardware and
software engineers in producing state of the art embedded control
devises.
- · Develop suppliers and manage relationships for the
acquisition of hardware and selected software.
- · Develop and execute verification testing.
- · Prove reliability through electrical/thermal stress
analyses, accelerated testing, and or combinations of calculation
and test.
- · Develop manufacturing readiness, including all
packaging and cabling issues.
- · Manage institutional recognition programs, including
UL and government agencies.
- · Recruit and develop staffing, as needed, maintain and
improve laboratory facilities and perform other related duties as
assigned.
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- Qualifications:
- Our candidate of choice will have a demonstrated record of
taking a product from design to implementation in a fast pace
environment. He/she will have the self-confidence and poise to
effectively interact with various suppliers to help drive designs
to completion. He/she might be described as highly self directed,
energetic and focused, yet motivated to create a healthy, vibrant
and exciting team environment.
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- · BS Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or
Computer Systems Engineering. MS preferred.
- · Minimum 8 years experience in electronic control
system development, with proven capability at the program
management level. Experience designing hardware and writing code
for embedded controls is preferred.
- · Demonstrated ability to move projects from concept to
high-volume manufacture.
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- Plug Power (www.plugpower.com)
- Program Manager
- Power Electronics
- Position Profile
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- Position Overview:
- The Program Manager of Power Electronics will report to the
Director of Component Design, Verification, and Reliability, and
will be responsible for leading a team of professionals toward
identifying the optimum design for a power electronic
subassemblies at Plug. Driving new designs through the
design/build/test cycle and then implementing these designs
seamlessly into the core product configuration are primary
objectives. The ideal candidate will have extensive understanding
of inverter design and topologies and experience managing teams
through all phases of new product development.
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- The power electronics group is tasked with sourcing a
subassembly that will essentially be a "black box" to the overall
system and be capable of grid parallel and grid independent
interconnection. The electronics must be designed to include
internal and external control mechanisms that interface with other
system components. The candidate must therefore have a complete
understanding of the problems inherent in distributive generation
and with power quality issues in general. Experience managing
supplier relationships is a key responsibility.
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- The design of the power electronics subassembly is extremely
customer focused. The output of this unit directly impacts
customer satisfaction and drives the requirements for other
subassemblies and is considered a crucial focal point for Plugs
development efforts.
- A critical component to this individuals success will be based
on his/her abilities to communicate effectively and manage complex
projects under tight timetables. The challenge facing this
manager will be to drive discipline within the organization to
finalize designs for the first generation product line while
staying ahead of the next generation designs. This position
presents the successful candidate with the opportunity to prove
their capability as a successful manager who achieves results
through clear project definition, well articulated design
approach, effective communication and high energy.
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- Responsibilities:
- · Manage the daily activities of a group of
professionals (presently numbering 8) and assign appropriate
project responsibilities.
- · Define power conditioning system requirements and
develop the appropriate specifications for all fuel cells in
development. Identify deliverables and timelines and drive the
development process to completion.
- · Develop mutually beneficial long-term business
relationships with suppliers and leverage these relationships to
drive solutions.
- · Coordinate all design/build/test activities within the
group and manage acceptance testing to verify design quality and
manufacturing readiness. Collaborate with other engineering
functions and customers to instigate a clear path toward problem
identification and resolution. Organize parallel activities to
minimize duplication.
- · Develop ancillary hardware and operating protocols
necessary to integrate power-conditioning units into the full cell
systems.
- · Present engineering and progress reports to senior
management for review and communicate changes in the mission
direction to all concerned.
- · Recruit and develop staffing as needed, maintain and
improve laboratory facilities and perform other related duties as
assigned.
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- Qualifications:
- Our candidate of choice will have a demonstrated record of
taking a product from design to implementation in a fast pace
environment. He/she will have the self-confidence and poise to
effectively interact with various suppliers to help drive designs
to completion. He/she might be described as highly self directed,
energetic and focused, yet motivated to create a healthy, vibrant
and exciting team environment.
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- · BS Electrical Engineering. MS preferred.
Concentration in Power Electronics or Electrical Power
Engineering. MBA preferred but not necessary.
- · Minimum 5 years of experience in Power Electronics, or
related field such as power supply or motor drive
development.
- · Experience with DC to DC battery charging systems,
electronic control circuits, circuit board design, cable
interconnects, circuit breakers, microprocessors and power
conditioning hardware.
- · Previous leadership experience as project, programs,
or work group leader.
- · Demonstrated success using third part suppliers to
develop key components.
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- Contact:
- Capstone, Inc.
- Four Global View, Troy NY 12180
- Fax: (518)-285-7467
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- Denise Pritchard, Search Associate John O'Connell,
Search Associate
- 518/285-7361 518/285-7038
- denise.pritchard@mapinfo.com
john.o'connell@mapinfo.com
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Florida, Silicon Valley, and Salt Lake City, ParkerVision's Design
Centers. E-mail your resume to grawlins@signaltechnologies.com
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- RF/ Mixed Signal ASIC and Analog ASIC Design
Engineers
- You will work with a new technology extending the performance
of radio ICs in CMOS to over 6 GHz. In Bi-Polar, BiCMOS, SiGe and
GaAs, the performance is similarly extended to as high as 50 GHz.
We seek designers with CMOS, BiCMOS and GaAs experience to design
state-of-the-art RF communications transmitters, receivers and
transceivers for CDMA, GSM and W-CDMA telephones; Wireless LAN;
Wireless Local Loop; xDSL; Cable Modem and other radio front ends.
A minimum of 3 years experience developing similar integrated
circuits and experience with Tanner, Mentor, CADENCE, SPICE and HP
EESOF and Tanner development tools is required. Positions are
available for all levels of design experience. A BSEE is required
and MSEE/Ph.D. is desirable.
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- RF Communications Systems and Applications
Engineers
- Lead the application of a new and exciting RF technology
application to tomorrow's communications systems. We are seeking
talented and experienced RF systems engineers to lead the analysis
and system design efforts to apply our revolutionary RF technology
to a variety of radio applications. These positions require a BSEE
(MSEE or Ph.D. EE desirable) and at least five years practical
experience in radio systems analysis, modeling, design and
development. The emphasis will be on development and applications
of wireless System-On-Chip ASIC-based solutions.
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- Integrated Circuit Layout Designers
- Senior Integrated Circuit layout designers with RF, analog and
digital experience to design complex mixed signal ASICs using a
new RF technology that permits the integration of high performance
wireless Systems-On-Chips. These individuals must be team players
who are capable of working with a team of experienced design
engineers and have experience with a variety of layout tools
including Cadence and Tanner. An AS degree is required and
additional training is desired.
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- Purchasing Agent
- Puchasing agent to buy electronic components, printed circuit
boards, lab supplies, and other engineering support material. Set
up a computer program to track inventory supplies, parts, delivery
schedules, shortages, etc. Maintain stock. Interface with
engineering and provide support between manufacturer's
representatives and distribution. Update and maintain data library
and reference material. Kit parts for evaluation and demonstration
boards for engineers. Negotiate contracts with manufacturers for
production builds.
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07/01/2000