Edge Computing Engineer at Softworld Inc

Title: Edge Computing Engineer
Location: Santa Clara CA (hybrid)
Duration: 1 year contract with likely extensions and option to convert

Summary:
Our client has openings for postdoc positions in their Energy Solutions lab. The laboratory focuses on research, technology innovation, proof-of-concept activities, technical marketing, and business development for novel energy solutions.

Desired technical background:

• Master's or PhD candidate with experiences in power electronics, communication and hardware implementations.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or any other related degree; especially with a focus on edge computing.
• Previous research related to communication and data protocols such as modbus, DNP3, RS485, CAN, MQTT, Kafka, IEEE 61850, WIFI, Cellular, WAN/LAN, AWS, cloud-edge communication, etc
• Expert knowledge of distribution power flow analytics, nature of electrical loads is preferred.
• Proficiency in Python is a must.
• Familiar with popular database software, i.e. Postgres etc. is preferred.