Electrical Engineer, Internal Tools - JUUL Labs

THE COMPANY

Juul Labs’ mission is to impact the lives of the world’s one billion adult smokers by eliminating combustible cigarettes. We have the opportunity to address one of the world’s most intractable challenges through a commitment to exceptional quality, research, design, and innovation. Backed by leading technology investors, we are committed to the same excellence when it comes to hiring great talent.

We are a diverse team that is united by this common purpose and we are hiring the world’s best engineers, scientists, designers, product managers, operations experts, and customer service and business professionals. If the opportunity to build your career at one of the fastest growing companies is compelling, read on for more details.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Juul seeks a dynamic engineer to support our internal Test Infrastructure and Sustaining Engineering activities. In this hands-on, cross-functional role, the candidate will be responsible for developing the next-generation of hardware and software testing infrastructure that will enable Juul Labs to bring our hardware products to the next level. This role will work to build, test, and validate hardware and software tools. This role will work with cross-functional teams and external partners to ensure that project requirements are met to achieve optimal experiences for our customers. In addition, they will troubleshoot and make improvements to existing test instrumentation products, and work closely with other members of the engineering staff to tackle design and automation challenges.

The ideal candidate takes pride in their work and analytical ability. They have a good foundation of engineering fundamentals, best practices and creativity. This person is a strong communicator who is able to lead and work effectively with peers and management alike in a high-paced global environment. This person is flexible and can respond quickly, energetically, and enthusiastically to changes. This person appreciates an environment where individuals carry high responsibility, and where superior work is encouraged, noticed, and rewarded.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Designing and building custom test systems to support hardware, software and firmware testing. Examples include:
  • Systems to automate hardware-in-the-loop testing of firmware and software builds
  • Systems for facilitating automated production testing of hardware in factories
  • Systems for automated data collection, analysis, and visualization for system validation and characterization
  • Internal research tools
• Building custom tools to enable greater efficiency during new JUUL product development
• Troubleshooting and bringing up custom test-fixtures developed internally and by our contract manufacturing partners
• Designing, building, and verifying PCBAs, schematics, BOMs, and PCB layouts for new and existing tools and fixtures
• Developing best-practices for creating, executing and managing tests on JUUL products.
• Developing custom drivers for hardware support
• Developing, implementing, and debugging tests spanning multiple layers of our IoT stack (embedded Linux, mobile, cloud services) is a plus
• Maintaining hardware-in-the-loop automated testing infrastructure for embedded, connected devices (firmware, mobile, cloud services)
• Creating and monitoring bugs using our issue tracking system

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
• Understanding of serial communication protocols I2C, SPI, UART
• Experience with microcontrollers and embedded HW
• Experience with sensors or other ICs communicating over SPI and/or I2C
• Schematic capture and PCB layout expertise, preferably with Altium Designer
• Excellent software development skills and coding standards
• Excellent understanding of continuous integration practices and principles
• Excellent critical thinking, analytical problem solving and communication skills
• Experience with Bash, Git, Python, and at least one other programming language
• Preferred experience with AWS and/or GCP specifically related to cloud storage
• Preferred passionate for data analysis and visualization

EDUCATION

• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering, or related technical field

JUUL LABS PERKS & BENEFITS

• A place to grow your career. We’ll help you set big goals - and exceed them.
• People. Work with talented, committed and supportive teammates.
• Equity and performance bonuses. Every employee is a stakeholder in our success.
• Cell phone subsidy, commuter benefits and discounts on JUUL products.
• Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits.

Juul Labs is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all employees and job applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Juul Labs also complies with applicable employment eligibility verification requirements. All applicants must have the authorization to work for Juul Labs in the country of employment.