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Your Title: Applications Engineer

Job Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Our Department: Trimble MAS

Does a role where you can contribute to the design of hardware for high-performance aviation GPS receivers, working across all aspects of the design process, excite you?

What You Will Do
Trimble Military and Advanced Systems is the market leader in high-performance embedded GPS navigation receivers for aviation applications. The Trimble receivers are deeply embedded in inertial navigation subsystems. As an Applications Engineer, you will manage the specification, development, verification, integration, and deployment life cycle for TMAS embedded GPS systems, comprising digital, RF, power, and mechanical subsystems of circuit card-level receivers. You will support products from initial development to end of life, including conceptualization, proposals, design validation, new product introduction, engineering changes, manufacturing problem resolution, and quality issues.

This will involve:

• Manage the specification, development, verification, and deployment life cycle for TMAS embedded GPS systems

• Support customer integration and use of the receivers, generate supporting data for proposals, and align the product specification with the customer and program requirements

• Analyze system behavior under operating scenarios to resolve customer and field issues

• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure the accuracy of the product specification, to manage the allocation of hardware, software, performance, and environmental requirements, and to ensure the verification strategy and the engineering deliverables meet the requirements

• Lead the design, development, integration, and release of test stations and techniques. Define, outline, and perform the training and sustaining activity required to successfully manage test verification programs

• Develop and publish product qualification test reports

• Working with the certification, CM, and QA leads, ensure that the deliverable system meets the design assurance, certification, and quality standards.

What skills & experience you should bring
As well as having strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and being a collaborative, team-oriented contributor with demonstrated ability to think outside the box, along with a proactive, self-starter attitude, you should be able to bring the following:

• BS or MS in EE from an accredited institution, and experience in applications engineering of complex embedded software on multiple circuit-card assemblies

  • System spec and interface control spec lifecycle management

  • Requirements management, decomposition, flow down, and tracing from customer requirements, to sub-system requirements, to detailed requirements, to verification

  • Requirements-based verification and qualification

  • Project and schedule management

  • System-level perspective of an embedded circuit board product, with command of electronic hardware, RF, software, and interface design and development processes

• Demonstrated excellence in customer interactions to establish confidence and rapport, clarify and align requirements expectations, prepare and present design review material, and support customer integrations

• Demonstrated CM and QA discipline managing requirements-based development processes leading to product certification. Field Application Engineer (FAE) focused on DO-178 with skills to combine deep technical knowledge of the DO-178C standard with strong communication and support abilities to guide customers through the certification process

• Track record demonstrating rigorous documentation, record keeping, formal data management, collaboration, and communication skills

• Be able to obtain a DoD security clearance (essential for consideration).

Please Note: Only applicants who are U.S. citizens and able to obtain DoD security clearance will be considered.

Information About Your Location

Join Trimble's team at our Sunnyvale, CA office, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Our dynamic workplace fosters a culture of curiosity and collaboration, where you'll work alongside brilliant colleagues to solve complex, real-world problems. We're dedicated to providing an exceptional work environment, and as part of our commitment, we offer a comprehensive and generous benefits package. This includes robust health and wellness programs, financial and retirement plans to secure your future, and paid time off to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

At Trimble, you'll find the inspiration and opportunity to be yourself and thrive. The global community of Team Trimble, including more than 200 people in the Sunnyvale office, is passionate about bringing new ideas and innovations to life and building a better, more sustainable future.

About Trimble Military & Advanced Systems

Trimble Military and Advanced Systems (TMAS) is a group within Trimble that specializes in advanced positioning, navigation, and timing technologies primarily serving federal defense agencies. TMAS provides sophisticated Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, modules, and related technical solutions, with a primary focus on military and national security applications.

Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Benefits: Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.

Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

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