Hardware Developer + Engineer Jobs in Chicago

The Mechanical Engineer (ME) shall manage the strategy and full life cycle of equipment design, development, testing, manufacturer oversight and construction/installation for Peapod Digital Labs (PDL) and Peapod.com. This shall include research, analytics, conceptual design and planning requirements to assure that budgets and project timetables are met while managing strategic equipment projects using engineering principles and techniques in the areas of mechanics, thermal dynamics, hydraulics and material design. This position will also work with facility management and finance to complete analysis on project equipment design impacts to enhance productivity, throughput and network capacity to financially justify strategic equipment investments. The ME will advance PDLs level of professional engineering expertise by improving overall production equipment up-time, line efficiencies, reduced waste and added line capacity through the effective design of automated equipment and enhanced flow of product within each network facility while assuring that all regulatory requirements are met. This position shall also provide oversight to the obtainment of all government permits needed for project implementations as well as tax rebates afforded. This position shall design and approve modifications to existing product flow and equipment design to optimize costs for the organization. The ME will be the primary liaison with all external engineering firms and operations and will review and approve all automated equipment design elements. The role will also monitor all facility equipment systems to assure that theoretical design rates are achieved and shall measure the performance of all mechanical components. This role will develop and support design requirements and testing needed for ancillary equipment ranging from chill box and freezer designs, racking and conveyor designs, new tote designs, manual and automated push carts, transportation cargo rack designs as well as new innovations within Material Handling Equipment (MHE). The Mechanical Engineer will develop, implement and manage a professional network wide Preventative Maintenance Program (PMP) by managing local maintenance teams on the essentials of effectively managing the companies MHE and Refrigeration equipment and performance. Once the PMP program is established, this role will serve as the engineering arm for all new mechanical design and changes to existing designs in terms of continuous improvement. A significant amount of maintenance work is outsourced at PDL so effective management of Third Party engagements (e.g. Dematic, Conveyor Handling Company and Wynright) are essential functions of this role. Management of parts and assurance that all critical replacement parts are on-hand when needed to prevent downtime is a key component of managing Third Party and internal Operations maintenance teams.

As a Hardware Engineer you will learn what it means to be an Engineer in a real world environment. The program is focused on enhancing your knowledge of algorithm complexity, professional design, and writing fluent code. Your responsibility does not stop at programming; it also encompasses knowledge building of our business model and building relationships across our trading and technology teams.

Work with a cutting-edge genomics workflow to provide high-quality next-generation sequencing data with rapid turnaround times in a clinical laboratory. Performs routine testing, quality control, calibration, maintenance and proficiency testing in accordance with current laboratory procedures. Perform complex molecular-based procedures with a high degree of quality and in accordance with established protocols. Act as lead trainer for the nucleic acids extraction team. Should have availability to perform training across all shifts (AM, PM, weekend). Implement strong continuous improvement in the extraction workflow. Work to maintain CLIA/CAP compliance for equipment, reagents, and all lab processes.

ABOUT THE ROLE The Director of Hardware Engineering at Inventables will provide technical and strategic leadership to a small and growing engineering team building innovative hardware solutions for new, and existing, 3D Carving Machine product lines.  As a member of the executive leadership team, you’ll help lead a VC backed growth stage company. Reporting to the CEO, the position will partner closely with Product Management and Software

Our FPGA Engineers develop trading strategies with nanosecond response times, highly parallelized algorithms, and customized low-level networking. Your career at Optiver begins with a robust training program where you will learn the intricacies of our trading systems and the engineering principles that drive our decision making.  You will work on all aspects of the FPGA development process from researching new low-latency techniques and cutting-edge hardware to deeply understanding the intricacies of our trading strategies and software. Your work must be flexible, fast, and scalable to tightly integrate with our systems and meet the evolving needs of our traders.

Amber Agriculture is an early-stage startup on the frontline of internet of things technology development  in agriculture.  Leveraging the latest in analytics and automation-- Amber’s new, industry-first wireless sensors power practical decision-making tools for farmers.  The team’s flagship offering aims to help farmers manage and protect grain assets.   Amber’s IoT enables them to deliver the highest quality grain at peak moments so they can

Company Description Panopta is a SaaS monitoring platform that helps companies monitor their infrastructure from every angle - external, on-server, and behind the firewall. We've been able to remain small and nimble while scaling our product to meet the needs of any customer and environment. We recently raised a round of funding and are looking to accelerate our growth. We’re also a pretty nerdy group. Our office is located in River North and we