The Human Energy of S&C
Integrity, enthusiasm, sustained energy. These are the traits that S&C has always looked for and found when seeking people to join our 100% employee-owned team. S&C supports these qualities with a strong package of pay and benefits, excellent education and training programs, a challenging work environment, and broad opportunities for advancement.
Location: Chicago
Address of Location: 6601 N Ridge Blvd, IL, Chicago 60626
Education Requirements: Bachelor's Required
Relevant Work Experience Requirements: 11 to 15 Years
JOB SUMMARY
Grid Control and Connectivity with offices in Alameda, CA and Chicago, IL is responsible for best in class electricity Distribution Automation and Wireless Communication products and solutions, worldwide. Included in this position is the support of intelligent embedded software devices with an emphasis on evolving modernized grid cyber-security initiatives.
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Work with marketing to assure product designs meets market requirements.
- Develop and contributed to the development of project schedules, task and project completion time estimates, detailed software specifications and test plans.
- Conduct and/or manage all necessary development work pertinent to software design including, detailed architecture design, specifications, analysis, design, implementation, testing and related documentation.
- Develop and support microcontroller programs on various platforms.
- Work collaboratively with other software and test engineers to deliver reliable, mission critical embedded software.
- Work with Application Engineers to ensure proper directions for integration into customer system
To select this job as one of interest to you, at a minimum, you must have the following:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or related fields. MS degree preferred.
- 8 years of experience in the design and development of real-time, mission critical embedded software in C.
- Experience with embedded operating systems such as uClinux, VxWorks, or custom kernels.
- Experience with Cyber-security related Role Based Administrative Control techniques
- Experience with authentication protocols inclusive of multi-factor authentication
- Programming on wireless transceiver platforms and SoCs such as 802.15.4 and 802.11 platforms
- Experience implementing communication protocols directly on the link layer or on serial links
- Experience with traffic capture and analysis tools such as Wireshark
- Understanding of cryptographic primitives such as AES and public key cryptography
- Demonstrated ability to write robust, maintainable, and extensible code in C within existing coding standards.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time with rare periods lasting more than a week.
- US Citizenship.
In addition the following are desirable, but not required:
- Experience with board level debug and logic analyzers.
- Experience writing device drivers such as I2C drivers.
- Java programming experience.
- Experience with secure elements and Java Card.
- Experience with DNP secure authentication or security for electric utility protocols.
- Basic understanding of NISTR 7628 guidelines and NERC-CIP initiatives.
- Familiarity with systems, protocols, and standards such as SCADA, MODBUS, and 61850 used in the utility industry.
MAJOR PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Standing: Occasional standing for work on complete control assemblies
Lifting: Occasional lifting of controls and test equipment, less than 50 pounds
Walking: Occasional walking throughout the facility
Carrying: Occasional carrying of light objects
Pushing: Infrequent pushing of objects, possibly related to rearrangement work
Pulling: Infrequent pulling of objects, possibly related to rearrangement work
Bending: Occasional bending during access to equipment
Reaching: Infrequent reaching
Handling: Frequent handling of parts or tools
Environment: Frequent use of personal computer, keyboard, and monitor, lab tools, etc.
Number of Openings: 1.00
Employment Status: Exempt
Employment Classification: Full Time
Shift: 1
Core Working Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
S&C Electric Company is a global provider of equipment and services for electric power systems. Founded in 1911, the Chicago-based company designs and manufactures switching and protection products for electric power transmission and distribution.
S&C's products help deliver electric power efficiently and reliably. Some are used to switch circuits. Others minimize damage to equipment in the event of a fault or reduce the area of an outage by automatically rerouting power flow; S&C's sophisticated power-quality products can deliver uninterrupted power for an entire facility, for crucial process industries.
In addition, S&C offers a wide range of engineering, laboratory, and testing services for electric utilities and commercial, industrial, and institutional power systems.
S&C provides solutions for customers worldwide. The company has engineering offices and manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Illinois; Franklin, Wisconsin; Alameda, California; Duvall, Washington; Rockville, Maryland; and Orlando, Florida. S&C subsidiaries operate in Toronto, Canada; Curitiba, Brazil; Mexico City and Aguascalientes, Mexico; Wales, United Kingdom; South Yarra, Australia; and Suzhou, China.
Thank you for your interest in S&C Electric Company. S&C has a proud and longstanding tradition of providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or marital status. Further, S&C is committed to taking affirmative action to ensure that qualified females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities can pursue equal employment opportunities. For information regarding equal employment opportunity, please see www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.
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