City/Cities: Role is based in Austin, TX

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Costa has ambitious growth plans, with a vision to become the Worlds Most Loved Coffee company. We're the UK's favorite coffee brand and is a historical leader in automated coffee through its Costa Express platform. Costa Express acquired an Austin-based technology start-up using modern mobile technology, cloud computing, and AI-based robotics to transform the entire coffee experience. We're looking for ambitious and energetic professionals to join our growing team. If you love big challenges, dynamic teams, and want to disrupt a giant global industry, we'd love to hear from you!

A bit about us...

At the heart of Costa Coffee are our values; we believe in Passion, Warmth, Trust and Courage. We are the No 1 coffee brand in the UK and as part of the Coca-Cola Company, we're on a journey to be the worlds most loved coffee brand, we don't settle for mediocre. We've come a long way from the Costa brothers first roastery in 1971, today we are a total coffee company that delivers great coffee to our consumers all over the globe. Along with our much-loved stores, this includes our Express machines, Ready to Drink range, and a long list of friends and partnerships. Costa are proud of our collaborative and inclusive workforce, who continually unlock new growth potential.

In Austin we are creating the next innovative chapter of the Costa story, building a new platform that combines robotics, smart data analytics, and digital consumer experiences, along with the coffee quality that Costa is renowned for. This is an amazing opportunity to be part of a team that is crafting the future of coffee retailing.

A bit about the role...

The Senior Electrical Design Engineer has responsibility for the EE design of new "ground up" autonomous robotic coffee including performance improvement, increased manufacturability or cost reduction. Working closely with Mechanical, Software, Manufacturing and Quality engineering and through analysis of customer feedback and market trends - this individual delivers breakthrough performance to delight customers. This position works with the Costa design team in the Austin based HQ and reports to the VP of Engineering.

Key accountabilities:

• Able to work in a dynamic, team environment and must be able to work effectively with others on projects.
• Responsible for EE architectural design, PCBA design, embedded system design and high voltage systems of the Briggo Coffee Haus
• Determines and communicates design approaches and parameters
• Reviews original design manufacturer and sub-tier vendor capability to support product development and production
• Ensures that designs integrate with rest of product functions including mechanical and software
• Responsible for delivering designs on time, on cost and on quality
• Responsible for multiple facets of supporting prototypes during the development phases
• Responsible for configuring systems or boards for multiple test efforts and setting up test equipment
• Responsible for taking measurements, compiling data and making technical recommendations.
• Responsible for debugging, repairing and updating firmware and code
• Responsible for debugging PCBA's and other designed components to the board level component

A bit about you...

Required:

• Power/Performance estimation
• DFT and DFM implementation
• Experience with Altium preferred
• Requires BS in Electrical Engineering with 8+ years design experience

Preferred:

• IoT experience
• High-voltage experience
• Robotics experience
• Experience working with contract manufacturers
• Coffee industry experience