PRGA

Employment

Join the PRGA Family.

P. R. Glassel and Associates, Inc. is a family-owned, family-orientated engineering consulting firm that provides contract engineering expertise to start-ups and Fortune 500 companies across the Midwest. Our unique business model provides our employees with the exciting challenges and variety of contract engineering with the security of full-time employment. In addition, PRGA’s diverse customer base offers a dynamic opportunity to strengthen your foundation of skills and broaden your experience. Join a firm where clients value the expertise of our engineers and their ability to integrate with the team seamlessly and immediately provide a positive impact on the project.

PRGA is currently seeking self-directed, self-motivated software engineers to join our firm. The position includes many elements from the broad spectrum of engineering, which is applied to one or more steps in the product realization process.

Responsibilities:

Apply proven engineering processes and personal expertise to solve problems and complete projects
Understand the business needs of each assigned client and translate them into technical solutions
Ability to adapt and be flexible to the changing needs of our clients, which includes learning and applying new software languages and development tools while on contract
Partner with the sales department to network and secure future contracts
Professionally represent yourself and PRGA when interviewing for a potential contract
Communicate your knowledge and experiences with PRGA staff to strengthen the technical expertise of the group

Requirements:

BSCE/BSEE, Minimum 7 years of experience
Strong experience with embedded systems
Software Languages: C, C++, and understanding of assembly level
Operating systems: Windows and Linux
Complete knowledge of the software development process and the discipline to follow it
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong decision-making skills
Ability to analyze, organize, and prioritize efficiently and effectively
Drive and passion for improving your engineering abilities through emerging technologies and methods
Ability to read and understand schematics and other hardware specifications
Effective communication skills, including the ability to write and speak about technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences

Desired Skills:

Experience in a highly regulated field with a working knowledge of the added requirements
Experience with a wide range of software languages:

C#, Java, .NET, Python, Visual Basic, VB.NET, VS, VS.Net, SQL, Ruby, etc.

Experience with a wide range of operating systems:

Windows, Linux, Embedded Linux, RT Linux, MicroC/OS-II, Windows CE, Unix, macOS, etc.

Experience with a wide range of development tools
Experience debugging hardware – oscilloscope and signal generator
Experience working in one or more cloud environments:

AWS, Azure, GCP

Experience in Ethernet, wifi, and Bluetooth protocols
PCB design and layout skills - Altium

Benefits

PRGA offers an excellent (family flexible) work environment with a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a health insurance plan, a flexible benefits plan, and a 401(k) and profit-sharing plan.

Variety and challenges of being a contract engineer with the stability and benefits of being a full-time employee

New Projects
New Challenges
New perspectives
New people to teach and learn from
Change of scenery

Family business focused on family
Engineers getting to engineer
No office politics
No ladder climbers
NO LONG H.R. Meeting – meetings usually last less than 15 minutes before one of our monthly breakfast staff meetings