Electrical Engineer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Take ownership of assigned electronic designs and act as a results-oriented team contributor supporting both new and released products
• Create, update and validate electronic designs as part of a new product development process or in response to needed design changes of a existing designs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve electronics hardware issues affecting manufacturing yield, reliability, and field performance of released products.
• Perform hands-on board-level debugging and failure analysis using schematics, PCB layouts, BOMs, and laboratory instrumentation.
• Support manufacturing floor activity by identifying electrical root causes, recommending corrective actions, and validating implemented solutions.
• Manage electronics component obsolescence, including identifying at-risk parts, sourcing alternates, and evaluating form, fit, and function compatibility.
• Implement electronics design changes to released hardware while preserving system architecture.
• Escalate system-level design concerns to Product Engineering as required while independently resolving component- and board-level issues.
• Build and modify breadboard and bench-level prototypes using existing hardware, and development boards.
• Work closely with Mechanical Engineering to integrate designs and modifications into fixtures, enclosures, and instrument assemblies.
• Author and process Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) for electronics hardware, component substitutions, and documentation updates.
• Collaborate closely with Document Control to maintain accurate revision control of schematics, BOMs, and associated documentation.
• Document troubleshooting activities, change rationale, and validation results clearly to support manufacturing and quality records.
• Support Operations, Supply Chain, and Quality during implementation of sustaining changes into production.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required.
• 5–7 years of experience supporting released electrical hardware in production or sustaining engineering environments.
• Working knowledge of embedded software and programmable logic concepts, with experience using C/C++, C#, and/or hardware description languages (VHDL or Verilog) in support of microcontrollers, FPGAs, CPLDs, or similar devices.
• Strong understanding of analog and digital circuits with proven board-level troubleshooting expertise.
• Proficient in creating and interpreting schematics, PCB layouts, and BOMs using standard ECAD tools (e.g., Altium, OrCAD, or equivalent).
• Extensive hands-on experience using oscilloscopes, DMMs, logic analyzers, and related test equipment.
• Demonstrated experience managing component lifecycle and obsolescence issues.
• Familiarity with formal ECO, configuration management, and documentation control processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with emphasis on clear technical documentation.