Electrical Engineer Specialist

About the role

Eaton’s Aerospace Division is currently seeking an Electrical Engineer Specialist to join our team. This position is based at our Irvine, CA facility. Relocation is offered.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise for design and development of electronics for both commercial and military aerospace applications.
• Interact with engineers from all disciplines and learn about the future of aviation while gaining valuable hands-on experience.
• Work on platforms including fuel gauging systems and nose wheel steering systems, both in production and currently being developed.
• Lead electronics design team and electronics suppliers on new development programs for aircraft electronics equipment, from inception to certification, and transfer to production.
• Drive skill development within the EE team and routinely mentor others in technical area of expertise.
• Interface with cross-functional development team, program management, and customers to ensure overall technical compliance of the product and serve as an expert resource to other engineers.
• Define electronics architecture based on required functionality, safety, and compliance with certification regulations.
• Technical responsibilities include circuit design, analysis, integration, debugging, establishing test methods, and test equipment design.
• Ensure quality of design, in terms of cost, performance, DFM, assembly, and test.
• Review project deliverables to ensure accuracy and adherence to schedules and production commitments.
• Perform design & cost tradeoff studies.
• Direct product improvement and cost reduction initiatives by responding to internal and external customer requests.
• Write procurement specifications, conduct vendor design reviews, and vendor liaison.
• Aid purchasing and quality assurance departments in surveys, vendor selections, product evaluation, production support, and component obsolescence issues.
• Prepare and present technical information for TIM's, PDR's, CDR's, etc.
• Support proposal bids and risk assessment and mitigation for electronic development activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Industrial Technology from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in electrical/electronic engineering and design.
• Authorized to work in the US without Company Sponsorship, now or in the future.
• Preferred advanced technical degree.
• Experience with fuel systems, fuel gauging, low power electronics, and capacitance measurement.
• Project management experience including schedule, technical risk, and cost.
• Experience with FAA certification.