Electrical Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design hardware components including test fixtures, interface hardware, cable harnesses, and custom circuit boards
• Create and validate electrical functional tests
• Design electrical circuit boards, such as signal and power conditioning, industrial controls, etc.
• Troubleshoot test equipment failures at the component, board, harness, and system level
• Develop integrated systems using fieldbus and ethernet communications (Modbus, CAN bus, TCP, etc.)
• Create wiring/interface diagrams
• Troubleshoot electronics using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, spectrum analyzers, power analyzers, and other laboratory equipment
• Design basic mechanical enclosures and panels
• Analyze systems data to make changes to the hardware configuration
• Author and maintain technical documentation
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, and product validation activities

Requirements

• Must meet definition of US Person
• Minimum of a degree in Electrical Engineering or a directly related field
• 2-5 years’ experience in a production or laboratory environment
• 2+ years’ experience with integrated test system design and development
• Experience with measurement and test software/hardware
• Strong understanding of analog/digital circuits, power supplies
• An ability to collaborate in a team setting as well as be an active individual contributor
• Willingness to travel on occasion (10%)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience modeling/simulating electrical circuit operation in a spice program (e.g. LTSpice)
• Previous experience in the aerospace, medical, and/or defense industries
• 5+ years’ experience with integrated test hardware/software design and development
• Experience with manufacturing high reliability equipment
• Experience with vacuum chambers and vacuum-rated materials
• Experience with data acquisition systems and hardware (LabVIEW, PLCs, etc.)
• A solid understanding of applicable engineering principles, business practices, and experience working directly with hardware in the aerospace industry is highly desirable
• Manufacturing experience in an AS9100, ISO9001 environment
• Some experience with a parametric CAD program (SolidWorks, UGNX, or similar)

Compensation/Benefits

Enjoy a very competitive starting salary based on your knowledge and experience. In addition to the excitement of making monumental changes to the aerospace industry, employees enjoy a flexible work schedule, company paid health insurance, prescription drug coverage, paid time off (vacation, paid holidays, sick days), and contribution matching retirement plan. The position is full time and located in Houghton, MI. Relocation assistance is available.