Senior Electrical Engineer

About the role

Design, develops and tests all aspects of most complex electrical components, equipment, products, machinery and/or systems. Familiar with advanced concepts, practices and procedures within Electrical Engineering and applies them to accomplish goals. The Senior Engineer acts as a mentor and guide to less experienced Engineers, has a wide degree of creativity and latitude and works on multiple projects and complicated tasks.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts in creation of specifications, design and test methods for new products
• Perform DFMEA analysis on new and/or existing designs
• Complete product design, analysis and development of electrical components, systems and equipment, including schematics, bills of materials, test plans, and other required documentation from design concept to manufacturing release; develop electronic help files pertaining to new products
• Analyze current designs and products for improvements and/or troubleshooting
• Develop and maintain Engineering (design and testing) documentation per ISO standards that support the business unit quality system
• Interface with manufacturing on an ongoing basis during development stages to ensure manufacturability and design intent of the product
• Understand manufacturing requirements of the products and apply Design for Manufacturing and Assembly concepts
• Research new technologies and generate competitive benchmarking data and information by best of breed analysis, testing and research
• Train and provide instructions/guidance to less experienced Engineers
• Operate in a multi-disciplinary team environment, practicing concurrent engineering principles
• Participate in design reviews related to assigned projects
• Represent the business unit at standards organizations meetings to develop currency in latest standards and test procedures which may affect our business
• Additional duties as assigned

Local Essential Functions (Residential)

• Design analog circuits, including power supply, amplifiers and sensors
• Design digital circuits, microprocessor-based circuits with understanding of firmware requirements
• Build and test prototypes and integrated systems as part of the development process
• Perform evaluation of circuits and assemblies, including agency testing (FCC, UL, CSA, etc.)

Local Essential Functions (C&I)

• Confer with engineering team, customers and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects and products
• Select and/or design and help assemble test control apparatus and equipment, and determine methods, procedures, and conditions for electrical/electronic testing of designs and products to verify and validate that they meet product definitions
• Maintain and upgrade the Development Engineering test laboratory as required to support new product designs and test procedures
• Work with Applications Engineering to develop applications of new communications cabling system devices and products for commercial and industrial uses
• Inspect completed installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational and safety standards

Qualifications

• Substantial knowledge of electrical/electronic concepts, analog and digital design, solid understanding of the properties of discrete semiconductors, RF theory
• Outstanding project management competencies
• Must be a team player with good communication and organizational skills
• Must have excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Local Skills (Residential)

• Understanding of system grounding/shielding and EMI mitigation design practices
• Bench and system-level integration/debug/troubleshooting experience
• Capable of constructing and testing electrical assemblies
• Able to work with PCB designer and technicians to prototype PWAs and prove competencies
• Familiar with analog design simulation tools (SPICE simulators)

Education & Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree (BSEE) or equivalent from four-year college
• Minimum 8 years experience
• Experience in CAD and Altium Designer is desirable, with the ability to create schematics and layouts
• Experience with agency test requirements such as UL, FCC, CSA, etc.

Local Experience (Residential)

• Experience in design of electronic circuits for high volume consumer electronics
• Proven experience in electrical design of printed circuit boards including DRM principles
• Experience with failure analysis techniques such as DFMEA and PFMEA

Travel

Up to 10% travel may be required.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance programs
• 401K plans with employer-matching contributions
• Tuition reimbursement
• PTO
• Paid holidays
• Volunteer time off

Pay

$115,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year