Job Title: Electrical Engineer
Location: Bradenton, FL
Base Salary Rate: $90,614 - $106,605
Job type: Full-time
About This Role
Kidde's Residential Fire Detection organization is searching for an Electrical Engineer to join the design team located in Bradenton, FL. In this position, you will have responsibility for new projects and sustaining projects that challenge you on all levels, including low cost and low power design, analog circuit design and signal integrity of a variety of sensors, as well as integration of wireless daughter boards. You will be given the opportunity to leverage your engineering skills and experience as an engineer that is empowered to impact the course of the design team and the organization. We invite you to assess how our industry-leading product portfolio operates today and innovatively define and implement improvements on the next wave of new product development.
We are seeking hardworking individuals who take pride in developing products that save people's lives! In addition, you will enjoy close collaboration with like-minded teams around the globe focused on protecting customers and delivering business goals to advance our future success.
Key Responsibilities
- Design discrete circuits and verify them through simulation, bench testing and detailed characterization to ensure operation across a range of environmental conditions
- Utilize various sensing technologies to detect carbon monoxide, smoke, indoor air quality and more - ensuring they are consistently and reliably produced within the statistical product requirements maintaining 100% quality and certification adherence.
- Participate with the team in electrical system design, prototyping, and transitioning to production taking ownership of major portions of the project or the entire project.
- Perform alternate component analysis, considering the circuit function in all modes of operation.
- Design electronics to meet the functional specifications within cost targets, oversee prototyping and testing for compliance and robustness.
- Perform analysis and simulation on circuit designs prior to assembly to ensure design goals will be met i.e. meet or exceed all design requirements.
- Provide insights into possible design opportunities to optimize costs.
- Identify and implement sustaining activities for Alarm and Detectors maintaining and improving an existing product's life.
- Perform on dual sourcing component approval and validation process
- Work along with manufacturing and supply chain supporting EOL - End of Life components
- Perform root cause analysis identifying why failures or performance issues are occurring in the field and developing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Able to take direction from senior engineers while also taking initiative on design activities to drive projects forward and anticipate next steps.
- Professionally communicate with parties within and outside of the Engineering department serving as a strong representative for our team and company.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in design and development skills in mixed signal, digital, and analog circuits.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience troubleshooting analog circuits, including EMC, ESD, and Transient testing
- 1+ years of experience in design and development skills in mixed signal, digital, and analog circuits.
- 1+ years of hands-on experience troubleshooting analog circuits, including EMC, ESD, and Transient testing
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's or Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics from an ABET accredited college or university.
- Power supply design experience for AC and DC inputs.
- Experience in EMC / EMI troubleshooting and problem-solving techniques.
- Experience designing and analyzing sensing systems comprised of optical components (LEDS, Photodiodes) and/or light scattering inference methods
- Ability to design low power products capable of achieving very long life with non-replaceable batteries.
- Knowledge of statistics and ability to apply them to electrical system design and verification
- Experience with MATLAB script writing for automation of data analysis and reporting
- Skillfully and physically capable of using electrical engineering tools for debugging circuits and modifying surface mount assemblies.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Compensation and Benefits Individuals may be eligible for an annual performance bonus based on both individual and company's performance. The final compensation for this position will be set based on the individual's knowledge, skills, and experience as it relates to the job requirements. Kidde Global Solutions is committed to providing a competitive benefits package to our employees including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, retirement plan, paid time off (vacation, sick, company holidays), 401(k) with employer match, EAP assistance, and more.
