Responsibilities:- Balance both new product development and sustaining engineering priorities, supporting innovation while ensuring strong performance of released products.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (engineering, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and vendors) to define requirements, solve technical issues, release designs, and improve product reliability.
- New product Development (Approx. 50%)
- Participate in R&D efforts including feasibility studies, architecture decisions, design reviews, prototype builds, validation, and product release planning.
- Translate product requirements into electrical system designs for instrumentation and flow measurement products.
- Design across analog and digital circuitry, microcontrollers, communications interfaces, sensing, signal conditioning, and power systems.
- Perform schematic capture and provide input for PCB/PCA design, including design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-test (DFT) considerations.
- Develop and test breadboards, prototypes, and proof-of-concept circuits to validate designs and reduce technical risk.
- Plan and execute electrical verification and validation testing, including hardware/firmware interaction, communications, and environmental performance.
- Support regulatory and compliance efforts (EMC/CE, safety, certifications), including pre-compliance testing and design updates.
- Create and maintain engineering documentation such as BOMs, schematics, PCB files, drawings, test procedures, and design records.
- Provide electrical engineering support for released products, including production builds, customer issues, field returns, and service needs.
- Troubleshoot issues across component, circuit, PCA, product, and system levels, including hardware, firmware, and software interactions.
- Investigate production test failures, customer returns, and reliability issues using structured root-cause and corrective action methods.
- Evaluate alternative components, obsolescence (EOL), supply chain challenges, and cost-reduction opportunities while maintaining product performance and compliance.
- Design, maintain, and improve PCA test fixtures, production test methods, troubleshooting guides, and manufacturing documentation.
- Implement engineering changes (ECO/ECN), including updates to schematics, PCB/PCA designs, BOMs, and work instructions.
- Coordinate product changes and releases with manufacturing and production team.
- Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and vendors to resolve issues, improve yield, reduce rework, and sustain long-term product availability.
Required Qualifications:- 2-4 years of electrical engineering experience in instrumentation, industrial electronics, or similar product environments.
- Experience with schematic capture and support of PCB/PCA design, including layout reviews and production documentation.
- Working knowledge of microcontrollers, analog and digital circuits, communications interfaces, sensing, and signal conditioning.
- Ability to support both new product development and sustaining engineering, including prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, and engineering changes.
- Experience with PCA test fixtures, production testing, and failure analysis.
- Hands-on skills including soldering, rework, breadboarding, and lab equipment use.
- Strong troubleshooting skills at the component level with clear documentation of root cause and corrective actions.
- Familiarity with BOMs, drawings, ECO/ECN processes, and manufacturing workflows.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office and engineering documentation tools.
- Other duties as assigned.
- This role is based on-site and requires regular work across both our Marina and Monterey, CA locations.
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with Altium Designer and PADS.
- Familiarity with EMC/CE design practices, including compliance, pre-compliance evaluation, and certification testing.
- Knowledge of digital communication hardware and protocols such as RS232, RS485, USB, MODBUS, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus, BACnet, HART, Ethernet, or similar industrial standards.
- Experience with ERP systems (preferably Epicor), including working with part records, BOMs, ECOs, and production documentation.
- Mechanically inclined, with the ability to read blueprints, assembly drawings, and manufacturing documentation.
- Understanding of modern circuit design practices, including component selection, design for manufacturability (DFM), design for testability (DFT), and lifecycle management.
- Exposure to measurement technologies for temperature, pressure, and flow applications.
- Experience supporting fielded products, including production yield improvements, supplier-driven component changes, cost reduction initiatives, reliability improvements, or customer return investigations.
Traits:- Balances creative product development with practical, sustaining-engineering judgment.
- Works independently under pressure and adapts quickly to changing priorities.
- Positive, optimistic, collaborative, and service-oriented mindset.
- Strong communicator, able to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- High level of initiative, ownership, motivation, and attention to detail.
- Flexible and eager to learn, support teams, and contribute wherever needed.
- Committed to upholding Fox and Sierra's mission and values.
Computer skills:- Proficient in basic computer skills, including professional email etiquette, clear written communication, and strong document control practices.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, and related tools).
- Ability to work with ECAD files, engineering documentation, bills of materials (BOMs), test records, and ERP/MRP systems to support product release and sustaining activities.
Working Conditions:- Physical demands include the ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and to sit and stand for reasonable periods of time. Visual demands include the ability to look at a computer monitor for extended periods. Work is performed in a manufacturing environment with associated hazards.
Pay Transparency: We are committed to pay transparency and equitable compensation practices. The compensation range for this position is $95,000 - $112,000 depending on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
In addition to base compensation, this role includes a comprehensive benefit package which may include health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and other benefits.
