The Senior Electrical Engineer is responsible for the design, development, validation, and support of instrumentation and measurement products. This role involves hands-on board-level circuit design with a strong focus on analog and mixed-signal electronics, while also supporting product sustenance, manufacturing, compliance, and new product introduction activities.
Key ResponsibilitiesProduct Design & Development
- Conceptualize, design, implement, and validate electronic products using mixed-signal, analog, and digital design techniques.
- Develop electrical designs from concept through schematic capture, PCB layout, prototype development, testing, and validation.
- Oversee new product development activities from concept through manufacturing and market release.
- Partner with Marketing to define and specify product performance requirements.
- Evaluate and recommend advanced technologies to address market opportunities.
Sustaining Engineering & Product Support
- Provide ongoing sustaining and value engineering support to improve component availability, reduce costs, and enhance product reliability.
- Monitor, identify, and resolve product lifecycle issues, including component obsolescence and availability challenges.
- Identify, test, and qualify alternate components and sources to support production continuity.
- Support Supply Chain efforts by identifying substitute components for long lead-time, out-of-stock, or obsolete parts and conducting testing to verify form, fit, and function compatibility.
- Assist New Product Engineering in selecting component manufacturers and suppliers to ensure long-term product availability and lifecycle support.
Manufacturing & Customer Support
- Provide technical support to Manufacturing and Customer Service in resolving production issues and customer application challenges.
- Support external contract manufacturing partners with component-related technical issues and testing requirements.
- Participate in new product introduction (NPI) and manufacturing support activities.
Compliance & Documentation
- Manage compliance testing and associated documentation.
- Support adherence to applicable regulatory and environmental requirements, including RoHS, REACH, and related compliance standards.
AI Utilization
- Demonstrate the ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and cost efficiency.
- Identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
Requirements Education & Experience
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering required.
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering preferred.
- 10+ years of relevant electronics design experience.
Technical Expertise
- Strong mixed-signal and analog circuit design experience, including:
- Low-noise amplifiers
- Amplifier circuits
- Active and passive filters
- Transistor circuits
- Linear and switching power supplies
- Impedance matching and transformation
- Analog-to-digital converters (A/D converters)
- Experience with digital circuit design, including:
- Microprocessors
- Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)
- Basic digital interfaces
- Familiarity with schematic capture tools such as PADS Designer.
- Familiarity with circuit simulation and worst-case analysis tools such as SPICE.
- Strong technical knowledge of electronic components and circuit troubleshooting.
- Ability to read and interpret component datasheets, schematic diagrams, and PCB layouts.
- Knowledge of component specifications, quality requirements, and reliability calculations.
- Familiarity with NPI and manufacturing processes.
- Working knowledge of RoHS, REACH, and related compliance requirements.
CompensationEmployee Type: Salaried
Currency: USD
Salary Minimum: 120,000
Salary Maximum: 150,000
Incentive: No
Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.
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