SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Job Overview:

For more than 40 years, our client has provided innovative applications of optical technology, both products and services, to commercial, government, and consumer products organizations in a variety of industries worldwide. Their engineering team is the largest independent optical engineering group in the world, managing all aspects of instrument design, including optics, mechanics, electronics, and software systems, in addition to offering in-house Optical Test /Measurement Services for the benchmarking and performance assessment of customer optical components, lenses, and imaging systems. Their team continues to improve existing optical test and measurement product lines and develop new products that they manufacture and install around the globe.

Senior Electrical Engineer (Instrumentation):

NDT’s client is seeking a highly skilled and collaborative Senior Electrical Engineer to join their R&D Team and take a leading role in growing the EE capability within their company. The ideal candidate will own all aspects of electrical design within our client’s existing products and new product development programs. This role is expected to exercise significant autonomy and initiative while keeping stakeholders informed of progress. The Senior Electrical Engineer will also interface with clients and troubleshoot product electrical problems. This role reports directly to the CTO.

Responsibilities:

• Conceive of and specify system level control architecture for new products.
• Create schematic designs for circuit boards that are used in our optical instrumentation products. Functions on these boards vary but may include motion control (steppers and servo), laser diode control, incandescent source control, UART and CANbus communications, displays, microcontroller, and interfacing to various input devices.
• Maintain configuration control of all circuit boards.
• Lay out circuit boards and produce fabrication packages.
• Test and troubleshoot boards.
• Specify cable harness designs and work with mechanical designers to create drawings.
• Provide guidance to Production regarding best practices for integrating electronics.
• Produce documentation (design records and work instructions where applicable).
• Shepherd products through the CE certification process as needed.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or another related field.
• At least 5 years’ experience with schematic design and board layouts.
• Strong hands-on skills (soldering, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers etc.)
• Ability to write firmware and/or PC applications for testing boards is a plus.
• Experience with FPGAs is a plus.
• Good understanding of mitigation of susceptibility and emissions is a plus.
• Must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, and eager to learn.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and processes.
• Ability to form good working relationships and lead clients to good decisions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively in a dynamic environment.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States legally.