Principal Electrical Engineer

• Provides technical direction to digital, analog, subsystem or radio frequency hardware development/engineering programs, team members and managers.
• Outlines and communicates the most appropriate technical approach for business development activities.
• Determines the technical direction and strategy for solving complex, significant or major issues.
• Identifies, investigates and resolves technical issues.
• Plans and evaluates system architectural design, reviews system performance and identifies technical risks and associated ways to mitigate those risks.
• Analyzes and prepares specifications.
• Participates in design reviews.
• Designs, develops and implements hardware.
• Coordinates circuit design of components.
• Communicates technical advancements through briefings and technical papers to co-workers, management staff, customers, and technical community, as appropriate.
• Maintains state-of-the-art awareness in areas of technical expertise - changes, advancements and improvements.
• Applies expertise to all areas of electronic engineering and development.
• Responsible for innovation and creativity in broad area of electrical engineering and development.
• Provides functional or resource planning guidance to engineering and management staff or groups.
• Interfaces with team members, management staff, customers, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Identifies electrical engineering process improvements, and enforces the execution of them across the organization.
• Manages engineering metrics.

• Four-year college degree in electronic engineering or science discipline plus a minimum of twelve years experience; or an applicable Masters of Science degree and ten years of related experience.
• Experience to include hardware development/engineering, exercising creativity in technical direction and successful strategy development.
• Comfortable with communicating across disciplines in response to manufacturing and procurement matters.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing, interface with customers, subcontractors and vendors, and deal with employees and managers at all levels in manufacturing, engineering and other departments.
• Ability to use typical office automation products such as word processors and spreadsheets.
• Knowledge of customer needs and competing products. Must be able to solve complex and difficult engineering problems.
• Ability to work under project deadlines and associated cost and schedule constraints.
• May be required to travel domestically and internationally to include working odd hours, in-line with customer requirements

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