Sr Electrical Engineer
- Talladega, AL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for carrying out specific project responsibilities as part of larger program objectives involved in the design and development of products, equipment, or processes. May design, lay out complex items. Consults with higher level engineering personnel to resolve more complex design alternatives. Utilize electronic design tools such as schematic capture. Review and implement design for manufacturing (DFM) and design for test (DFT) objectives
- Develop specifications, schematics, assembly drawings, bill of materials, against which designs can be produced. Prepares sub-system performance specifications.
- Evaluate and selects optimum design alternatives.
- Determine design feasibility and assures that product designs are competitive.
- Provide direction to others who determine appropriate materials and processes for specific component applications.
- Lead or conduct experiments to evaluate operating characteristics of products or processes. execute test and troubleshooting activity.
- Evaluate engineering prototypes and translate experimental results into design criteria.
- Conduct computer simulations to analyze, test or design products.
- Develop task inputs to engineering project plans and maintains liaison with other departments of the organization.
- Respond to customer engineering queries and advises others on engineering information relevant to the organization's product capabilities.
- Provide technical presentation support and consultation to marketing.
- Represent engineering unit in customer or field force contacts, troubleshoots customer application problems.
- Utilize project planning and monitoring methods to ensure timely completion. Assume responsibility for successful completion (Schedule, Performance, Cost) of systems and sub-systems.
- Perform preliminary engineering necessary to confirm plans and programs.
- Assist in assuring the technical soundness of engineering programs.
- Support the manufacturing process in resolving design problems.
- Collaborate with purchasing in obtaining quotations or bids and recommends selection of vendors.
- Prepare engineering specifications for major purchases.
- Prepare reports of field tests, start ups or installations as required and writes technical instructions. On a project or on-going basis, supervise the work of other engineering personnel.
- Contribute to process improvements.
- Develop total cost of ownership models for a complete system, based upon predicted reliability, operational usage and environmental factors.
- Recommend to Management to selection of appropriate and cost efficient vendors.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of packaging techniques to meet quality, function and cost standards.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent scientific discipline with 4 -7 or more years of experience to be proficient in the above areas or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Electrical or Electronic degree preferred.
- Incumbents must possess intensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
- Training Pre-requisites (Within One Year of Taking Position):
- ESD
- Safety Training, as dictated by Safety Department