
Sr. Electrical Engineer
SPX Corporation
- Orlando, FL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design and layout complex circuitry containing brushed and brushless (BLDC) motor controls.
- Designs complex electronic circuits, subsystems, systems, and products.
- Layout circuits and systems vary in complexity: may include analog, digital, microprocessor, high voltage/power circuitry, and motor control circuitry at both the schematic capture and PCB layout stages of development.
- Writes test plans and performs evaluation testing during the design process. These electronic components may interface with mechanical components.
- Technical Support and Analysis:
- Provides technical support for existing products, including quality assessment, failure analysis, and product improvement activities.
- Project Management and Leadership:
- Provides technical guidance, serves as a point of contact or business liaison, prepares briefings for senior management, and assists in problem resolution specific to the program/project.
- Assists in the review and approval of subcontractor plans, including specifications and objectives, work breakdown structure, detailed scope descriptions and schedules, risk management, milestone descriptions, budgets and staffing decisions.
- Participates in project teams and all activities related to the development of new products, and support of existing products.
- Leads project teams and provides work direction to other engineers.
- Leads engineering-wide process improvements.
- Lead NPI/NPD evolution of systems and products.
- Acts as a product owner and writes standards as a subject matter expert.
- Documentation and Reporting:
- Writes manufacturing and test procedures and reports.
- Participates in project teams and activities related to product development and support.
- Provides technical support to sales and marketing for bids and proposals.
- Minimum ten years in Electrical Engineering
- Experience with motion control and BLDC motor control design
- Extensive Experience with Schematic capture and PCB layout preferably Altium
- Experience with Circuit simulation tools (Pspice, LTSpice)
- Familiar with Microprocessor/Microcontroller Development Tools
- Experience in design, repair and analysis of electronic systems.
- Familiarity with established engineering design principles and practices
- Familiarity with standard Office Tools (Word, Excel, Acrobat)
- Experience with taking a design from concept to mass production.
- Technical Competency commensurate with BSEE degree or equivalent
- Ability to analyze data and solve complex and abstract problems.
- Ability to understand detailed component and product specifications.
- Ability to utilize standard laboratory test equipment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in any of the following would add weight to a candidate's consideration:
- Familiarity with Data Analysis Tools (Matlab, Mathcad)
- Knowledgeable of grounding, noise mitigation, EMI reduction techniques
- Experience with designing for CE, FCC, TUV, UKCA and other certifying bodies.
- Experience with designing for manufacturability and serviceability.
- General Engineering
- Design and layout of multilayer SMD/thru-hole mixed signal PCBs Up to 8 layers using Altuim Designer or equivalent.
- Hand soldering and rework to troubleshoot and augmentation/prototyping of designs.
- Power Supply design to support analog & digital circuitry and experience with low noise & moderate bandwidth PCB layout & implementation.
- Experience with Camera vision systems is a major plus.
- Familiarity with optical sources (lamps, lasers, LEDs, etc.) and their drive circuits a plus
- Digital Design
- Detailed knowledge on digital MEMS sensors such as IMU, INU, Temp, pressure, humidity sensors.
- Design products that will use industry standard data interfaces such as: PCIe, USB 3.x, Ethernet, RS-232/485, I2C and SPI.
- Design experience in motion control of DC brushed/brushless motors.
- Experience in ARM PCB layout and design is a plus.
- Experience in High-speed Board layout is a plus.
- Competency creating test code in micro-controller/DSP firmware in C/C++
- FPGA design, simulation, synthesis & implementation in VHDL is a plus.
- Interfacing FPGA to standard peripherals and microcontrollers is a plus.
- Analog Design
- Design Analog input signal processing, low noise analog signal processing devices.
- A/D Converter Implementation: 12-18 bit ADC's up to 10MHz
- Experience with signal conditioning of moderate bandwidth analog signals (up to 25 MHz)
- Familiarity with Mechanical CAD Tools (Inventor or Solidworks)
- Bachelor's degree in in Electrical Engineering or Equivalent
- Monday - Friday, Hybrid schedule with at least 3 days per week in office
- Most work is performed in an office environment. Occasional trips to utility or contractor facilities for research and testing may also be required.
- Occasional overnight travel is anticipated for this position, as necessary to perform required duties.
- Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave
- Competitive health insurance plans and 401(k) match, with benefits starting day one
- Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans
- Educational assistance, leadership development programs, and recognition programs
- Integrity
- Accountability
- Excellence
- Teamwork
- Results