Electrical Design Engineer

Role: Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Minden, Nevada – This role requires working at client site 5 days per week

Full time

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Ability to come up with multiple solutions and selection of the lowest cost alternative as per design requirements.
• Optimize analog and digital circuit design by identifying components, reviewing end-of-life component lifecycles, and conducting technical evaluation and testing. Use expertise in power supplies, microprocessors, microcontrollers, memories, peripheral interfaces and displays of industrial products.
• Review/compare component specifications between like components from the same and different manufacturers, including specifications of electrical IC components.
• Review of electrical component costs and highlight high-cost components and evaluate circuits and determine which components can be removed to simplify circuits.
• Understanding and familiarization of the product and process requirements starting from feasibility analysis to till implementation of the design and support for product release.
• Follows well defined alternate component qualification process and performs qualification testing following OS operations LLC test methodology such as manufacturing tests, temperature, humidity, GTEM, HALT, and calibration and vibration testing for specific prox. probes, seismic sensors, and enclosures.
• Identify and validate critical measurements and tolerance checks of the new components.

Prerequisite:

• B Tech or M Tech in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Overall 8+ years of experience in the industry.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in the areas of Altium Designer
• Proven experience as a Design Engineer/Solution Analyst or a related role
• Good at schematics design tools including Altium, Allegro Design Entry, ORCAD, and PCAD and simulation using LT SPICE to assist in cost reduction activities.
• Expertise in the areas of analog and digital circuit design
• Good understanding of the Test methodology and equipment such as high vibration tests (seismic lab), temperature and HALT tests, humidity susceptibility tests etc.
• Experience in Six Sigma tools, such as Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA), to maintain reliability while designing less expensive products.
• Good to have knowledge related to mechanical design areas of AutoCAD, 3-D modelling UG NX software.
• Extensive experience working with business users to translate business language requirements into a detailed technical requirement.
• Good understanding of Engineering/Technical Material Cost Out (MCO) and support to component risk mitigation/component shortages etc.

Job Type: Contract

Salary: $79,573.16 - $90,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Minden, NV 89423: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person