Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform electrical design of various products for the military, primarily Navy, including: VFD’s, control panels, switchboards, and custom internal components such as EMI filters.
- Analyze customer specifications for key design requirements and serve as an approval authority for design compliance for peer designs.
- Analyze the applicability of various Military Specifications/Standards for new technology designs and serve as an approval authority for design compliance for peer designs.
- Perform electrical simulation and other analyses using software and hand calculations to provide design confidence for real-world performance requirements.
- Develop one-lines and schematics using CAD software independently.
- Serve as the review and approval authority for drawings and technical documentation for peers.
- Work with other departments, such as programs, production, and quality, to provide timely technical solutions to production issues, and reduce bottlenecks independently or provide guidance to lower-level engineering team for more complex issues.
- Create supplemental work instructions, technical documentation, test procedures and more to support engineering deliverables to internal and external customers.
- Attend meetings and conferences on engineering and continuous improvement matters and makes decisions on behalf of engineering department leadership.
- Work collaboratively with other engineering disciplines to solve complex engineering design challenges.
- Assist with onsite and off-site testing to support the qualification of equipment for use onboard Navy ships (Shock, Vibration, electromagnetic Interference, and other Environmental tests) independently or provides guidance to on-site support team.
- Create definition of on-site qualification confidence testing methods and evaluation criteria.
- Perform Factory Acceptance Testing on completed equipment independently or provide guidance to lower-level engineering team for successful completion.
- Serve as the lead engineer for design projects, collaborating with Program Management to ensure timely completion of project deliverables.
- Serve as the engineering representative for customer meetings, and formal design reviews.
- Provide mentorship and development for the junior engineering staff.
Education & Experience Requirements:
- The following degrees in Engineering, Computer Science, Science or closely related academic field:
- (MS)& 3-7 Years Relevant Experience OR (BS)& 6-10 Years Relevant Experience OR (AS)& 9-13 Years Relevant Experience OR Relevant Industry Experience of 11-15 Years
Basic Qualifications:
- Thorough knowledge of electrical engineering principles and practical application.
- Highly proficient in the use of 2D CAD software.
- Thorough understanding of electrical integration best practices
- Intermediate understanding of electrical simulation and analysis with working experience.
- Thorough understanding of electrical integration best practices
- Must be able to work and communicate effectively with other team members, other departments, and leadership
- Strong organizational skills: ability to manage multiple priorities
- Willingness to learn and accept and provide mentoring
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office products
- Ability to communicate work progress against a given budget and/or due date.
- Provide budgets and completion dates for the team as the lead engineer
- Experienced with MIL qualification testing (Electromagnetic Interference, Power Quality)
- Highly proficient in technical writing
Exceptional Qualifications/Experiences:
- Highly Proficient in Software and/or Programming (TIA Portal, WinCC, Studio5000, FactoryTalk, Labview, etc.)
- Highly Proficient with Programming languages (ladder, structured text, C, C++, etc.)
- Highly Proficient in AutoCAD software or electrical schematic design software.
Physical Demands:
While performing these job duties, the employee is routinely required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; use fingers and hands to type or write; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Fairlead Integrated, LLC. and its subsidiaries are proud to be Equal Employ Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers (Minority / Female / Disability / Veterans).
To apply for this position, go here: Employment Application – Fairlead Integrated
