Electrical Engineer - Hardware / Firmware design

Job Overview

The Global Aerospace, Defense & Marine business unit is facing increasing demand for ruggedized fiber optic interconnects and innovative fiber management solutions. Included in these new developments are active optical transceivers, media converters, and optical cable assemblies (AOC’s) where the E/O and O/E conversions are accomplished within the cable connector(s) and similar chip-to-world products. Currently systems are operating at 1-10 Gb/s, and some customers are planning for a migration to 25 Gb/s or higher. The race is now on for the development of ruggedized AOC interfaces, transceivers, and mid-board modules for applications in harsh environments.

In this position, the Electrical Engineer will contribute to product development engineering for those projects. The Engineer will be responsible for the electrical aspects of design, development, and testing of new electronic products. This will include engineering analysis of designs, coordination of sample builds, oversight of verification/qualification testing and migration to volume manufacturing sites. The Engineer will work within a NPD team that includes the other disciplines like ME, QE, IE, test engineering and process development. The position will require direct communication with external customers and suppliers, as well as interaction with internal business development, corporate technology, manufacturing, quality, and testing functions. Some domestic and/or international travel may be required.

This position will be located at our plant in Middletown, PA and is eligible for a flex work mode.

The job purpose is development of next generation electronic products.Activities may include:

• Electrical circuit & PCB design and electronic component selection
• Generation and evaluation of prototypes
• Definition and coordination of test programs for purposes of design verification and product qualification
• Serve as liaison between Business Development, Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Manufacturing, contract design teams, customers, suppliers, and various other Engineering functions.
• Generation of product drawings, application specifications, and instruction sheets
• Implementation of design changes to enhance product quality, improve manufacturability, and/or reduce manufacturing cost
• Review functional/performance specifications provided by customers and insure that product requirements have been properly defined and documented prior to production.
• Perform/coordinate failure analysis work and determine corrective actions
• Initiation of Engineering Changes to improve designs, improve manufacturing, or respond to changes requested by the customer
• Achieve scope, schedule, and budget requirements.
• Report out on project status as needed.
• Meet all established project deadlines.
• Regularly keep management informed of problems, issues, and status of on-going projects.