Job Title: Specialist, Electrical Engineering – Hardware Design

Job Code:  20865

Job Location: Cincinnati, OH

Job Schedule:4/10 (Monday to Thursday, 10 hour shifts, flexible)

Job Description:

This Electrical Engineering position is in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, requiring tasking flexibility to meet ever changing customer objectives. It will require the ability to work within a team structure as well as work independently with minimal supervision. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are crucial.

Essential Functions:

• Design analog and digital circuits for safety and arming devices
• Generate schematics and PCB layout guidelines
• Perform circuit analyses (WCCA, electrical stress, FMECA, fault tree, etc.) and simulations (LTSpice, Pspice, etc.)
• Participate in team and department meetings, internal design reviews, peer and gate reviews
• Assist with requirements development and compliance assessments
• Generate firmware requirements for FPGAs and microcontrollers
• Define test methods and develop test plans and test equipment requirements
• Support or direct test activities in all phases of product development
• Support hardware builds by testing and troubleshooting failures
• Create and maintain engineering technical drawings and documentation
• Author test plans and reports related to product performance and safety
• Lead or assist formal failure investigations using structured tools (8D, Fishbone, Cause & Effect, etc.)
• Provide technical support for legacy production programs
• Help mentor co-ops and less-experienced engineers
• Multi-task across several projects simultaneously

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in EE/CompE and 4 years of related experience, Master’s degree in EE/CompE and 2 years of related experience, or in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of related experience
• 3+ years of experience designing analog circuits utilizing op amps, comparators, filters, differential amplifiers, data converters, etc.
• 3+ years of experience designing digital circuits utilizing logic gates, flip flops, counters, multiplexers, timers, etc.
• 2+ years of experience with board-level power architecture design, power conditioning and power conversion using linear and switching topologies
• 2+ years of experience with interface circuits and serial communication buses including UART, SPI, and I2C
• 2+ years of experience with various sensor types (temperature sensors, acceleromters, differential pressure sensors, gyroscopes, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience with circuit protection techniques (e.g. overvoltage, reverse voltage, short circuit, ESD, EMI, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience with module design including component selection, circuit design and analysis, and board layout
• 3+ years of experience with schematic capture and board layout utilities (Altium, PADS, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience in troubleshooting using standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, function generators, meters, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience with modeling and simulation utilities (LTSpice, MATLAB, Simulink, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience in creating technical diagrams, documents and drawings (Test Plans, Test Reports, Analyses, Engineering Drawings, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience with Root Cause analysis
• Ability to obtain a government-issued Secret level clearance if necessary

Preferred Additional Skills:

• 2+ years of experience designing Electronic Safety and Arming Devices (ESADs) and Ignition Safety Devices IAW MIL-STD-1316 and MIL-STD-1901A
• 2+ years of experience presenting ESAD/ESAF/ISD designs to Safety Review Boards (AFSRB, FISTRP, NNMSB)
• 2+ years of experience interfacing to and testing energetic materials (EFDIs, LEEFIs, Lead Charges, Boosters)
• 2+ years of design for extreme environments (Vibration, Shock, Temperature, Temperature & Humidity)
• Team Player with excellent communication skills to work effectively across different engineering disciplines
• 3+ years of experience leading a large scale technical project from start to completion with minimal guidance