Electrical Engineer
Department: Engineering
Reports to: V.P. of Engineering
FLSA: Exempt
Date: 7/1/24
Job Summary:
The Senior Electrical Engineer is responsible for driving our product development, technical vision, innovation and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions through all phases of product development. Additionally, the Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible for coordinating all activities related to sustainment, documentation, testing, and production support.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with the NPD group to conceptualize product ideation and business needs.
- Responsible for component and system-level design.
- Responsible for providing engineering support for the design, development, production, and quality inspections of new and current products.
- Ensure design projects are well documented and up to date within EPDM.
- Ensure engineering procedures and standards are followed. Fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
- Drive project success through on-time delivery and efficient collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Works with a design team to create sketches, layouts, and plans within AutoCAD or Solidworks
- Mentor and guide less experienced engineers, sharing technical expertise and fostering their professional growth within the team.
- Develop PCBA layouts
- Develop motor control programs
- UI programming
- Experience with C++ / C# / Python / Java
- Experience with Firmware
- Experience with battery management
- Recommend evaluation method (e.g., decision support tools) and criteria
- Identify opportunities for procedural enhancements and implement technical tools to streamline processes and drive operational efficiency.
- Operates independently with limited guidance from managers and/or senior engineers
- Successfully partners with teammates, suppliers and customers globally as appropriate
- Readily identifies and applies technical tools
- Uses data to support and communicate technical decisions
- Requires knowledge on ECAD programs such as Altium, Allegro etc.
- Produces product specifications and chooses raw materials and components for production.
- Drive cost analysis and optimization efforts to create accurate BOM and ensure that margin targets are met.
- Responsible for building models and prototypes of the product and testing the design.
- Develops control systems and monitors production.
- Establishes and leverages relationships with internal technical experts
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Provides technical guidance and support to all departments
Competencies:
- Analytical skills - Structures risk and accounts for information uncertainty in the decision-making process.
- Project management - Demonstrates project management skills for scheduling, budgeting, planning, and risk management. Provides timing and resource estimates for a project.
- Communication Skills—Applies appropriate communication approaches, including listening. Speaks and writes effectively to convey information to the project team and manager.
- Presentation Skills - Develops and delivers presentations that are tailored to the audience.
- Problem-Solving Skills—Formulate relevant opinions/solutions. Identify alternate solutions and evaluate their relative strengths/ weaknesses.
- Business Acumen - Understands the business impact of a decision
- Prioritization Skills - Independently prioritizes and executes tasks
- Planning Skills - Effectively plans what is to be achieved and involves all relevant staff members
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to vibration from the tools and noise from the pneumatic tools—forklift traffic. The heat level is high in the summer months. Personal protective equipment, such as safety glasses and gloves, is required in some positions. Hearing protection is provided but not required.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee must frequently use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and climb or balance. The employee must walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk or hear.
The employee must regularly lift, push, pull, and grip. Must pass a physical fitness for duty test that assesses the ability to lift varying weights essential to job function. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days and hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 5:00. Occasionally, overtime is required, and the employee must be able to work earlier than scheduled, later than scheduled, and on Saturdays.
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering required
- Five years of related experience preferred.
AAP/EEO Statement: APCprovides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
Other Job Duties: This job description is a general description of essential job functions. It is not intended as an employment contract nor to describe all duties someone in this position may perform. All employees of APC are expected to perform tasks as assigned by APC supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $65,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Work Location: In person