Pdwcareers
Senior Electrical Engineer, Manufacturing Test Systems
Huntsville, AL · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
ProcurementCustomer SupportAltiumCadenceRoboticsElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignControlsCommunicationCollaborationAdaptabilitySCADA
About the role
- Contribute to the development and scaling of internal hardware quality systems and test infrastructure as production volume increases.
- Strong skills in electrical CAD software (such as Altium Designer, CircuitStudio, Cadence, etc.) performing schematic capture and PCBA layout.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Hardware and Manufacturing Engineering to architect, design, and deploy electrical test systems for PCBAs, wiring harnesses, and subsystem-level validation in both internal production and contract manufacturing (CM) environments.
- Own the full lifecycle of test fixtures, including design, fabrication, validation, deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement.
- Develop manufacturing test specification requirements, testing criteria, plans, and test fixtures for design verification and validation by production and contract manufacturing.
- Perform hardware design tasks such as architecture design, component selection, schematic capture, schematic review, PCBA layout, PCBA layout review, and coordination of fabrication and assembly with contract manufacturers.
- Support emplacement, qualification, usage, technical support and repair of PCBA test fixtures for Production and contract manufacturers.
- Support facilitation of outside processes for PCBA manufacturing processes including conformal coating and other forms of secondary processing.
- Support of PCBA part availability risk identification and mitigation, part obsolesce and piece-part risk purchasing program with Procurement Team.
- Analyze production data to drive yield improvements, identify failure trends, and implement corrective actions to improve test system performance and reliability.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to optimize test systems for throughput, reliability, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
- Experience developing, releasing and implementing electronic test solutions and processes including bed-of-nails, flying probe, and in-circuit test.
Requirements
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
- Must have manual dexterity to operate standard machine shop equipment as well as standard office equipment.
- Requirements Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related field and 5+ years of experience designing electrical test systems for production contract manufacturing environments.
- Strong experience with electronic test hardware design, including embedded systems.
- Experience with microcontrollers and their bootstrapping processes (such as flashing via SWD, JTAG USB, or similar interfaces).
- Experience with MES/PLM systems and integrating those processes into an electronics manufacturing test fixtures.
- Knowledge of common communication buses, such as I2C, USB, CAN, Serial, and SPI - along with their debugging and test procedures.
- Ability to sit, stand, bend, reach, climb, and move about regularly throughout the day and lift / carry up to 50 pounds.
Nice to have
- Preferred Experience with PLCs and industrial communication control systems protocols (i.e.: OPC UA, SCADA) a plus.
- Candidates with experience in UAV aircrafts, robotics development, and/or hobby drones are highly preferred.
Company info
- Safe Harbor 401(K) with company match.
Equal opportunity
- EEO Statement PDW is an equal opportunity employer that upholds all federal and state non-discrimination laws.
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