Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer – Manager

Location: Houston, TX

Salary: $110k – $115k depending on experience

Position Summary:

Our company is looking for an experienced, accomplished, self-motivated Sr. Electrical Engineer to be part of a team that is directly involved in the engineering, product design, product development and implementation of these designs in a manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate is an inventive problem solver that works through technical challenges employing solid engineered solutions to maintain and support our industry-leading products. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small team that provides coating inspection and pig tracking equipment that meets our client’s needs both locally and across the globe.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be working with the Engineering Manager, Sr. Production Manager and Mechanical Designers as well as on their own, on various projects supporting current and future products. Interfacing with upper management will be necessary from time to time.

Duties:

• Design and develop new products and enhance capabilities of existing products
• Responsible for circuit theory, prototype designs and updating electronic products
• Design and/or redesign of PCB schematics and layouts as needed
• Experienced in managing a design team, engineers and electro-mechanical designers
• Support Manufacturing as new products are brought online, developing best practices, identify new component suppliers
• Work closely with Electronic Technicians and PCB Assembly team in Manufacturing troubleshooting electronic production issues and updating production methods with current and newer processes
• Provide sustaining engineering and support for legacy products from cradle to grave
• Technical and creative writing skills are a “must have”; product operating procedures, test reports with technical graphics, user manuals, industry publications and articles, etc.
• Ability to multi-task and complete assigned tasks in a timely manner with minimal supervision
• Work closely with manufacturing providing solutions for End-Of-Life (EOL) components
• Customer Support: troubleshoot technical product issues with customers and distributors via phone and email
• Some travel required to support industry trade shows, AMPP (formally NACE)

Required Education and Experience:

• BS In Electrical Engineering
• Experience 13 – 15 continuous years practicing as an Electrical Engineer
• Electronic circuit design both analog and digital, qualify new circuitry at temperature, troubleshooting new and existing circuits
• Experienced in managing a design team
• Experience introducing a new product into Manufacturing, creating test & qualification procedures
• AutoCAD familiarity necessary
• Software design – C/C++ and assembly for microcontrollers
• Experience in design and layout printed circuit boards (PCB’s)
• Knowledge of EMI & RFI interference and their suppression
• Very familiar with Oscilloscopes, LCR meter, power supplies and multimeters is required
• Mechanically inclined and able to support in-house projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills of the English language
• Excellent technical writing and documentation skills required

• Experience with troubleshooting customer issues over the phone
• Must not wear a pacemaker due to health issues around high voltage products.

Desired Experience

• Hardware and software design for PIC Microchip, STMicro STM32H734
• High Voltage DC-DC power supply design
• Knowledge of PCB schematic and board layout tools – Altium Designer
• PLC programming experience with VisiLogic software by Unitronics
• 3D Printing experience using software such as Cura, OpenSCAD or 3D Slicer
• DSP and graphical LCD programming