Engineering - Electrical Design Engineer

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headquartered in st. Augustine, fl, with offices and manufacturing facilities all around the globe, amphenol cit is one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of high-performance wire, cable, and medical devices. We provide complete interconnect solutions to industries like aerospace, military & defense electronics, space, medical, test & measurement, and industrial.

our talented team of employees worldwide helps bring movies to your seat on airplanes, deliver mission-critical information from drones to the command office, transfer heart rhythm to paper, route communications from space, connect power to downhill oil drills, and get planes back in the air faster. At amphenol cit, we make the amazing possible.

an electrical design engineer i is responsible for the development and documentation of electrical and avionics systems designs in a cross-functional engineering team environment. Provides support for other departments including manufacturing, sales, customer service, and quality. Products include high-performance electro-mechanical systems and components, integrated structures, and control panels used for aircraft entertainment, navigation, and communication systems.

• creates designs by analyzing product or equipment specifications, performance requirements, and existing manufacturing capabilities. Performs moderately complex design, fabrication, modification, and evaluation of products by applying engineering principles and established analytical tools. Develops detailed designs by using provided by others.
• research manufacturing or processing techniques, materials, properties, and process advantages and limitations as part of long-range plant and product engineering planning.
• conducts analyses and/or tests pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials or processes and completes required documentation by applying engineering principles and company standards, and generating reports, procedures, or change proposals.
• develops acceptance, engineering evaluation, development and qualification/certification test plans, procedures, and reports. Compiles and analyzes operation, test, and research data to establish performance standards for newly designed or modified equipment or product.
• investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, contractual specification requirements, cost-defining recommendations, and change proposals.
• prepares or directs preparation of product design data, which includes detailed drawings, assembly drawings, wire diagrams, and installation drawings by coordinating with customers, engineers, designers, and drafters, interpreting customer and functional requirements, or by using computer-aided design tools and following industry drawing standards. Develop data and make preliminary layouts and documentation in response to customer proposal requests.
• reviews drawings and layouts to ensure clarity, completeness, form, fit, function, and conformity to standards, procedures, and specifications. Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies. Directs revisions and improvements to other engineers and designers. Implement revisions and improvements to drawings and layouts.
• communicate with customers to establish understanding of customer’s technical requirements and convey design capabilities or product performance.
• supports preparation of technical proposals for customers by reviewing and interpreting specifications and requirements. Includes providing engineering labor and schedule estimates.
• recommends and incorporates changes to enhance products and processes by applying continuous improvement methodologies. Leads product and process improvement initiatives.
• enhance technical knowledge by routinely reading technical publications, enrolling in educational courses, and engaging in professional associations.
• participate in organizational improvement initiatives that involve cross-functional team settings and responsibilities.
• supports project management personnel in the creation and maintenance of project schedule, resources, and budget, which includes the creation of milestones required to complete assigned projects.
• contributes to team effort in a collaborative and supportive manner.
• maintains clean, organized work environment and adheres to all safety standards, procedures, and regulations.
• adheres to all factory safety procedures and guidelines.
• other duties as required in support of the department and the company*

the responsibilities of this role do not include supervising other employees.

to succeed in this job, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential job function. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and ability. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with…