Senior Component Engineer Kirkland, WA Research and Development

Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points.

Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).

Component engineering is critical to the performance, reliability, and long-term supportability of Echodyne’s advanced radar products. Echodyne is seeking a Senior Component Engineer to join our Component Engineering team and own component engineering activities for assigned products and programs across product development, production, and sustaining engineering.

In this role, you will work across Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing to drive component selection and qualification, support new product introduction (NPI) and production release, and ensure components remain available, compliant, and supportable throughout the product lifecycle. You will proactively manage lifecycle, obsolescence, and supply continuity risks, resolve complex component and supplier quality issues, and mentor less experienced engineers.

The ideal candidate combines strong component engineering expertise with sound technical judgment and effective cross-functional collaboration.

• Own component engineering activities and commitments for assigned products and programs throughout development, production, and sustaining
  • Evaluate electronic components based on performance, reliability, availability, cost, lifecycle, and application requirements
  • Own component qualification for new parts, alternates, and changes, in coordination with design engineers, including qualification plans, test requirements, acceptance criteria, results review, and final approval
  • Review new part requests against design requirements and component risks, ensuring alignment with component selection standards, derating guidelines, and preferred parts strategies before production release.
  • Partner with design engineers on component selection, trade studies, and resolution of component related technical issues
  • Manage component part creation and release, including AML/AVL records and required component data and documentation within PLM
  • Provide component engineering input during design and production-readiness reviews
• Drive component lifecycle and supply continuity for assigned products and programs
  • Perform BOM reviews and proactively identify obsolescence, availability, lead time, single source, and other component risks
  • Drive PCN, EOL, shortage, last time buy, second source, and alternate component activities
  • Drive component standardization, part consolidation, cost reduction, and value-engineering activities
• Coordinate production and sustaining activities across Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, and external suppliers
  • Coordinate qualification of component manufacturers in partnership with Supply Chain and Quality
  • Own component quality investigations and failure analysis in coordination with the Quality team, including supplier containment and corrective actions, and drive resulting design and process improvements
  • Support ECOs, deviations, and sustaining changes resulting from component qualification, lifecycle,…