Electrical Design Engineer - Louisville, KY

Positions Available - Electrical Design Engineer - Louisville, KY

The Electrical Design Engineer plans, designs and creates hardware that meets the needs of our customer’s electronic and communication business needs. The Electrical Design Engineer is ultimately responsible for developing a product that meets the needs and expectations of the customer in a fashion that is efficient, on time and error free, and must work closely with the sales department and software engineering department to achieve this.

• Create documentation for projects including block diagrams, state diagrams, product descriptions and other required documents per ISO 9001 Standards, company policies and/or procedures.
• Participate in hardware design reviews to ensure that designs are on time, in budget and in line with customers/sales expectations.
• Debug prototypes of new boards, including documentation of test procedures, test specifications, test jigs, etc.
• Create Schematics and/or layouts for hardware projects.
• Provide technical assistance and resolution when electrical or engineering problems are encountered before, during and after construction.
• Must be able to perform feasibility studies, design and construct specialized test jigs/fixtures for testing developmental stage items,breadboard specialized circuitry for evaluation and review and interface with suppliers as needed.
• Will verify second source part compatibility via comprehensive testing, train technicians on technical aspects and conduct reverse engineering of competitive products.
• Responsible for the electrical design, development, testing and debugging of circuitry for audio products and PCB design using schematic capture software.
• Assemble electrical and electronic systems and prototypes according to engineering data and knowledge of electrical principles, using hand tools and measuring instruments.
• Modify electrical prototypes, parts, assemblies and systems to correct functional deviations.
• Set up and operate test equipment to evaluate performance of developmental parts, assemblies or systems under simulated operating conditions and record results.
• Communicate with design and manufacturing engineers to bring new products from concept to production.
• Provides support for customer problems/complaints.
  
  This could be in-house, telephone, modem, on site, etc.
• Collaborate with electrical engineers and other personnel to identify, define and solve development problems.
• Analyze and interpret test information to resolve design-related problems.
• Prepare project cost and work-time estimates.
• Draw or modify diagrams and write engineering specifications to clarify design details and functional criteria of experimental electronics units.
• Plan, schedule and monitor work of support personnel to assist supervisor.
• Review existing electrical engineering criteria to identify necessary revisions, deletions or amendments to outdated material.
• Plan method and sequence of operations for developing and testing experimental electronic and electrical equipment.
• Proficiency in the use of electronic test equipment, comprehensive understanding of electronic circuitry theory.
• Comprehensive understanding of mechanical PCB design for audio and power circuitry.

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering

Minimum oftwo to five years circuit design experience required

• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Word, and Outlook).
• Proficiency with oscilloscopes, meters, and other basic lab equipment.
• Familiarity with CAD tools.
• Sufficient knowledge of embedded systems, hardware, and firmware.
• Sufficient knowledge of DSP algorithms and programming methods.

• Knowledge of audio concepts, circuits, embedded systems, PLD programming.
• Knowledge of Surface Mount Technology required.
• Programming in assembly, C, and C++ on limited basis, such as for new design testing.
• One year ISO 9001 work environment a plus.

Normal office setting, except when traveling