Electrical Design Engineer

Amron International manufactures high quality commercial diving equipment in Vista, California. Amron’s diver communicators and manufactured products have supported professional divers, special operations forces, state and federal agencies and other underwater industries for over 48 years.

Amron is hiring a full-time Electrical Design Engineer for the design and development of miscellaneous electronic products with an emphasis on analog/digital communication/intercom equipment and systems with a focus on electrical/electronic products innovation, including— but not limited to— hardware design software design, system architect, requirements analysis, producibility and reliability.

• Designs and develops analog and/or digital based products including the development of hardware and software/firmware, the revision of current products, and the realization of new communicator/intercom system.
• Provides hardware and software system engineering expertise for the complete product development cycle including product definition, design and development, prototyping and manufacturing.
• Provides hardware component expertise for choosing electrical and electronic components and ICs based on system requirements and performance-price tradeoff, with PCA board level design experience.
• Development of hardware and software in accordance with ISO quality procedures, including the generation of Design and Development Plans (DDP), Design and Development Schedules (DDS), Design Review and the maintenance of product records.
• Design and development of testing and manufacturing processes for Amron products built in-house or at contract manufacturers. This includes the development of test procedures and the design of test fixtures.
• Works with the Amron manufacturing, purchasing, and quality departments to find vendors for electronic components and manufacturing services. Works with the quality department to qualify vendors as part of Amron continuing quality improvement as part of Amron’s quality management system.
• Provides general sustaining engineering support to manufacturing, including troubleshooting of failed production units and training and technical support for production test technicians and staff.
• Provides technical support to the sales and marketing group including editing of product user manuals, technical review of marketing materials and performing as the technical lead in the quote process.
• Provides post-sale technical support including troubleshooting of post-sale failures and the formulation of corrective action plans in accordance with Amron’s quality system to prevent such failures from re-occurring, as well as providing technical support to Amron's customers.
• May be called upon to function as team leader for work groups consisting of engineering and non-engineering Amron employees and outside vendors as required.

Note:

The Company may, at any time, with or without notice, alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities. From time to time, you may be asked to work on special projects, or to assist with other work necessary or important to the operation of your department or the Company. Your cooperation and assistance in performing such additional work is expected.

Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

A minimum of 8-10 years of experience (depending on education) performing design work in a similarly regulated industry. Experience in digital audio signal processing (FPGAs, microprocessors, DSPs) including hardware design and function programming development, Real-time Embedded programming, IC component level and system level test required. Must have extensive knowledge of analog circuit/digital circuit simulation tool, digital power, circuit impedance match, board level EMI, digital interface, NF, P1dB, built-in self-test, OrCAD, AutoCAD, MPLABX and TI CCS, Excel, and project scheduling.

Working knowledge of CE, UL, ISO, FDA and/or GMP and other international quality system regulations a plus.

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