Senior Electrical Engineer

Founded in 1918, Kearfott Corporation, a global Aerospace and Defense supplier for over 100 years, is a leader in the design and manufacture of precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. Kearfott has a very long history of innovation and excellence and is the go-to brand for many of our global clients. Kearfott is trusted, respected and plays a vital role in the success of America’s aerospace and defense industries.

With over a century of expertise & experience, Kearfott is dedicated to providing quality, reliability, and cutting-edge technology to customers worldwide to meet their sea, land, air, and space navigation and guidance requirements.

Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States

• Kearfott offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, sick leave pay, vacation pay, 401K, and Tuition Reimbursement.
• We also offer a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off.

We are looking for talented individuals who want to be part of a world-class work force. Join Kearfott and become part of a company that is recognized for technical expertise and respected world-wide as a ‘full service’ provider.

Electrical Product Development

• Own and execute electrical/electronic design activities throughout the product development lifecycle, from requirements and concept development through production release and ongoing product support.
• Develop electronic architectures and detailed hardware designs for complex electromechanical products and systems.
• Design and analyze analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, interface, and control circuitry.
• Develop and review electrical schematics, component selections, circuit card assemblies, and PCB designs.
• Perform circuit analysis and simulation using a variety of engineering tools.
• Develop prototypes and perform board bring-up, bench testing, troubleshooting, and design verification.
• Apply practical design-for-manufacturing considerations to ensure designs are reliable, producible, testable, and cost effective.
• Develop and execute engineering test plans and support product verification and qualification activities.
• Lead technical problem solving, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions during development and production.
• Support engineering changes, component obsolescence, product improvements, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Support the transition of new designs into manufacturing and provide technical support to production as required.

Project & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the electrical engineering owner for assigned development projects.
• Translate product and system requirements into practical electronics designs and technical solutions.
• Coordinate electrical development activities with mechanical, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program teams.
• Participate in and/or lead technical and design reviews.
• Establish and maintain electrical engineering schedules, priorities, deliverables, and technical documentation for assigned projects.
• Work directly with suppliers and manufacturing partners to resolve design, fabrication, assembly, and component issues.
• Communicate technical risks, trade-offs, design decisions, and project status effectively to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Support customer engineering discussions and technical proposal activities as required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related engineering discipline.
• 4+ years of professional electrical/electronics product development experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing analog and/or digital electronic circuits.
• Hands-on experience developing and interpreting electrical schematics.
• Experience with circuit analysis and simulation using PSpice, LTspice, SPICE, MATLAB, Mathcad, or similar tools.
• Experience with PCB/PCBA development, including familiarity with board layout, fabrication, assembly, and manufacturing processes.
• Hands-on experience with electronic test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power analyzers, signal generators, or similar laboratory instrumentation.
• Demonstrated experience supporting products through multiple phases of the development lifecycle, such as requirements, design, prototyping, verification, qualification, manufacturing release, or production support.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary product development teams.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and technical communication skills.
• Ability to travel…