Senior Electrical Engineer - SI

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Job Title:

Senior Electrical Engineer - SI

Location:

Oak Ridge, TN, US, 37831

Business Unit:
Advanced Measurement Technologies

Posting Date:
Aug 17, 2026

Job Description:

The Senior Electrical Engineer is responsible for the design, development, validation, and support of instrumentation and measurement products. This role involves hands-on board-level circuit design with a strong focus on analog and mixed-signal electronics, while also supporting product sustenance, manufacturing, compliance, and new product introduction activities.

Product Design & Development

• Conceptualize, design, implement, and validate electronic products using mixed-signal, analog, and digital design techniques.
• Develop electrical designs from concept through schematic capture, PCB layout, prototype development, testing, and validation.
• Oversee new product development activities from concept through manufacturing and market release.
• Partner with Marketing to define and specify product performance requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend advanced technologies to address market opportunities.

Sustaining Engineering & Product Support

• Provide ongoing sustaining and value engineering support to improve component availability, reduce costs, and enhance product reliability.
• Monitor, identify, and resolve product lifecycle issues, including component obsolescence and availability challenges.
• Identify, test, and qualify alternate components and sources to support production continuity.
• Support Supply Chain efforts by identifying substitute components for long lead-time, out-of-stock, or obsolete parts and conducting testing to verify form, fit, and function compatibility.
• Assist New Product Engineering in selecting component manufacturers and suppliers to ensure long-term product availability and lifecycle support.

Manufacturing & Customer Support

• Provide technical support to Manufacturing and Customer Service in resolving production issues and customer application challenges.
• Support external contract manufacturing partners with component-related technical issues and testing requirements.
• Participate in new product introduction (NPI) and manufacturing support activities.

Compliance & Documentation

• Manage compliance testing and associated documentation.
• Support adherence to applicable regulatory and environmental requirements, including RoHS, REACH, and related compliance standards.

AI Utilization

• Demonstrate the ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and cost efficiency.
• Identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering required.
• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering preferred.

• 10+ years of relevant electronics design experience.

Technical Expertise

• Strong mixed-signal and analog circuit design experience, including:
• Low-noise amplifiers
• Amplifier circuits
• Active and passive filters
• Transistor circuits
• Linear and switching power supplies
• Impedance matching and transformation
• Analog-to-digital converters (A/D converters)
• Experience with digital circuit design, including:
• Microprocessors
• Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)
• Basic digital interfaces
• Familiarity with schematic capture tools such as PADS Designer.
• Familiarity with circuit simulation and worst-case analysis tools such as SPICE.
• Strong technical knowledge of electronic components and circuit troubleshooting.
• Ability to read and interpret component datasheets, schematic diagrams, and PCB layouts.
• Knowledge of component specifications, quality requirements, and reliability calculations.
• Familiarity with NPI and manufacturing processes.
• Working knowledge of RoHS, REACH, and related compliance requirements.

Advanced Measurement Technology (AMT), part of AMETEK’s Materials Analysis Division, is a global leader in high-precision measurement and detection solutions. Headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, AMT designs and manufactures advanced instrumentation for nuclear spectrometry, radiological measurement, electrochemical analysis, and electronic signal recovery.…