Senior Electrical Engineer III

If you've ever wondered what owning your own business is like, just ask an Employee Owner of Chatsworth Products (CPI). Better yet, become one! CPI has an immediate need for an Electrical Engineer III (senior level) at CPI's Round Rock, TX location.

As a CPI Electrical Engineer III, you will occupy a key role in working with and for a company that builds the physical infrastructure that powers, protects and secures the world's digital technology. Day to day, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and implementing innovative products or services. The role requires strong technical proficiency, and the ability to collaborate effectively with others.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will lead projects, mentor junior engineers, and ensure the successful delivery of high-quality solutions. The Senior Electrical Engineer will provide technical guidance and mentoring of engineers.

Essential Functions:

Lead and manage engineering projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery, adherence to quality standards, and achievement of project goals.

Develop and maintain robust solutions, leveraging industry best practices, standards, and emerging technologies.

Conduct thorough reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior engineers to enhance their technical skills.

Identify and resolve technical challenges, performance bottlenecks, and system issues to optimize product performance and user experience.

Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and engineering practices, and propose innovative solutions to improve our products and processes.

Participate in architectural discussions, contribute to system design decisions, and provide recommendations for improving scalability, maintainability, and security.

Document technical specifications, system architecture, and development processes to facilitate knowledge sharing.

Assist with alternate digital and power electronics part selection to reduce costs, improve quality, or overcome supply chain issues.

Design, test, and troubleshoot low and high voltage and power systems (up to 500

VAC+ and 100kW), including analog, digital, and power circuit designs.

Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

Core Competencies:

• Ethics, Values, Integrity & Trust - Adheres and acts in line with CPI core values.
• Functional/Technical Skills - Possesses high level of skill, knowledge and ability in assigned functional area.
• Safety - Complies with company safety rules and regulations. Takes a proactive approach to identify and eliminate safety hazards.
• Customer Focus - Gives high priority to customer satisfaction.
• Interpersonal Skills - Uses diplomacy and tact. Uses collaborative skills.
• Action Oriented & Adaptability - Takes initiative; acts promptly; is proactive.
• Ownership & Accountability - Proactively models, guards and demonstrates all of CPI's core values.
• Priority Setting, Planning & Organizing
  - Uses resources effectively and efficiently.
• Problem Solving & Creativity - Uses logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions. Develops new and unique ideas.
• Listening, Informing and Written Communications - Practices attentive and active listening. Shares information. Presents ideas and facts clearly and effectively in writing.
• Timely & Quality Decision Making - Focuses on achieving results in an effective and timely manner.
• Building Effective Teams and Directing Others - Inspires and guides individuals toward common goal achievement. Establishes clear directions.
• Managing Vision & Purpose - Builds consensus and commitments for achieving CPI's vision and purpose.
• TQM/Re-engineering - Delivers the highest-quality products and services which meet the needs and requirements of internal and external customers.
• Innovation Management - Effectively manages the creative process.
• Strategic Agility - Anticipates future consequences and trends accurately and creates effective strategies and plans.
• Champion of Culture - Promotes respect, honesty, and integrity.

Technical Competencies:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 5 to 9 years of professional experience as an Electrical Engineer. Work on high power distribution design/development and associated controls (analog and digital) preferred.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and independently.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Proven ability to partition complex tasks and designs into functional parts or areas of investigation.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and present various technical solutions for critical product functions (e.g., processors, controllers, memory, sensors)
• Expert on use of OrCAD or other design tools to interpret and create complex schematic and PCB/A designs.
• Experience with…