Principal Electrical Component Engineer

Job Overview

Principal Electrical Component Engineer – Parts, Libraries and Obsolescence Department. On-site, Tucson, AZ.

U.S. citizenship and a DoD Secret clearance required. The role requires day‑to‑day interaction with designers, suppliers, supply chain, part obsolescence leads, product development engineers, ECAD, PMO, and other disciplines. Supports parts selection, standardization, application responsibilities and Parts Verification analysis across proposal, Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), production and support phases. May travel to integration sites, customer facilities, and subcontractor facilities.

• Analyze program requirements and Statements of Work to determine component environmental and characteristic application requirements.
• Provide technology insertion and parts selection/standardization guidance while adhering to business, component parametric, application environmental and circuit application constraints.
• Generate and revise component drawings and associated verification data packages.
• Review electronic component and assembly reliability and construction data, and prepare data to facilitate Part and Material Control Board review and adjudication.
• Perform alternate part investigations and generate comparison matrices showing the differences and similarities among parts.
• Interface with internal stakeholders and external suppliers/manufacturers to develop component risk and verification delineation.
• Facilitate component selection and library application by coordinating and generating the program Bill of Material (BOM) in a collaboration toolset.
• Present component standardization, design library, obsolescence management and termination risk results in support of design reviews for a program.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with a wide range of electronic and electro‑mechanical part commodities, including integrated circuits, semiconductors and passive devices.
• Knowledge of component selection, screening, qualification and derating for use in military and aerospace flight applications.
• Knowledge of Component MIL drawings, standards, test specifications and associated QPLs and QMLs.
• Experience with BOM development and management for developmental and production programs.

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with project or task management.
• Knowledge of component failure modes by commodity.
• Experience with root cause corrective action (RCCA).
• Knowledge of component reliability process monitors and/or qualification methodologies.
• Knowledge of circuit card and PWB manufacturing processes.
• Experience with RF components and interconnect devices.