Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc.

Electrical Development Engineer

Simsbury, CT Full time

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Job Description

Job Description

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Electronics engineering team is rapidly growing to support the development of electronic devices used in Aerospace, Defense, and Space applications.  EBAD seeks a motivated engineer for the position of Electronics Development Engineer, reporting to the Electrical Product Development Lead.

Responsibilities:

This is an opportunity for an engineer to develop electrical/electronic design concepts and implement those concepts into finished working designs derived from specification requirements, design concepts, and inputs from customers and other engineers involving multidisciplinary activities.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in a development environment.
  • Analog, Digital, or Mixed Signal circuit experience
  • Power Electronics experience
  • Capable of performing analysis and establish circuit level tests to establish validity of designs including thermal effects and contributions of tolerance.
  • Knowledge of printed circuits, part selection, cabling, and test methods.
  • Understanding of lifecycle development and integration of VHDL into different families of FPGAs using schematic capture.
  • Experience in requirements definition, design concepting, code and simulation, verification/validation, and system integration.
  • Prepare and present internal and external design review materials (PDR and CDR activities) to demonstrate the design meets all specifications and customer requirements.
  • Analyze electrical devices and assemblies for reliability and maintainability (R&M) design aspects.
  • Provide feedback to the development team related to tradeoffs and issues regarding R&M.
  • Assist in the preparation of proposal documents and understand customer requirements and expectations.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience with “hands-on” testing, troubleshooting, and debugging.
  • Proficiency with use of basic diagnostics tools such as digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, and debugging tools.
  • Must have excellent written/verbal communication skills.

Preferred Additional skills:

  • Altium Designer knowledge
  • Circuit simulation software
  • Circuit board design & layout experience
  • Problem Solving/Root Cause Analysis
  • Embedded Systems (PIC, MPLAB)
  • Knowledge and/or experience with VHDL or Verilog

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.