Components Engineer

Job Title

Contributes to successful project completion by participating in the resolution of issues such as conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of standard material, and difficult coordination requirements. Plans and conducts the analysis, inspection, design, test, and/or integration to assure the quality of products or components. Performs quality engineering reviews of design documentation for compliance with stated requirements including vendor quality manuals and company quality records. Applies statistical process control (SPC) methods for analyzing data to evaluate the acceptability of components.

Skills: Must be willing to accept a wide variety of work assignments supporting the total end-to-end process of capturing, designing, developing, testing, manufacturing, and life-cycle support of electronic systems. Responsible for the performance of detailed part level obsolescence management consisting of monitoring BOM's, solving issues, scheduling, and managing implementation of fixes, finding new sources, and reacting and solving issues to ensure no production line stoppages. Candidate will work closely with design engineers, interface with other functional areas and vendors, and enforce PMPCP Compliance. The candidate will periodically be required to make presentations to program management and customers.

In this role you will: Participate in Electrical / Electronic / Electromechanical / Electrooptical (EEEE) Parts Engineering technical assignments related to hardware design, manufacture, and test. Participate in the selection, qualification, test, and failure analysis of EEEE Parts. Prepare technical and progress reports on assigned tasks, prepare specifications, evaluate suppliers, and analyze test reports. Coordinate with other disciplines such as Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, and Procurement/Supply Chain organization. Work on electrical components such as resistors, capacitors, diodes, integrated circuits (ICs), hybrids, crystals, crystal oscillators, filters, fuses, heaters, magnetics, microcircuits, relays, semiconductors, thermistors. Travel and work closely with suppliers and government agencies to ensure electronic component selections meet both quality expectations and product performance requirements.

Basic Quals: Bachelor's of Science in Engineering or related technical field. Formal coursework, training, experience, and/or knowledge in the design, analysis, and/or construction of electrical parts and circuits, semiconductor physics, and/or operation of devices such as hybrids, integrated circuits, transistors, diodes, and capacitors. Knowledge of design, functionality, manufacturing, materials, and processes used in EEEE parts. Experience reviewing engineering drawings and/or specifications and providing guidance to design and test teams.

Desired Skills: Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Materials Engineering with emphasis on electrical parts, semiconductor physics, or related field of study. Familiarity with technical requirements (specifications, program plans/requirements, etc.). Experience participating in major program milestone reviews such as PDR and CDR. Active DoD Secret clearance or higher. Basic understanding of Nuclear effects on EEEE parts and demonstrated ability to work closely with Survivability Engineers in strategic Rad Hard applications. Familiarity with military specifications and engineering requirements. Basic understanding of worst-case analysis (WCA) / EEEE parts derating and end of life requirements. Ability to evaluate current and developing technologies for EEEE parts in complex design packages. Experience or knowledge of failure analysis, destructive physical analysis, and/or root cause and corrective action analysis related to EEEE parts. Experience establishing and implementing technical requirements (specifications, program plans/requirements, etc.). Experience regarding the full life cycle of integrated circuits (ICs), discrete components, or magnetics (transformers), etc. Experienced in working with suppliers of EEEE components.