Cable Design Engineer

Times Microwave Systems • Wallingford, CT

7h

About The Position

The Cable Design Engineer develops and optimizes RF coaxial cable solutions for military, aerospace, wireless communications, and industrial applications. The role designs, evaluates, and improves cable products to meet demanding mechanical and RF performance requirements. It applies materials knowledge and basic RF/microwave principles to create cable designs and evaluates how materials affect electrical, mechanical, and environmental performance.

The engineer reviews customer requirements and translates them into cable designs, material purchasing specifications, and manufacturing instructions. The position maintains accurate design and manufacturing documentation, works with manufacturing and production teams to improve cost-effectiveness and durability, and transitions new cables into production. It also investigates non-conforming products and raw materials, implements corrective and preventive actions, and identifies opportunities to improve cables, materials, and processes while considering regulatory, quality, cost, risk, and environmental impacts.

The role plans and conducts cable performance evaluations using statistical methods, including Design of Experiments (DoE) and Statistical Process Control (SPC), to ensure compliance with industry and Times Microwave standards. It also creates procedures and provides training and coaching to technical and manufacturing employees. The position is located in Wallingford, Connecticut, reports to the Cable Design Engineering Manager, and may require up to 20% travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or materials engineering.
• At least 2 years of design or manufacturing engineering experience.
• Fluency with cable manufacturing processes, including wire drawing, braiding and shielding, taping and serving, extrusion, bunching, cabling, and stranding.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Familiarity with Solid Works CAD software.

Nice To Haves

• 5 years of design or manufacturing engineering experience.
• Thorough knowledge of material properties and processes.
• Experience processing polymers and fluoropolymers.
• Experience with RF/microwave coaxial cable designs.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Apply materials knowledge and basic RF/microwave principles to design cables for a range of applications and environments.
• Review customer requirements and correspondence, translating them into cable designs, material purchasing specifications, and standard manufacturing instructions.
• Validate new and existing materials for their effects on electrical, mechanical, and environmental cable performance.
• Maintain thorough and accurate documentation for cable designs and manufacturing.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and production teams to improve cable cost-effectiveness and durability and transition new cables into manufacturing.
• Use formal problem-solving techniques to identify root causes of non-conforming products or raw materials and implement corrective and preventive action plans.
• Identify opportunities to continuously improve cables, raw materials, and processes, assessing regulatory, quality, cost, risk, and environmental impacts.
• Plan and execute cable performance evaluations using statistical techniques, including DoE and SPC, to ensure compliance with industry and Times Microwave standards.
• Create procedures and provide training and coaching to technical and manufacturing employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level