Component Engineer III

Crane Co. • Lynnwood, WA

27d

About The Position

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for a Component Engineer III at our Lynnwood, WA location About Crane: Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You'll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Located in the epicenter of United States aviation manufacturing, our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Lynnwood, Wash., facility delivers industry-leading aerospace & defense power and fluid solutions. Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Eviation's Alice all-electric aircraft. You'll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics! Job Summary: The Component Engineer III works under general supervision to drive component selection and qualification activity through partnerships with external suppliers and internal design/development teams, ensuring specific parts used in Crane Aerospace & Electronics products are reliable and effective. They also provide technical support for addressing component obsolescence, and work with Supply Chain Management to address part availability issues.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years as a Component Engineer or similar role within an electronics design and manufacturing environment
• Knowledge: Demonstrated expertise in electronic component technology, part qualification, and obsolescence management for a high reliability product line. Aerospace experience is a plus.
• Skills/Abilities: Proficient with Microsoft 365 or similar work software; demonstrated Enterprise Requirement Planning (ERP) and/or Product Lifecycle Maintenance (PLM) software expertise; Ability to lead through influence and persuasion; Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communications skills; Demonstrated multi-tasking and prioritization skills; Demonstrated ability to follow and improve processes; Ability to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals; Ability to work well within a team environment
• Education/Certification: BS degree in Electrical Engineering or other technical discipline

Nice To Haves

• Aerospace experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for producing thorough and accurate work of suitable complexity that meets all customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost, producibility, quality, and reliability
• Understand assigned company products and develop/apply component selection, development, qualification and production control standards
• Research part parametric, quality and reliability data using third party tools, part manufacturer websites, and direct contact with suppliers as needed
• Create new part numbers within engineering and business system tools and prepare specifications as required
• Maintain component specifications and parts management databases within internal systems and third-party tools
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one or more specialized component commodity areas, supporting all aspects related to the special needs of those commodities
• Liaise with Quality, Configuration management, Design and Manufacturing Engineering, and Supply Chain departments
• Support Failure Analysis and Root Cause problem investigation efforts for component issues
• Assure compliance with applicable industry and customer standards; support internal and customer audits for Electronic Component Management processes
• Provide and maintain all reports, metrics, data and/or other deliverables as required
• Any other task assigned by your supervisor or management

Benefits

• Health care, dental, vision, life and disability insurance starting the first day of the month
• 15 days of paid time off that start accruing your first day at Crane and 12 paid holidays per year.
• 401k plan with company match
• eligible after 90 days of employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Machinery Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees