Electrical Engineer

Fortive•Pittsburgh, PA

42d

About The Position

Senior Electrical Engineer Job Description Objectives: Do you want to serve a higher purpose? Are you looking for a career and not just another job? The people at Industrial Scientific are making a difference. We believe that great people working with great tools in a supportive environment will deliver better products and services and do their best work for our customers. Our leaders understand the critical elements of breakthrough performance: bringing out the best in people; creating a climate of trust, openness and high performance; fostering candor and initiative; and treating people fairly and with dignity. Industrial Scientific provides the environment, leadership and support that enable employees to exceed their career expectations. Industrial Scientific’s product development team includes skilled engineers, designers and technicians in the disciplines of electrical, mechanical, and firmware engineering. Third-party design partners are used (both locally and abroad) to augment our in-house team or to provide specific expertise. For the most part, we build what we design – often in our modern manufacturing factory right here in Western Pennsylvania. We design and develop a wide variety of world-class gas detection instruments, sensors, accessories and infrastructure for worker connectivity and remote management. Our designs include the latest mixed-signal embedded computing technology, mechanical packaging, miniaturization, and compelling user-interfaces. We partner with a dedicated, in-house application software team providing feature-rich web-based applications that help our customers keep their workers safe. A Senior Electrical Engineer is a skilled engineering professional who designs large-scale electrical engineering projects. This person will often serve as the Lead Electrical Engineer in the ISC Stage-Gate Product Development Process.

Requirements

Minimum BSEE from an accredited engineering college or university
Minimum 5 years experience in circuit design field
Proven success with low level analog circuit design
Proven success with digital hardware design with micro-controllers
Ability to develop schematics and layout in Altium
Demonstrated analytical skills
Self-starter with the ability to work as part of a team while also meeting individual responsibilities
Able to work effectively in a formal product development team environment
Able to exercise independent, sound judgment and decision making
Able to commit to and work under deadlines
Demonstrated understanding of Stage-Gate development process
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Manage third party on and off-shore development teams when needed

Nice To Haves

MSEE from an accredited engineering college or university
10 years experience in circuit design field
Intrinsic safety design
RF design and/or wireless technology integration
Battery technologies
Embedded programming
Spice circuit simulation and signal integrity
Demonstrated understanding of safety-critical embedded system design
Project management

Responsibilities

This position is responsible for the detailed electrical design throughout the Product Development life-cycle.
This position may occasionally be involved in Enhancement & Sustaining projects for ISC legacy products.
Designing analog and digital hardware to receive agency approvals (UL, CSA, ATEX, IEC, MSHA, etc.)
Define and execute system level specifications and requirements
Establishing strategic direction of electrical designs
Developing technical design documentation
Troubleshooting of new and legacy designs
Follow, enforce and mature the corporate engineering processes
Develop and present materials for design reviews and champion design for manufacturability, reliability and serviceability
Designing legacy product upgrades
Training in the technical use and servicing of new designs
Collaborative participation in cross-functional product development teams
Act as central liaison with quality assurance during product testing