Electrical Engineer

Acuity Inc.•Costa Mesa, CA

54d

About The Position

The Electrical Engineer II provides front-line design support and assistance in design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical products and systems that will support of a variety projects, project teams, core teams, and products across the organization. Performs engineering design tasks following guidance from senior engineers. Assists in the preparation of plans, computation methods and reports. This position supports projects with generally predictable levels of complexity within the hardware portion of development.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Minimum 3 years of experience designing, building, and testing electronic circuits is preferred.
Good problem solving skills: issue identification, lab measurements, problem structuring, analysis, and developing recommendations
Ability to produce results in a dynamic work environment
Project Management - Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and priorities. Sets objectives and goals, breaking down work into process steps. Communicates with project leader to confirm prioritization, status updates and receive guidance. Executes individual project priorities, deadlines, tasks and deliverables with supervision
Analytical Skills - Conducts analyses to identify where an issue has occurred and makes recommendations with support from supervising manager and/or project leads. Gathers information from a variety of sources, as needed, in order to determine the best possible solution.
Communication - Works well within a small, cross-functional team consisting of multidisciplinary engineers. attentively listens to others; provides timely and helpful information to others across the organization; encourages the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions. Supports the change process and helps others cope with the change. Participates willingly in the team activities. Shares information and knowledge freely, offering support and cooperation.
Must be able to communicate easily with contract manufacturers in China
Must be able to travel to other countries multiple times throughout the year.

Responsibilities

Project/Product Development: The Electrical Engineer position is part of the design team responsible for design and development of electronic hardware products. Perform analytic tests, collect and analyze data, identify a solution to a problem or create tangible hardware designs from scratch.
Design responsibilities: With guidance from a senior hardware engineer, performs analog and digital circuit design; schematic capture, circuit analysis, modeling and simulation; PCB layout; timing and signal integrity analysis; components evaluation and selection; solving EMC and regulatory issues; bringing up prototypes in appropriate sequencing and troubleshooting; authoring design verification test plan; carrying out test activities and compiling test reports, create design documentation to support manufacturing, and other duties as assigned.
Workflow management: Provide direct day-to-day support and oversight of project elements. Perform measurements and communicate findings to project lead. Communicate assigned project tasks’ status, clarify priorities and inform on potential roadblocks on continuous basis to ensure projects remain on budget and on schedule.
Analysis and manufacturing support: Responsible for identifying, discovering, and distinguishing concerns early in the design effort; conducting root cause analysis; identifying possible solutions, and attaining recommended solutions to address concerns/resolve issues. Support development of manufacturing test equipment and investigate failures.