Electrical Engineer

Virginia Panel Company•Waynesboro, VA

About The Position

The Electrical Engineer provides conceptual and mechanical design, supervises prototyping, and tests new products. The role supports both new product development and sustain engineering for existing products, including customer and manufacturing support, engineering analysis, and cost-reduction efforts. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
Training in the design and testing of small, high-reliability electromechanical devices.
Five years of CAD experience.
Familiarity with internet software, email, word processing, and spreadsheets.

Nice To Haves

SolidWorks experience is preferred.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, LabVIEW, ANSYS HFSS, and Altium PCB Design software is a plus.
Familiarity with Digital Serial Analyzers (DSA), Vector Network Analyzers (VNA), other electrical test equipment, and various manufacturing processes is preferred.

Responsibilities

Seek and define application and customer design requirements during the concept phase.
Provide technical support to marketing in preparing New Product Business Opportunity Statements.
Design reliable electromechanical products using computer-aided design and 3D modeling systems.
Participate in design reviews throughout the Product Development Process (PDP).
As required, lead cross-functional Product Development Teams during new product development.
Work toward performance and cost/volume targets.
Conduct tolerance analysis and finite element material properties analysis.
Generate detailed drawings to VPC standards using GTD as appropriate.
Design experiments and test plans to verify compliance with reliability requirements.
Develop test plans and perform testing or oversee technicians conducting tests.
Document or support documentation of test results.
Apply Design for Manufacturability methods with suppliers, VPC manufacturing, and other teams to achieve desired results.
Consult on new product requests, screen out unsuitable requests, and identify feasible approaches for providing quality quotes efficiently.
Use PDP methods to design complex product extensions of existing products.
Provide high-level applications engineering support to customers.
Use engineering analysis to resolve customer application and quality issues, including issues with legacy products.
Support the Engineering Change Notice (ECN) process.
Lead cost-reduction efforts for legacy products.
Perform other related duties as assigned by management.