MTS III, Hardware

Panasonic•Irvine, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The MTS III, Hardware leads sustaining, design, and development activities for assigned teams, including layout, analysis, evaluation, prototype builds, and testing of mechanical, electronic, and electromechanical components and systems. The role participates in product design and development and customer-requirements analysis, helps determine solutions considering form, fit, function, weight, productability, manufacturing, marketing, and cost, and provides technical and logistical guidance for related projects. As a team lead, the position reviews project specifications, schedules, milestones, verification processes, design-release packages, printed wiring board layouts, assembly packages, and statements of work. It coordinates work across engineering, planning, quality, testing, project management, manufacturing, procurement, and material planning teams; guides and mentors engineering personnel; assigns technical responsibilities and project resources; and helps ensure engineering milestones are achieved. The position recommends technical solutions, supports investigations into field issues, and supports reviews and tests including EMI, environmental, HALT, and safety testing. It reviews and ensures the technical accuracy and consistency of engineering documentation, schematics, hardware checklists, and parts orders. The position is 100% onsite at Panasonic Avionics Corporation’s Irvine, California headquarters and requires approximately 20% travel to Japan and other domestic and international locations.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering required.
Three years of experience in the in-flight entertainment (IFE) industry required.
Five to eight years of experience in areas such as higher mathematics, electronics, mechanics, and circuit design.
Highly proficient in developing requirements from specifications, oral instructions, or preliminary sketches.
Advanced ability to design and analyze circuits and equipment using conventional and computerized techniques.
Advanced ability to develop and implement test methods and procedures.
Advanced skill in preparing technical reports and documentation for management.
Proficiency with commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in electronic engineering.
Ability to provide technical direction to project teams and serve as a technical expert and source of information, including consulting with peers or an immediate manager.
Demonstrated identifiable contributions to the success of a product or project.
Ability to develop solutions to defined problems of moderate to diverse scope, selecting among alternatives using evaluation criteria.
Ability to integrate information across Mechanical, Hardware, Software, Product Planning, Reliability, and Manufacturing Engineering disciplines to complete challenging assignments.
Ability to interact effectively with senior internal and external personnel.
Good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for solutions; ability to make significant decisions involving implementations and program requirements.
Ability to apply industry practices and company policies and procedures to resolve a wide range of issues in practical and imaginative ways.
Ability to travel to Japan and other domestic and international locations approximately 20% of the time.
Valid authorization to work in the United States.
Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering preferred.
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering is listed among the degrees through which engineering principles are normally attained.

Responsibilities

Lead sustaining, design, and development activities, including layout, analysis, evaluation, prototype builds, and testing of mechanical, electronic, and electromechanical components and systems.
Participate in product design and development and analysis of customer requirements; help determine solutions that consider form, fit, function, weight, productability, manufacturing, marketing, and cost.
Provide technical and logistical guidance for related projects and technical direction to assigned project teams.
Review project specifications, schedules, milestones, design verification processes, and design-release packages.
Ensure milestones for key engineering projects are achieved and coordinate project activities across engineering, product planning, quality assurance, project management, testing, and manufacturing departments.
Coordinate with manufacturing, obsolescence, product planning, and material planning teams on selection and ordering of parts, materials, components, or processes with vendors and suppliers.
Chair weekly team meetings to identify and resolve action items.
Mentor engineering personnel in use of high-end analyzing equipment and provide guidance on engineering processes and documentation.
Review engineering reports and technically edit other engineering reports.
Use lessons learned to develop proactive engineering solutions.
Define hardware test setups and criteria.
Assign responsibilities to core Responsible Engineering Authority personnel with specialized technical expertise and allocate project resources to maintain coverage during absences.
Review PWB layouts, assembly packages, and statements of work for inaccuracies and liabilities in relation to project design, cost, weight, and design constraints.
Recommend technical solutions that minimize impacts on airline customers, mechanical and software teams, and manufacturing.
Ensure investigations for DCR, CMM, MIR, DCN, AII, MDDCR, CONs, and Synergy are focused on cost-effective solutions to field issues.
Support weekly CRB, MIR, Safety P1/P2, Vendor, TDR, and Synergy meetings.
Support EMI, environmental, HALT, and 4-Safety tests as required by Panasonic hardware design requirements.
Ensure engineering documentation is technically accurate and consistent, including DCR, DCN, TDR, MDCCR, HEIR, NOC, TECH, CONs, Handover, MIR, CMM, and VE documentation.
Review schematics and hardware checklists for conformance with design requirements.
Ensure parts are ordered correctly using the statement of work and in coordination with Procurement and Material Planning.

Benefits

Flexible paid time off for exempt salaried employees; non-exempt hourly employees accrue 14 vacation days, 7 sick days, and 3 personal days per year, with accrual increasing with tenure.
11 company-paid holidays per year and U.S. corporate office closure between Christmas and New Year.
Medical insurance through Aetna and Kaiser (California and Hawaii), with multiple coverage tiers.
Dental PPO and DMO options.
Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
Voluntary life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
Health management and wellbeing programs, including a Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition support, neurodiversity resources, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life-stage and fertility resources.
401(k) with a 50% match on up to 8% contribution; fully vested from day one.
Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses.
The role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives.
Additional compensation for operational employees required to work on holidays.