Eng Prin - Elec
About The Position
This role is for an experienced Electrical Engineer with a passion for engineering and the desire to be part of an innovative, dedicated team responsible for designing, developing, and testing of industry-leading navigation products. The position is within the Navigation & Sensor Systems, Test Engineering team, located at a state-of-the-art facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The engineer will have the opportunity to design, develop, and implement innovative test solutions for critical GPS receivers and sensor systems. The Navigation & Sensor Systems team delivers flexible, efficient, and highly reliable navigation and guidance solutions for a diverse range of applications. This Test Engineering team is responsible for developing automated electronic test solutions for functional and environmental tests. The team resolves complex test challenges through high communication and innovative thinking with Design Engineering and Operations. The role is primarily focused on hardware design, with opportunities to evolve into a multifaceted engineer, designing hardware test solutions and developing test software for testing Navigation & Sensor Systems products.
Requirements
- Must have 6+ years of Engineering Experience
- Must have a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline
- Be capable of hands-on troubleshooting using engineering lab equipment
- US Citizenship is required
- Must be capable of obtaining a U.S. DoW Secret security clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering
- 5+ Years experience working as a Test Engineer
- 10+ years experience working in electronics/electrical design and/or test
- Design experience with schematic capture tools
- Working knowledge of EM/circuit simulation tools
- Understanding of object oriented software design principals
- Ability to effectively communicate in a professional manner and produce detailed, clear and concise technical documentation
- Proven experience in electronic hardware design, including creating schematics and circuit cards.
- Microsoft Visual Studio C#/C++ software development experience.
- Experience with automated test solution development.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical information to diverse audiences through written and verbal means.
- A proactive and improvement-focused ability to leverage experience and analyze existing test solutions to optimize future test solutions.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with these tools: schematic design software, Cameo/MagicDraw, Asset ScanWorks, NI TestStand, ASIC/FPGA development tools and microprocessor development environments.
Responsibilities
- Develop innovative test systems, encompassing both hardware and software solutions, to validate operation of GPS receivers, anti-jam systems, and various other navigation products.
- Develop test solutions for Design Engineering and Operations for functional and environmental testing (thermal, vibration) to ensure product performance and resilience.
- Design detailed schematics, Printed Wiring Boards (PWBs), Interface Test Adapters (ITAs), custom cables, and comprehensive test solutions using digital engineering modeling principles.
- Integrate and troubleshoot test solutions that may contain digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, and PXI Hardware.
- Support software integration communications for JTAG, ethernet, serial, USB, GPIB, CAN interfaces and instruments.
- Provide technical guidance and support to Operations and Design Engineering teams, resolving complex test-related issues.
- Contribute to the development of engineering program proposals and estimates, playing a key role in shaping the future of our test engineering architecture.
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- health savings accounts
- a 401(k) savings plan
- disability coverage
- life and accident insurance
- employee assistance program
- legal plan
- discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
- paid time off
- paid holidays
- paid parental leave
- military leave
- bereavement leave
- any applicable federal and state sick leave
- company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
