Senior Electrical Engineer

Kearfott Corporation•Black Mountain, NC

16d•Onsite

About The Position

Kearfott Corporation is seeking an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the electronics design and development of complex electromechanical products and systems for aerospace, defense, and unmanned applications. This hands-on product development role owns the electronics portion of projects from requirements and concept development through detailed design, prototype build, verification, qualification, production transition, and ongoing support. The engineer serves as the electrical engineering owner for assigned projects, translating product and system requirements into practical designs and coordinating with mechanical, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program teams. The role includes technical leadership, design reviews, project coordination, supplier and manufacturing partner engagement, customer engineering discussions, and communication of technical risks and project status. The position is 100% on-site at Kearfott’s Black Mountain, North Carolina facility. Relocation assistance is available. The company offers a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
At least 4 years of professional electrical/electronics product development experience.
Demonstrated experience designing analog and/or digital electronic circuits.
Hands-on experience developing and interpreting electrical schematics.
Experience with circuit analysis and simulation using PSpice, LTspice, SPICE, MATLAB, Mathcad, or similar tools.
Experience with PCB/PCBA development, including familiarity with board layout, fabrication, assembly, and manufacturing processes.
Hands-on experience with electronic test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power analyzers, signal generators, or similar laboratory instrumentation.
Experience supporting products through multiple development lifecycle phases, such as requirements, design, prototyping, verification, qualification, manufacturing release, or production support.
Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary product development teams.
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and technical communication skills.
Ability to travel occasionally to support market development and customer needs.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Nice To Haves

Electronics experience for electromechanical products or systems.
Power electronics and power conversion experience.
Experience with actuation or motion-related products.
Experience with motors, motor drives, or motor-control electronics.
Experience with sensors and position-feedback devices.
Embedded control electronics experience or Simulink modeling.
EMI/EMC design, troubleshooting, or qualification experience.
Experience in aerospace, defense, medical device, industrial instrumentation, robotics, automotive, or other high-reliability product environments.
Environmental or product qualification testing experience.
Familiarity with Altium, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, or similar ECAD tools.
Knowledge of DO-160, MIL-STD-461, DO-254, IPC, IEC, or similar industry standards.
Direct experience with aerospace actuation or motion-control systems.

Responsibilities

Own and execute electrical and electronic design activities throughout the product development lifecycle, from requirements and concept development through production release and ongoing product support.
Develop electronic architectures and detailed hardware designs for complex electromechanical products and systems.
Design and analyze analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, interface, and control circuitry.
Develop and review electrical schematics, component selections, circuit card assemblies, and PCB designs.
Perform circuit analysis and simulation using engineering tools.
Develop prototypes and perform board bring-up, bench testing, troubleshooting, and design verification.
Apply design-for-manufacturing considerations to create reliable, producible, testable, and cost-effective designs.
Develop and execute engineering test plans and support product verification and qualification activities.
Lead technical problem solving, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions during development and production.
Support engineering changes, component obsolescence, product improvements, and cost-reduction initiatives.
Support transition of new designs into manufacturing and provide technical support to production as required.
Serve as electrical engineering owner for assigned development projects and translate product and system requirements into electronics designs and technical solutions.
Coordinate electrical development with mechanical, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program teams.
Participate in and/or lead technical and design reviews.
Establish and maintain electrical engineering schedules, priorities, deliverables, and technical documentation for assigned projects.
Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to resolve design, fabrication, assembly, and component issues.
Communicate technical risks, trade-offs, design decisions, and project status to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Support customer engineering discussions and technical proposal activities as required.
Travel occasionally to support market development and customer needs.