EE Technician II / Associate EE | Bloomfield, CT

The Role: EE Technician II / Associate EE

Location: Bloomfield, CT

seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and result oriented Electrical Engineering Technician or Associate level Electrical Engineer to leverage technology in support of legacy and new Elevator control system electronics.

Responsibilities:

• PCB: Procure components, organize BOM, assemble, stuff and fabricate PCB using solder past stencil, microscope, reflow oven and/or manual soldering for all aspects of prototype printed circuit board of mixed technology. Download software and firmware into target assembly, evaluate and test performance of PCB.
• Test Rig: Design and fabricate test circuit and test equipment for use during development and prototyping phase of various projects related to legacy and new Elevator system and sub-systems such as Drive, Door, Motion, Fixture and Operation Control.
• Obsolescence: Identify viable alternative for obsolete component, confirm functionality, including electrical, and mechanical parameters for compliance to established standards and criteria’s, document findings and archive result in Otis drawing database system
• Quality: Perform first article inspection on selected assemblies including documentation of results, interface with supply management and contract manufactures as required. Perform root-cause failure analysis on field returned assemblies, document and publish finding to engineering community at large to ensure product reliability in support of companywide ACE initiatives
• Manage engineering lab crib: organize annual calibration of engineering instrumentation and equipment, replenish all consumables
• SHOP support: Participate in maintenance and repair of a wide variety of test equipment, and simulators used in repair of electronics related to elevators, escalators, and other Otis Equipment.

Required Qualifications:

• Candidates should possess AS in Electrical Engineering or BS in Electrical Engineering Technology
• Employee should have 2-4 years of proven relevant experience
• Strong Electrical and Mechanical Engineering aptitude
• Fluency with electrical engineering CAD tools
• Hands on PCB fabrication and test process
• In-depth knowledge of laboratory instrument and test equipment, including hand tools
• Strong ability in organizing and executing small and large size multifaceted projects

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate level Electrical Engineer experience
• Experience supporting legacy and new Elevator control system electronics
• Experience with prototype printed circuit boards of mixed technology
• Experience with root-cause failure analysis and engineering documentation