Lead Electrical Engineer - hardware and design - aerospace and defense

Davenport, IA, US • Posted 5 days ago • Updated 8 hours ago
Full Time
On-site
USD $110,000.00 - 143,000.00 per year
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Skills

  • Manufacturing
  • Military
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Electronics
  • Computer Hardware
  • IT Management
  • Customer Facing
  • Aerospace
  • Testing
  • Design For Manufacturability
  • New Product Introduction
  • Estimating
  • Product Support
  • Leadership
  • Systems Design
  • PCB Design
  • Technical Direction
  • Roadmaps
  • DO-160
  • Six Sigma
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Problem Solving
  • DirectShow
  • DS
  • Communication
  • Presentations
  • Management
  • Mentorship
  • Product Development
  • Engineering Design
  • Design Review
  • RCCA
  • Reporting
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Program Development
  • Recruiting
  • LinkedIn

Summary

TITLE: Lead Electrical Engineer - hardware and design - aerospace and defense
LOCATION: Davenport, Iowa,
***Relocation Assistance Available
BASE SALARY: $110,000 to $143,000
INDUSTRY: Manufacturing & Production
JOB CATEGORY: Engineering - Electrical

HIRING FIRM: The company manufactures mission critical components for commercial aircraft, military life support systems, and aerial refueling products.

Ideal Candidate
  • Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering
  • Minimum 5 years of professional experience with electrical hardware and electronics design.
  • The ideal candidate is a senior-level Electrical/Electronics Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing and developing complex electrical hardware, preferably within the aerospace or defense industry.
  • They will bring strong hands-on experience with electrical system design, PCB design and analysis, requirements development, validation and verification, and product development from concept through production.
  • The strongest candidate will have experience leading technical development efforts, interpreting aerospace requirements, and designing products to meet standards such as DO-160, MIL-STD-461, and MIL-STD-704.
  • This individual should be comfortable serving as a technical lead and subject matter expert, taking ownership of complex engineering projects while mentoring other engineers and providing technical direction to cross-functional teams.
  • Experience with customer-facing design reviews, RCCA, 8D problem solving, Design for Six Sigma, aerospace testing, and design for manufacturability would be highly valuable.
  • The ideal candidate will also have experience supporting new product introduction, technical proposals, engineering estimates, and product support.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills are important, as this person will regularly interact with customers, senior leadership, and global engineering teams.

Essential Functions:
  • Responsibility as electrical engineering lead for engineering development of complex electrical projects including requirements development, electrical system design, PCB design, analysis, and verification.
  • Provides support to management on technical direction of projects and processes.
  • Participates in technology roadmap development
  • Design for and ensure adherence to MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704, and DO-160 requirements as applicable.
  • Application of Design for Six Sigma tools and methods to drive product robustness
  • Uses and champions structured problem-solving technique, such as 8Ds, with strong communication/presentation skills for reporting status to customers and/or senior management.
  • Actively engages engineering team members to evaluate design ideas, provide mentoring, and support successful product development
  • Participate in internal and external design reviews for development projects.
  • Attend internal design reviews conducted by the team or other engineering design teams, as a subject matter expert.
  • Prepare and conduct design reviews and RCCA report-outs directly with customer.
  • Engineering proposals, selecting the best design concept solution including compliance to customer specifications and industry regulatory requirements.Estimate electrical engineering effort required for new projects and outline the proposed design concept accurately enough for project and unit cost to be estimated.
  • Develop relationships with the company's global engineering teams and leverage the team for execution on programs, development of skills, sharing of best practices, and enhancement of processes.

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
  • MS WORD Resume
  • required compensation.
  • Contact information.
  • Availability

Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.

Jason Denmark
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
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  • Dice Id: 10113648
  • Position Id: 29bfc6497cb11c36296e93c69e234b53
  • Posted 5 days ago
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