Job Title: Lead Electrical Engineer
Location(s): Tustin, CA - Onsite
Compensation: $115,000- $135,000
About this position:Our ODM Project Development and Solutions team in Tustin, CA is seeking a Lead Engineer to guide technical projects from concept through completion, mentor junior engineers, and serve as a primary technical resource for customers, sales, and internal teams supporting embedded and network PC hardware and software solutions.
Responsibilities: - Lead technical discussions and provide technical support to customers, sales personnel, and internal teams on embedded and network PC hardware and software solutions.
- Assess customers' high-level technical requirements, design solutions, test systems, and support installation and deployment of embedded PC hardware and software environments.
- Develop hardware and software demonstration prototypes to support sales and marketing initiatives, including rapid prototyping and system integration.
- Lead technical teams and mentor junior engineers by providing technical guidance and best-practice recommendations.
- Support business development and sales through pre- and post-sales technical assessments, feasibility testing, technical responses to customer bids, RMA verification, and technical training.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues during validation of computer-based products.
- Manage technical projects from concept through completion while coordinating with cross-functional teams.
- Participate in trade shows, customer visits, and other business activities and travel periodically as required.
- Ability and willingness to travel periodically for customer visits, trade shows, technical training, installations, and other business needs.
- The role may occasionally require lifting and carrying equipment and periods of sitting, standing, walking, or working at customer and trade-show locations, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering field
- 7+ years of experience in PC hardware engineering, design, installation, troubleshooting, or a related technical field, including experience leading technical projects or teams.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical teams or projects, combined with hands-on technical experience.
- Strong testing, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to prioritize and organize work across multiple projects while meeting established deadlines.
- Experience managing technical projects from concept through completion.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information to customers, sales teams, engineers, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience designing system architecture and interfaces, including electrical circuit design.
- Experience with or familiarity with concept-to-proposal and New Product Introduction (NPI) processes.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems and related applications.
- Experience supporting customer-facing technical projects or pre- and post-sales engineering activities.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary dependent on experience (DOE)
- Winning culture with a friendly, team-oriented environment!
- Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401(k) with company match
- Education & personal development reimbursement program
- Generous vacation and paid holidays package
- Company events, and lunches
- Work from home program - once eligible
- Referral Bonus
About AdvantechFounded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted innovative embedded and automation products and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, and global logistics support; all backed by industry-leading front and back-office e-business solutions. Advantech has always been an innovator in the development and manufacture of high-quality, high-performance computing platforms.
We cooperate closely with our partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries. To realize our corporate vision of Enabling an Intelligent Planet, Advantech will continue collaborating and partnering for Smart city & IoT Solutions.
World-class RecognitionAdvantech is an authorized alliance partner of both Intel and Microsoft . Our customers will find the technologies we use inside our products to be widely compatible with other products in the global marketplace. In 2018 and 2019, Interbrand, the world-renowned brand consulting firm, once again recognized Advantech efforts to build a trusted, global brand; it also symbolizes a promise we gave to our business partners, which was to do our best to keep building a trustworthy brand that is recognized everywhere in the world. Advantech was selected as Interbrand's #5 best Taiwan Global Brand in 2018.
Work Authorization: U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. More information can be found at _laws/itar.html
Advantech is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We accept applications directly from candidates only and will not be responsible for any recruiting agency fees absent a formal agreement.
