Lead Electrical Engineer

Sugar Land, TX
Full Time
Mid Level
Systel Careers – Lead Electrical Engineer – Sugar Land, TX

About the Job

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Electrical Engineer to join our dynamic team at Systel. This individual will be responsible for directing, researching, designing, developing, documenting, and production computer or electronic equipment. An ideal candidate will need to apply electrical theory and related knowledge to design, build, troubleshoot, repair, and/or modify development and production computer systems and related hardware/software.

This position will be on-site at our Sugar Land, TX office.

The Work
  • Lead Electrical Engineering
    • Provide Technical leadership to the EE team
    • Assign projects and ESRs
    • Weekly check-in with the EE team to ensure that the work is done on a timely manner.
    • Assign lab work to the technician
    • Manage procedures and best practices
  • Design Engineering
    • Creation of Specifications and Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM) (as needed).
    • Create detailed design of the system including PC Boards, firmware, if necessary
    • Manage Preliminary, Critical, and Final Design reviews, (PDR, CDR, Prototype builds and FDR)
    • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keep up-to-date of the latest developments in technology for Systel products through hard/electronic publications, seminars, trade shows, internet, vendors, distributors, manufacturers/reps, organizations, broadcasting, continuous education, and apply new knowledge to job/projects/products/processes
    • Comprehend and execute on all tasks through project management.
    • Meet due dates for all project or customer related tasks and action items.
    • Conduct due diligence on the design to reduce errors and re-spins.
    • Design for Manufacturing
  • Documentation
    • Provide detailed work instructions for the testing, configuring, or servicing of all products/systems.
    • Provide other documentation such as electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, etc.
    • Create all ICD, test plans, instructions for programming programmable parts.
    • Interface with Systel’s document management system when creating/revising documents.
    • Attend design reviews and execute on electrical engineering action items.
    • Changes: Revise/Change documentation through Engineering Change Process.
  • Prototyping
    • Assist with prototypes during the product development cycle.
    • Capture data for documentation and changes in the design.
    • Attend prototype reviews and execute on electrical engineering action items.
    • Testing/Configuration: Conduct testing and configuration of product prototypes in the Engineering Lab.
  • Support Function
    • Product Specification: Assist Sales/Marketing in the creation of product specification documents.
    • Product Review: Assist Sales/Marketing/Engineering by attending quote, contract, and design reviews.
    • Complete Internal Service Requests (ISR), Engineering Service Requests (ESRs) and Production Service Requests (PSRs) assigned to Engineering.
    • Interface with all relevant departments, including external customers, throughout the product development cycle.
    • Support Sales/Customer Service in the resolution of computer hardware and software problems/issues.
    • Assist other Engineering support personnel such as Assemblers and Technicians during documentation, prototyping, and testing phases.
    • Support Manufacturing personnel during production.
    • Sustaining Engineering: Continuous support for existing product or product lines for issues such as End of Life, Internal/External customer changes or revisions, component/system failure, and new configurations.
    • Interfacing: Engineering, Sales/Marketing, Planning, Purchasing, Production, Inventory, Shipping/Receiving, Quality, Customer Service, Document Control, Vendors, Manufacturers, Distributors, Regulatory Agencies, and external customers. Travel to Customer’s sites and provide system support on behalf of Engineering.
    • Product Support: Assist Sales/Customer Service by resolving problems with product on behalf of Engineering.
  • Quality
    • Involvement in the Quality Process through the attendance of meetings, training, and auditing.
    • Comprehension of System Level Procedures and Work Instructions for Engineering processes as well as other departmental processes that may affect Engineering and/or the Product Development Cycle.

Education (requires one of the following)

  • Degree/BSEE: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or equivalent and 5 years experience related to the packaging of Electronic equipment/systems.
  • Degree/BSCE: Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering or equivalent and 10 years experience related to the packaging of electronic equipment/systems.

Qualifications
  • Engineering: Practical application of engineering science and technology. Includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the support and production of various goods and services.
  • Design and test experience with microcontroller, firmware, C or C++, FPGA, firmware tools
  • High speed digital design and PCB layout considerations
  • Experience with PCI Express, USB 3.0, COM Express preferable, ATX
  • Experience with different computer architecture
  • Experience interfacing with sensors
  • Experience with Altium designer preferable
  • Experience with Power Supply / Filters for EMI, EMC considerations
  • Experience with serial protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, USB, etc.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with other departments in the organization including engineering, production, quality control, and marketing in terms understandable by the particular audience. 6.10.1 This includes both verbal and written communication and technical writing ability using Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Documentation: Techniques, tools, and principles involved in producing Work Instructions and other types of supporting documentation for production or external customers. Design reviews for design verification.
  • Prototyping: Assembly techniques, tools, and principles involved in producing a working model, including testing/configuration/evaluation for design verification.
  • Troubleshooting: Advanced Hardware and Basic Software 6.13.1 Hardware: Motherboard, CPU, Memory, I/O, NIC, Video Drivers, Input Devices, Cards, Power Supply, etc.
  • Software: BIOS, OS, Drivers, Applications, other Firmware.
  • Tools: DVM, Oscilloscopes, Testing Software (Burn-in), and/or other types of software for testing/analyzing/imaging.
  • Software: MRP, Document Management, Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Databases, Document Viewers, 6.14.1 CRM, Testing, Email, and Operating Systems, Drivers, Git, and BIOS. Installation and Setup.
  • Standards: ISO and Specifically- 9001, ASTM, ANSI, MIL-STD-1275, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-461, and EIA.

About Systel
Rugged Compute Where Mission Meets Critical. 
 
Founded in 1988, Systel, Inc.® is a leading manufacturer of rugged compute solutions, including rackmount and embedded computer products. Our pedigree of capabilities spans numerous advanced platforms with thousands of successful deployments primarily in the defense and commercial sectors. Systel’s rugged systems are designed and manufactured for continuous operation under the most extreme and austere environmental conditions. All of our products are proudly made in the USA in the company’s headquarters in Sugar Land, TX. We are AS9100:2016 and ISO 9001:2015 certified.  
 
For more information, please visit systelusa.com. 
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