Electronics Senior Hardware Design Engineer

at  Schneider Electric

Job Description:

REQUIREMENTS

• US citizenship, Permanent Resident or holder of H1 or L1 visa.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• Master’s or PhD degree or candidate is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in electronics HW product development
• Be able to show at least one new project development success and be able to articulate responsibilities and role.
  Qualifications:

• Develop solutions for external customers (electricians, installers etc.) and internal customers (marketing, industrialization, quality etc.).
• Assist in the refinement of Marketing Offer Requirements. Development of Technical Product Specifications.
• Competitive analysis.
• Development of product architecture options and selection methods.
• Project management skills: Defines engineering work packages, develop project schedule, estimate resources required. Direct tasks of electronics designers, technicians, and other resources. Ability to present and communicate clearly project summaries to internal stakeholders.
• Facilitate the generation of prototypes for testing.
• Author verification and validation test plans including test method and acceptance criteria.
• Interpretation of test results and other data. Ability to synthesize data into technical communication for effective written and oral presentation to senior management.
• Oversee development of the product definition file: Schematic Capture, PCB & PCBA creation, BOM creation, and development of other specifications. Experience with Cadence tool suit preferred.
• Documentation of intellectual property, novel ideas for patent applications.
• Analyze risks of safety products. Quantify risks and develop mitigations using A/D/T/P FMEA and FTA techniques.
• Strong understanding of EMC testing and design mitigation techniques.
• Capable with developing, debugging, analyzing and root cause analysis for HW and embedded systems from proof of concept through development, production and customer support.
• Contribute to development of user documentation such as instruction bulletins, safety labels, and product markings.
• Capable of synthesizing and distilling 3rd party standards into product requirements. Familiarity with UL/CSA/IEC standards is desirable.
• Ability to work with 3rd party certification agencies such as Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to facilitate agency certification.
• Desired analysis skills: Highly creative & inquisitive for design and system optimization. / strength of component & system analysis / Capable with electronics lab equipment for test and debug / Strong understanding of design for test & reliability in safety products. Use of statistical techniques for analyzing empirical data. Thermal modeling and understanding of magnetics desirable