Job Title: Electrical Engineer
Job Location: Austin TX 78759
Job Duration: 12 months
Job Summary:
- Seeking to hire an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to work on custom engineering opportunities that enable the sale of standard NI Products.
- The primary responsibilities of this position are to work with NI customers sales personnel engineering teams alliance partners and contract manufacturers to define document design deploy and sustain NI products tailored to meet specific customer requirements for large scale turnkey engineering solutions.
- The ideal candidate has experience and knowledge regarding NI products and system level design.
Job Responsibilities:
- This is a multi functional role dealing with diverse engineering needs including the ability to gather requirements generate specification documents and interface with alliance partners contract manufacturers and internal personnel to design deploy and sustain custom solutions worldwide. This is a high visibility role within NI requiring daily interaction with NI customers NI Alliance Partners NI Sales Teams NI Engineering Teams and Executive Management. The role will include:
- Interacting with a wide variety of NI customers NI staff external alliance partners and suppliers in support of designing implementing and sustaining of custom solutions
- Generating requirements documents statements of work and Bills of Materials
- Defining and implementing project plans managing milestones and holding reviews to assure systems meet requirements and readiness for deployment
- Specifying designing prototyping testing and deploying turnkey automated solutions
- Directing support personnel managing project technical deliverables guiding technical decisions and driving field found issues to resolution
- Traveling as needed (possibly up to 25%) domestically and abroad in support of project objectives
Minimum Requirements
- B. S. Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Mechatronics or Electronics Engineering Technology
- Minimum of 7 years relevant industry experience in a Hardware Systems Design Role or a Test Engineering Design Role
- Strong understanding of electrical engineering electronics & computer architectures
- Understanding of high-level programming languages (LabVIEW TestStand C/C/C#)
- Demonstrated understanding of the following concepts and principles:
- Sources of measurement error
- Appropriate selection of instrumentation and equipment
- Understanding of schematics and wiring diagrams
- Integration of hardware and software
- Bill of Materials creation and review
- Familiarity with CAD and PCB design tools
- Statistical analysis of data (Cp Cpk GR&R)
Preferred Skills:
- Hands on use of schematic capture tools and PCB design tools
- Knowledge in Component Supplier Selection
- Knowledge in Compliance Certifications (CE UL TUV Etc.)
- Hands on use of NI Hardware Platforms and Instruments
- Hands on use of NI LabVIEW and Test Stand
Demonstrated ability to:
- Work effectively in a diverse multi cultural group development environment
- Problem-solve effectively - diagnose technical issues and propose reasonable solutions
- Lead teams in test and measurement system design
- Take initiative be a self-starter and work independently
- Persistently drive tasks and lead projects to successful completion
- Quickly learn applicable technology systems and products
- Strong work ethic and drive to succeed