Sr. Electrical Engineer

Description :

Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire opportunity for a Sr. Electrical Engineer for our client located in Kent, WA.

Job Responsibilities :

• The Senior Electrical Engineer will develop electrical designs for new products and existing product upgrades, starting with requirements, design instantiation, testing and incorporation into a final product.
• Perform engineering development by applying a moderate degree of creativity, engineering skill and judgment in applying engineering principals to electrical problems.
• Develop detailed electronic equipment design solutions, including product architecture, schematic development, BOM management, layout, configuration management, and issue tracking.
• Support the transfer of design files into the manufacturing process by writing and managing Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
• Support moderate level of complexity products including supporting multiple programs involving multiple CCAs concurrently.
• Design multilayer Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) that include the following functions : High-speed communication supporting up to10Gbps (optional) Digital audio / video transmission and conversion (optional) Microcontroller / Microprocessor circuits Power management Serial / Peripheral interfaces Built-In-Test (BIT)
• Develop designs for EMI that have low radiated and conducted emissions and are resistant to susceptibility.
• Accomplish power budgeting, analysis, and characterization as it relates to current draw and thermal characteristics.
• Accomplish hardware / software bring-up / debug and product verification testing.
• Coordinate with other functional groups (systems, software, mechanical, production) to steer designs for easy integration into other processes and the aircraft.
• Provide direction to others directly and by documentation for CCA assembly, rework, and changes using Pick and Place machine, soldering irons, heat guns, hot plates, etc.
• Support environmental tests to acquire engineering data and regulatory compliance testing (primarily DO-160).
• Participate in design reviews of own and other’s designs.

Job Qualifications :

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• 10+ years’ experience with the list of responsibilities above
• Solid High Speed Circuit Board Design experience
• Previous experience working cross functionally with teams to find solutions (SW / Mechanical / Production Teams)
• ECAD experience for schematic capture and layout, preferably Altium Designer

Nice to Have Qualifications :

• Software experience in languages or environments such as C / C++, Python, Linux, Bash, Arduino and Raspberry Pi
• Previous mentor or lead responsibilities

Job Details :

• Job Type- Direct Hire FTE
• Location : Kent, WA
• Hybrid - 2 days / wk. WFH
• Salary : $102,687 to $154,031
• Potential Quarterly Bonus
• An offer of employment is contingent on successfully passing a drug test and background check, and applicants who do not successfully pass both the drug test and background check will not be considered for employment.
• ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.

S.C. 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.