Electronics Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Aquinas Consulting has an immediate need for a talented Electronic Engineer at a growing defense manufacturer in central CT.

This position involves Hardware / Software design of embedded systems and microcontrollers. It requires experience with embedded C and PLD's.

Job Responsibilities :

• Provide technical support to a cross functional Engineering team in the design, development, prototype and test of new products that meet requirements, within constraints of allocated budget and schedule.
• Generate system block diagrams, schematics, design description documentation, along with any additional Engineering design elements and artifacts required to thoroughly and adequately document the new product development.
• Demonstrate design compliance by analysis using a combination of hand calculations, circuit simulation tools such as PSPICE, and PLD simulation tools.
• Review Design Specifications to understand customer requirements, and support Sales in preparing proposals in response to prospective customer RFQs / RFPs.
• Identify areas of opportunity and provide suggestions on how to improve the efficiency of the Engineering design processes.
• Provide mentoring to less experienced designers and engineers on products, processes, and tools.
• Support Production organization in resolving issues related to the manufacture of new and existing products.
• Generate product Bills of Materials, execute Engineering Change Requests, and enter into the ERP system (Visual Manufacturing).
• Reports to Control Engineering Director. Ensures that all work is done in accordance with project specifications and Company Policy.

Keeps Management aware of all progress and problems.

Job Qualifications :

• BSEE and 5+ years of product design experience with electrical or electro-mechanical systems.
• Experience in the use of schematic capture, circuit simulation, and other design software.
• Experience with embedded software is required.

Desired / Preferred Job Qualifications (Not Required) :

• Experience in the hardware design and development of microcontroller based embedded control systems, as implemented in instrumentation and control applications.
• Experience in the software design and development of microcontroller based embedded control systems, primarily using ANSI C, and Java.
• Experience in the development of analog I / O interfaces, including A / D and D / A interfaces required to interface analog input / s to embedded processor and / or PLD.
• Experience in the selection and programming of PLD devices, using VHDL.
• Experience in design for Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) mitigation, especially as it relates to MIL-DTL-461 compliance.
• Experience working with 480 VAC, 3-phase power systems.
• Knowledge of industry specifications including NEMA, UL, and MIL specs and standards.
• Experience with designing for manufacturability, reliability, and serviceability.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

If you are interested in this Electronics Engineer job in Thomaston, CT please apply now to be connected with a member of our recruiting team.

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Aquinas Consulting is a woman and minority owned company headquartered in Milford, CT that provides Engineering, Information Technology (IT), and Manufacturing staffing solutions throughout the US.

We take pride in 20 years of service to our clients, our hiring managers, our consultants, and our local community. Aquinas is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and committed to considering all qualified applications without regard to race, genetic information, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

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