Electrical Engineer

$80,000 - $100,000/Yr

Fill Rite - Fort Wayne, IN

Full-time - Mid Level

Fort Wayne, IN

251-500 employees

Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing

About the position

The Electrical Engineer will lead the design and development of control systems for the Fill-Rite pump and meter product lines. This position involves performing conceptual design of analog and digital circuitry along with software development, utilizing both internal and external design resources.

Responsibilities

• Support the electrical systems design for both new products and legacy products as needed.
• Analog and digital circuit concept design of printed circuit boards including schematic layout and prototyping for motor control and fluid dispensing and metering.
• Design and test fractional horse power AC and DC motors and related controls.
• Create specifications for related control components, i.e., switches, cables, sensors, thermal protection.
• Integrate advanced technologies into products including both short range communications protocols and cloud based applications.
• Utilize design tools such as DFMEA to reduce risks and increase probability of success.
• Follow established engineering procedures such as ECR/ECN and other product design standards.
• Partner with external resources as needed for both hardware and software development and support.
• Develop test methods and procedures for testing electronics and electrical components to ensure they meet requirements.
• Ensure all product designs adhere to regulatory and agency standards as relevant to the product and market of product (i.e., UL Standards).
• Track project costs against established targets.
• Utilize internal quality metrics, customer feedback, and warranty data to guide improvements on existing and new products.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities that improve both current and new products.
• Be a technical resource for all departments to ensure products maintain the brand image.
• Model the importance of safety within a manufacturing facility.
• Demonstrate excellence in completion of all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, Master's Degree preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Basic understanding of analog and digital circuits.
• Familiarity with electronics circuit board manufacturing.
• Basic skills in 2D/3D ECAD for PCB layout and schematic design.
• Knowledge of electrical design simulation tools such as Spice, Ansys Maxwell or RMxprt.
• Familiar with software development in C/C++ or other structured programming languages.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiar with new product development stage gate process.
• Ability to learn and utilize engineering standards (design, testing, etc.)
• Ability to learn new and improve existing engineering processes.
• Understanding of the impact engineering decisions have on every aspect of the organization.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance