Hardware Engineer

Crane Payment Innovations - Williston, SC

Full-time - Mid Level

Williston, SC

1,001-5,000 employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Hardware Engineer at Crane Payment Innovations (CPI) will provide electrical engineering expertise to support cost reduction projects and production engineering for various product lines. This role involves concept development, prototype preparation, and design activities aimed at enhancing product quality, value, and cost efficiency. The engineer will collaborate with multiple departments, including Quality, Production, and Supply Chain, to ensure effective design engineering support.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing and verifying alternate hardware designs and part sourcing opportunities to identify cost reduction opportunities
• Generating schematics and performing detailed circuit analysis to verify design compliance to specific performance targets
• Creating, simulating, prototyping, and implementing value engineering product redesigns
• Managing projects and creating/tracking project plans for PCBA redesign, supplier transfer, cost reductions, and various other support projects
• Developing detailed product design knowledge to provide timely production support and identify potential cost reduction opportunities
• Creating production yield analysis and implementing design improvements to maintain quality
• Participating in design reviews and design-related brainstorming events
• Traveling to manufacture, supplier, and customer sites as needed
• Supporting activities within the global CPI Supply Chain Engineering team

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required
• 2-5 years of experience in electrical engineering and design
• Experience in the design and development of digital and analogue electronics principles and design
• Familiarity with design and biasing of bipolar transistors and MOSFETs in oscillator and closed loop opto control systems
• Ability to specify suitable opamp/comparator for specific functions without over-specifying with cost disadvantage
• Track record in power switching circuits including the specification of suitable power switches and flywheel diodes
• Familiarity with resonant circuits based on opamp and comparator building blocks
• Background in motor drive systems, particularly in choice of brushless DC motors and drivers
• Good awareness of optical and electromagnetic sensors and their functionality
• General awareness of new technologies and their benefits
• Ability to use schematic capture (Cadstar, Mentor Graphics)
• Demonstrated technical expertise and delivery
• Ability to develop and manage a sub-project within the broader constraints of the overall project plan
• Innovative and able to convert concepts into reality
• Practical application of electronics design relating to EMC theory
• Ability to communicate and contribute in technical discussions with other engineers and senior managers
• Experience with multidisciplinary design teams and awareness of tradeoffs between electrical hardware, software, and mechanical solution approaches
• Ability to perform and intercept tolerance analysis using worst case and statistical methods
• Ability to work with diverse teams spanning multiple sites as well as independently

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with multidisciplinary design teams
• Familiarity with project management tools

Benefits

• Flexible work environments
• Defined career growth plans
• Team building activities
• Generous paid time off plus sick and holiday pay
• Medical, dental & vision insurance plans
• 401K with company contribution
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Discounts for childcare
• Tuition assistance
• Community involvement and volunteering events
• Opportunities to travel and work at global sites