Product Engineer (Electrical Turbine Products)

Full-time

Liberty, SC

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

This position has technical responsibility for all electrical design aspects and a limited amount of mechanical design aspects of Turbine Engine Ignition system products from a preliminary design phase through final design phase including production, customer and field support. Routine tasks include reviewing design requirements and evaluating existing or new designs theoretically and with test data for verification of compliance. Major tasks involve technical proposals, test plans, test reports, building prototypes, conducting tests and attending internal and external meetings to meet all objectives. Additional tasks involve maintaining design control integrity of the drawings. The successful candidate must be able to understand customer requirements, existing designs and technical aspects related to development of new designs that meet existing and future industry needs. These to be managed within time constraints established by management while simultaneously providing support for Production Department needs as a part of a cross functional team with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Purchasing.

Responsibilities

• Achieve program and productivity goals directed by Management.
• Review, understand and support OEM/Government customer program requirements for existing and new designs.
• Provide on-site technical support for fielded production or prototype designs.
• Adapt existing designs to new customer requirements and applications.
• Work closely with customer representatives and work within customer and FAA standards and requirements.
• Follow existing guidelines, procedures and priorities of work for Product Engineering tasks.
• Provide excellent technical writing and communication skills necessary for internal/external engineering communications.
• Develop and implement designs that meet the design intent with analytical or physical test substantiation.
• Establish and maintain positive, professional working relationships with main technical point(s) of contact at key assigned OEM engine manufacturers.
• Perform all other tasks, including project management support, as assigned by the Engineering Manager.

Requirements

• Educational requirement for this position is a BSEE or MSEE.
• Minimum of three (3) years work experience in an Electrical Design environment is required.
• Experience with designing, analyzing and testing AC/DC (including 3 phase AC), DC/DC and High Voltage Circuits (2kV and above) is desired.
• 2D/3D CAD proficiency is desired.
• Familiarization with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-460, MIL-STD-461 and RTCA DO-160 requirements is preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation (Desired)
• Electrical Simulation and Analysis Tools such as SPICE or SIMPLIS/SIMetrix
• MATLAB and LabView experience a plus