Principal Electrical Engineer
Company: Thales
Location: Irvine
Posted on: August 7, 2022
Job Description:
Location: Irvine, United States of America
The primary responsibility of Principal Electrical Design Engineer
- Engineering Technical Lead is to lead the HW design, development,
test and qualification of IFEC LRU products. Responsible HW
development process enrichment with lessons learned and
traceability to process changes; 3rd party suppliers and
contractors management.
Key Responsibilities Project management:
- Manages daily work and performance of the LRU HW Design
Engineering Team;
- Participates in the electrical design, development and test
activities and qualification testing.
- Ensure that hardware-engineering aspects of projects are
completed in a timely and cost-effective manner and will integrate
efforts from various functional groups to accomplish goals;
- Conducts comprehensive electrical design reviews with
engineering team and manufacturing partners to confirm that design
parameters, cost and manufacturability requirements have been
met;
- Writes the technical specifications, documents to make sure the
product meets the customer, marketing, manufacturing and system
design requirements;
- Work with Quality team to ensure quality systems and processes
are in place to achieve hardware-engineering success;
- Participates in regular meetings with 3rd Parties / maintains
action item lists;
- Lead as required sustaining engineering electrical
investigations, process and documentation updates in collaboration
with Thales industrial operations, product engineering and product
support engineering teams and manufacturing partners.
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline;
- 5 years' experience in Electrical embedded hardware design for
high speed digital and analog communications systems;
- Experience in avionics electrical design, development, DO-160
qualification and documentation;
- Experience using schematic capture and layout viewer (ORCAD,
Cadence, Mentor Graphics, PCAD, etc.);
- Experience using digital test equipment such as Oscilloscopes,
Logic Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Emulators, Debuggers, etc.;
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office use: Excel, Project,
Outlook, Word, Visio; PowerPoint;
Leadership Skills / Management Skills / Personal Skills
- Ability to multitask in an environment requirement a high level
of detail and accuracy, work independently and take ownership of
all assigned tasks;
- Lead Technical Team in multi disciplines of Electrical,
Mechanical and Software develpments.
- Good written and communication skills, effectively managing
projects and working with global cross-functional team;
- Interface with the 3rd party company as the
electrical/technical lead
Preferred Qualifications
- 7 years' experience in Electrical embedded hardware design for
high speed digital and analog communications systems;
- Boeing, Airbus Line Fit qualification experience;
- Design knowledge in modern LCD, Touchscreen technologies for
cell phones and tablets required;
- Experience in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth embedded design.
IP/Networking;
Travel And Schedule Minimum travel and Possibility of Hybrid Work
Schedule (The above statements describe the general nature and
level of work being performed in this job. They are not intended to
be an exhaustive list of all duties, and indeed additional
responsibilities may be assigned, as required by management.)
Keywords: Thales, Irvine , Principal Electrical Engineer, Engineering , Irvine, California
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