Job Title:  Senior Electrical Engineer

Advanced Measurement Technology (AMT) is comprised of three business entities: ORTEC, Scientific Instruments, and Sunpower. ORTEC is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of ionizing radiation detectors, nuclear instrumentation, analysis software, and integrated systems. Scientific Instruments is the global leader in the design, manufacture, and support of instrumentation for both the electrochemical and materials communities. Comprised of Princeton Applied Research, Solartron Analytical, and Signal Recovery, AMETEK Scientific Instruments delivers solutions to meet performance and price requirements. Sunpower Inc. is the world leader in Free-Piston Stirling Technology; in fact, we invented it! Sunpower continues to implement Free-Piston Technology in our commercial line of CryoTel® cryocoolers and our non-commercial Stirling engines. product portfolio proudly generates the most-cited research in the world.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the design development and support of instrumentation and measurement products. This position entails all types of board-level circuit design with an emphasis on analog and mixed-signal circuit design, including low-noise amplifiers, power supplies, analog-to-digital converters, and basic digital interfaces.

The position will also entail support in product sustenance and production support activities and participation in new product design, development, and product validation. Job duties also include monitoring, identifying, and resolving lifecycle issues and assisting to identify alternate components.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, design, implement, and validate electronic products using mixed-signal, analog, and digital design.

• Must be hands-on, organized, and detail-oriented, able to bring electrical designs from concept to schematic, to layout, and to working prototypes.

• Support New Product Engineering in identifying appropriate component manufacturers and suppliers to ensure availability and longevity for the new product life cycle.

• Provide ongoing Sustaining/Value Engineering support to identify, test, and qualify alternate sources for component availability, cost reduction, and reliability improvement.

• Oversee new product development from concept to manufacturing and release to the market.

• Provide technical assistance to manufacturing and customer service in resolving problems encountered in product production on customer applications.

• Team with Marketing in specifying product performance.

• Make recommendations to use advanced technologies to address market opportunities.

• Support Supply Chain to identify appropriate sources and substitute components suitable for ongoing production requirements for long-lead, out-of-stock, or obsolete components and perform component-level tests and experiments to ensure form, fit, and function compatibility.

• Support outside Contract Manufacturing houses for technical component issues and testing support.

• Manage compliance testing and documentation.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with the following is a plus:

• Mixed-signal and/or analog circuit design experience, including amplifier circuits, active and passive filters, transistor circuits, linear and switching power supplies, impedance matching and transformation, and A/D converters.

• Digital circuit (logic) design: Microprocessors, Field Programmable Gate Arrays.

• Familiarity with Schematics tools like PADS Designer.

• Familiarity with electronic design simulation and worst-case circuit analysis tools like SPICE.

• Technical knowledge of electronic components.

• Good electronics troubleshooting skill.

• Ability to read and understand electronic component datasheets, schematic drawings, and PCB layouts.

• Knowledge of component specifications, quality definitions and reliability calculations

• Familiarity with RoHS, REACH, and other compliances.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

•  BS in Electrical Engineering is a must, and an MS in Electrical Engineering is preferred.

• 10+ years of relevant electronics design experience.
   

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

• Autonomous in taking initiative and completing projects.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced professional environment.

• Excellent organizational, data collection, and presentation skills

• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and passion for continuous improvements

• Willingness to take on greater technical leadership responsibilities encouraged.