Aerospace Electrical Components Engineer

Astronautics; Pine Brook (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

9/80 work week

Employee events

Job summary

Kearfott Corporation in New Jersey is seeking an Electrical/Components Engineer to manage electronics components for aerospace and defense projects. You will evaluate part performance, reliability, and supplier data, supporting selection, obsolescence management, and documentation control.

Responsibilities include interfacing with manufacturers, building component databases, and performing reliability analyses with ANSYS and Matlab, using Altium and SPICE tools, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• BS Electrical Engineering or other applicable field required.
• 3–5 years aerospace/defense engineering experience required; 5 years preferred.
• Experience with SiliconExpert is required.
• Adept in file management platforms including SVN, SharePoint and cloud-based interfaces.
• Able to apply formal enterprise document release and revision control processes.
• Excellent presentation skills and presentation preparation (design reviews, marketing presentations).
• Ability to communicate across all engineering disciplines, written and verbal.
• Ability to lead effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Customer centric attitude and drive for results; action oriented.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Adobe PDF.
• New product development experience.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Responsibilities

• Support electrical/electronic design activities including component selection in terms of part performance, materials, construction, distribution/availability and cost.
• Perform Obsolescence Management activities including making informed, alternate part recommendations to staff engineers.
• Interface with part and component manufacturers to verify OEM part numbers, qualified manufacturers and sources.
• Develop and maintain Kearfott electronic component databases.
• Apply critical analysis of component manufacturer data sheets to identify suitability in product applications.
• Perform reliability analysis and application stress assessment using ANSYS, Matlab, and other CAE tools.
• Apply relevant internal, industry and government standards.
• Support product improvement/cost reduction initiatives.
• Support design and analyses using Altium, OrCad, HyperLynx, Pspice, LTSpice.
• Generate requirements, specifications, and verification/validations procedures for electronic assemblies.
• Participate as a member of a cross-functional project team including mechanical engineers, manufacturing engineers and technicians.
• Support production, manufacturing, repair and product improvement initiatives.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Presentation skills

Communication

Customer focus

Action oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ANSYS

Matlab

Altium

OrCad

HyperLynx

Pspice

LTSpice

SVN

SharePoint

Job description

Kearfott Corporation in New Jersey is seeking an Electrical/Components Engineer to manage electronics components for aerospace and defense projects. You will evaluate part performance, reliability, and supplier data, supporting selection, obsolescence management, and documentation control.

Responsibilities include interfacing with manufacturers, building component databases, and performing reliability analyses with ANSYS and Matlab, using Altium and SPICE tools, and collaborating with