Electrical Engineer

A. B. Boyd Co. (DNU) (inactive); Fredericksburg (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Boyd Corp is seeking a Sr. Electrical Engineer for the Thermal Test and Control Systems division. This role focuses on designing, developing, and evaluating electronic parts and circuits for advanced hardware systems.

The engineer will join a multi-disciplinary team, handle schematics, PCB layouts (Altium), and contribute to test plans, qualification, and documentation for production launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with board-level mixed-signal design (Analog/Digital).
• Proficient in schematic capture and PCB layout, preferably Altium.
• Experience with SPI, I2C, RS485, UART, and USB serial interfaces.
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical issues during board bring-up and validation.
• Firmware development in C/C++ or Python is a plus.
• Strong communication, teamwork and time management.

Responsibilities

• Create electrical product designs within an inter-disciplinary team to address complex product design and manufacturing challenges.
• Select electrical components, create schematics, perform PCB layout and assist in fabrication of PCBs.
• Lead feasibility studies and testing on new and modified designs.
• Develop test plans, engineering analysis, qualification testing required for production launch.
• Responsible for failure analysis investigations and engineering evaluations.
• Maintain product documentation (drawings and specifications) and generate design/test reports and manuals.
• Lead or participate with customers to solicit product specifications, schedule expectations and budget.

Skills

Schematic Capture

PCB design

Altium

Analog/Digital design

C/C++

Python

Firmware development

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Job description

Job Profile Name Sr. Electrical Engineer

Job Profile Summary

The Electrical Engineering Professional is responsible for designing, developing, modifying, and evaluating electronic parts, components or integrated circuitry for electronic equipment and other hardware systems.

Job Description

Boyd’s Thermal Test and Control Systems division, located in Phoenix, Arizona, is developing innovative thermal test solutions for the semiconductor industry. The engineering team is seeking to grow our multi-disciplined engineering team to tackle new challenges in the industry and is seeking a talented Electrical Design Engineer to fill a critical role within the team. If you are a motivated and self-starting engineer interested in understanding entire systems and applying your understanding to turn concepts into great products, we are looking forward to you joining our team.

General Responsibilities

The Electrical Design Engineer will be a member of a multi-discipled engineering team to provide innovative thermal test solutions to the semiconductor industry.

The role will include:

• Creating electrical product designs within an inter-disciplinary team to address complex product design and manufacturing challenges
• Selects electrical components, creates schematics, performs PCB layout (preferable with Altium software) and assists in finding vendors to fabricate designed PCBs
• Leads feasibility studies and testing on new and modified designs
• Develops and carries out test plans, engineering analysis, qualification testing required for production launch
• Responsible for failure analysis investigations and engineering evaluations
• Maintains product documentation (drawings and specifications) and lessons learned; produce design reports, test reports, operating manuals and test procedures
• Leads and/or is a member of a team that includes senior engineers/managers for the purpose of engaging with customers in soliciting product specifications requirements, schedule expectations and budget

Experience / Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering and 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Competent in use of Schematic Capture and PCB design tools (preferably Altium)
• Demonstrated experience in board-level electronic circuit design mixed-signal Analog/Digital
• Experience with serial data interfaces: SPI, I2C, RS485, UART and USB
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical issues during board bring up and validation
• Comfortable with standard lab equipment o DMM, oscilloscope, signal generators, soldering equipment and hi power supply
• DC/DC switching power supply experience a plus (low noise, isolation from sensitive circuits)
• Ability to write firmware to validate hardware design C/C++ or Python a plus
• Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
• Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)

All Job Posting Locations (Location)

Fredericksburg Remote Type On-Site

EEO Statement

Boyd Corp is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Boyd is the trusted global innovator of sustainable solutions that make our customers’ products better, safer, faster, and more reliable. As a leader in the industry we focus on our people, customers, technology, innovation, materials, and market needs of today and performance requirements of the future. We are always looking for ambitious minds to help us deliver advanced technology to our customers. Together we solve the challenges of today and empower solutions of tomorrow. Boyd is the world’s leading innovator in sustainable engineered material that make our customers’ products better, safer, faster, and more reliable. We develop and combine technologies to solve ambitious performance targets in our customers’ most critical applications. By implementing technologies and material science in novel ways to seal, protect, cool, and interface, Boyd has continually redefined the possible and championed customer success for over 90 years.