Electrical Engineer

VPC; Waynesboro (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Panel Corporation in Waynesboro, VA is seeking an Electrical Engineer to provide conceptual and mechanical design, prototyping supervision and testing of new products within a PDP framework.

The role includes leading cross-functional teams, performing tolerance and FE analysis, creating detailed drawings to VPC standards, and supporting reliability and cost-reduction initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from a four-year college or university.
• 5 years CAD experience with SolidWorks preferred.
• Familiarity with MS Office Suite, LabVIEW, ANSYS HFSS and Altium PCB Design software a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and testing of new electro-mechanical products.
• Develop detailed drawings to VPC standards using GD&T as appropriate.
• Conduct tolerance analysis and finite element material properties analysis.
• Provide cross-functional leadership for PDT during product development.
• Lead cost reduction efforts for legacy products.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Design for manufacturability

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

LabVIEW

ANSYS HFSS

Altium PCB Design

Job description

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Electrical Engineer

Full Time Virginia Employees, Waynesboro, VA, US

SUMMARY:Provide conceptual design, mechanical design, prototyping supervision and testing of new products.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Product Development
• Provide technical support to marketing in the preparation of New Product Business Opportunity Statements
• Design highly reliable electro-mechanical products using computer aided design 3d Modeling computer system.
• Participate in design reviews throughout the Product Development Process (PDP)
• As required, serve as the leader of cross functional Product Development Teams (PDT) during the development of new Products
• Work to performance and cost/volume targets.
• Conduct tolerance analysis and finite element material properties analysis
• Generate detailed drawings to VPC standards using GTD as appropriate.
• Design experiments / test plans to assure compliance to reliability requirements.
• Develop test plans and perform testing or over-see technicians in testing.
• Document or support the documentation of test results
• Use Design for Manufacturability Methods to work with suppliers, VPC manufacturing and other teams to achieve desired results.
• Use applications/product knowledge to:
• Serve as consultant for new product requests to filter out rejects, determine the most feasible way to provide a quality quote in the least amount of time.
• Use PDP methods mentioned above to design complex product extensions of existing products.
• Serve as consultant to provide high level applications engineering support to customers.
• Use engineering analysis to resolve customer application issues
• Use engineering analysis to resolve customer quality issues on legacy product.
• Provide support with Eng. Change Notice (ECN) process
• Lead cost reduction efforts for legacy products.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree (BA) from four-year college or university in Electrical Engineering and training in the design and testing of small, high reliability electromechanical devices.
• 5 years of CAD experience – Solidworks preferred. Familiarity with internet software, e-mail, word processing and spreadsheets. Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, LabVIEW, ANSYS HFSS and Altium PCB Design software a plus.
• Familiarity with Digital Serial Analyzers (DSA), Vector Network Analyzers (VNA) and other electrical test equipment and various manufacturing processes preferred.

Virginia Panel Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.