Electrical Engineer & PCB Design Specialist

The COATS Company; La Vergne (TN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Coats Company seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer / Designer II to support our R&D team in the design, development, and validation of electrical systems used in our automotive service equipment. This role is heavily focused on electronics design, PCB development, and component-level engineering, with direct involvement in testing and production support.

You will play a key role in creating and maintaining detailed electrical documentation, supporting new product development, and

Qualifications

• Four-year Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited university in electronics or electrical engineering / technology or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of schematic layout / PCB design experience required.
• Experience with Altium as it relates to design and layout of electrical schematics and PCB design and manufacture.
• Experience with soldering and through hole placement
• Experience with board level testing, component testing and selection, and overall qualification testing
• Experience with generating DFMEA & PFMEA documentation
• PC skills including Microsoft Office applications required

Responsibilities

• Ability to work in a cross-functional team with internal and external partners to help manage electrical design projects from conceptual design to production implementation
• Designs, develops, and documents printed circuit board design and assembly in collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Lead component investigations for alternate designs to support ongoing production
• Own obsolescence investigations for all electrical parts and components
• Lead electronic component and board level testing through development and into postproduction launch to identify issues and root causes
• Support advanced design tools including but not limited to DFMEAs, PFMEAs and Control Plans
• Support top level product testing and development where and when necessary
• Implement best practices in electrical component and board design

Skills

Schematic layout

PCB design

Altium

Soldering

Board level testing

DFMEA & PFMEA

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electronics or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Job description

The Coats Company seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer / Designer II to support our R&D team in the design, development, and validation of electrical systems used in our automotive service equipment. This role is heavily focused on electronics design, PCB development, and component-level engineering, with direct involvement in testing and production support.

You will play a key role in creating and maintaining detailed electrical documentation, supporting new product development, and