Senior Electrical Engineer

Barber-Nichols Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with match

Job summary

Barber-Nichols Inc. seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the analysis, design, integration, and testing of analog and digital circuits for motor controllers from 100W to 50kW, supporting Space, Defense, Energy, and Thermal Management programs.

You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, mentor colleagues, develop test plans, and tackle complex design challenges for current and future products, with travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Eight+ years of related experience in power electronics and/or peripheral circuits.
• Experience with circuit design, schematic capture, layout, and board-level validation.
• Design and testing with FPGAs/Processors, filters, amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, and gate drive of FETs/IGBTs.
• Strong knowledge of PCB design, layout, and manufacturing.
• Experience with LTSpice, MATLAB/Simulink, and Altium Designer.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, analysis, integration, and testing of analog & digital electronics with motors/generators and sensors/actuators.
• Mentor and support teammates; define test plans and related hardware.
• Review testing results and derive conclusions for design validation.
• Resolve technical challenges across a wide range of electronic devices and products.
• Interface with team members to ensure project and long-term success.

Skills

Power electronics

Circuit design

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

LTSpice

MATLAB/Simulink

Altium Designer

Job description

Barber-Nichols (BN) is a premier provider of custom turbomachinery solutions serving the Defense, Aerospace, Cryogenics, and Energy industries. Our team consists of industry leaders who collaborate closely with equally accomplished customers to deliver technologies that advance their markets and establish enduring partnerships. At BN, we foster a results-driven environment that values professional growth, rewards achievement, and supports innovation. From designing the blower for NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan to engineering critical components for the U.S. Navy’s MK-48 program, BN’s portfolio spans some of the most exciting and impactful projects in the world. For those seeking to contribute to impactful projects alongside a highly skilled team, BN offers an exceptional place to build your career.

Position Summary:

The Senior Electrical Engineer owns the analysis, design, integration, documentation, and troubleshooting of power, digital, and analog circuits across product platforms. Primarily the product platforms consist of motor controllers in the 100W to 50kW range within Space, Defense, Energy and Thermal Management product space. They develop solutions that ensure both project and long-term business success in coordination with other members of the electrical engineering department as overseen by the project lead. Projects may include clean sheet designs, modifications to existing designs, repeat manufacturing support, and/or sustaining and support of existing products.

Key Results Areas:

1. Own the design, analysis, integration, and testing of analog & digital electronics coupled to motors/generators and sensors/actuators within project constraints.
   • Complete analytical and design efforts by applying engineering principles to define and analyze the design.
   • Mentor, review, and support the work of teammates as appropriate.
   • Define test plans and specify associated test hardware to ensure appropriate design development, validation, and troubleshooting.
   • Review testing (both design, assembly, and product), prepare results, and derive conclusions as appropriate.
   • Support programmatic activities as required.
2. Resolve technical challenges across a wide range of electronic devices and products, ranging from obsolescence support of heritage products, to troubleshooting designs under active development, to testing emerging technology for future integration into the business.
3. Analyze and recommend technical design decisions and development strategies to ensure both project and long-term business success.
4. Effectively interfacing and mentoring with other team members.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, an individual must possess the knowledge, training, experience, and abilities required.

Education and Training

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience

• Minimum of eight years related experience developing and troubleshooting power electronics and/or associated peripheral circuits.
• Experience with circuit design, schematic capture, layout, board level designs, and validation.
• Design and testing experience with FPGAs/Processors, filters, amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, and gate drive of FETs and/or IGBTs.
• Strong knowledge of Printed Circuit Board design, layout, and manufacturing.
• Experience with simulation tools such as LTSpice, MATLAB/Simulink, and others
• Proficiency with CAD tools for schematic capture such as Altium Designer.

Other

• Must be willing to work overtime as required
• Travel up to 10% of working time.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary product development team environment.

Desired Job Qualification

• More than eight years of related experience and/or training in a similar role
• EMI/EMC design and mitigation techniques.
• Significant experience with LTSpice, Altium, and Matlab/Simulink
• Some experience with software/firmware development

Skills

• Strong mentor/coaching capability to team members and across departments
• Comprehensive electronics skills specifically as it relates to developing and troubleshooting low volume devices.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), organization, and time management
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with company values
• Ability to successfully plan and implement objectives within established timelines.
• Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels.Ability to work independently, with minimal direction as a highly motivated self-starter and within a team-oriented culture

Physical and Mental Demands

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is primarily required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, and bend. Required to speak and communicate clearly with others. Corrected vision to 20/20 or adequate and ability to identify and distinguish colors.
• Mental demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is required to read, write, analyze data and reports, exercise judgment, develop plans, procedures and goals, present information to others and work under pressure.
• Work Environment: This job primarily operates in a clerical office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets. While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is also exposed to high level of manufacturing and equipment noise. Duties are performed indoors in a manufacturing environment with temperature changes. Exposure to hazardous materials, fumes or airborne particles and moving mechanical parts with vibration.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this role is $120,000-$160,000 and is commensurate with the applicant’s experience. This range represents the anticipated minimum and maximum base for this position. The final compensation for this position will be set based on the applicant’s qualifications (education, training and/or experience related to this role), and therefore, may fall outside the range shown, depending on the circumstances.

Barber-Nichols offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• FSA and HSA with company paid HSA quarterly contributions
• Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance
• 401(k) with 4% Company Match and Profit Sharing
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (NYSE: GHM)
• Generous PTO and Paid Holidays with an option to purchase additional PTO
• Performance-based bonus program
• Paid Parental Leave, Military Leave, Jury Duty, and Bereavement Leave

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Barber-Nichols must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e., current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1157-1158. Security clearance is not required for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Barber-Nichols is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to a workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation of any type. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by law. Barber-Nichols will ensure individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Barber-Nichols participates in E-Verify, the federal program for electronic verification of employment eligibility.