Staff Electrical Engineer - VAVE for Embedded Electronics

Dover Fueling Solutions; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) contributions

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Wellness programs

Health savings account

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Commuter benefits

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS) is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead VAVE initiatives for released embedded electronic systems in dispenser products. You will identify cost-out opportunities, perform BOM analysis, and drive design-for-cost improvements with cross-functional teams worldwide.

The role is production-focused, not an NPI design position, and requires hands-on execution, documentation of validation plans, and collaboration with sourcing, manufacturing, and quality to realize

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering (Master’s preferred).
• 8+ years of experience in electronic hardware design, sustaining engineering, or VAVE-focused product engineering.
• Demonstrated experience delivering measurable cost reduction improvements in production products.
• Strong knowledge of embedded hardware, analog/digital circuits, power interfaces, and component-level tradeoff analysis.
• Experience with PCB design review and manufacturing constraints for volume production.
• Working knowledge of microcontrollers and board-level interfaces (SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, USB, Ethernet).
• Experience with compliance impacts of hardware changes (EMC/EMI, safety).
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with operations, sourcing, quality, and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical VAVE initiatives for released products, including: BOM cost reduction, Alternate component qualification, Obsolescence mitigation, Design-for-cost improvements.
• Perform technical analysis of schematics, BOMs, and test data to identify cost-out opportunities without performance regression.
• Execute component substitution and redesign activities, including tolerance analysis, derating checks, and validation planning.
• Partner with sourcing, supplier quality, manufacturing, and test engineering to evaluate and industrialize VAVE changes.
• Support supplier engagement for equivalent parts, second-source options, and long-term availability strategies.
• Drive engineering change implementation (ECO/ECN), including documentation updates, risk assessments, and release support.
• Conduct root cause analysis for issues related to component changes, field returns, or production variation.
• Ensure all VAVE changes meet applicable safety and regulatory requirements (e.g., UL, EMC/EMI, PCI where applicable).
• Support NPI and sustaining teams by transferring approved VAVE improvements into standard production workflows.
• Maintain clear technical documentation: validation reports, qualification plans, test results, and compliance evidence.

Skills

Embedded hardware

Analog/digital circuits

PCB design review

Microcontrollers

Schematic analysis

Cost reduction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

Job description

Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS) is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead VAVE initiatives for released embedded electronic systems in dispenser products. You will identify cost-out opportunities, perform BOM analysis, and drive design-for-cost improvements with cross-functional teams worldwide.

The role is production-focused, not an NPI design position, and requires hands-on execution, documentation of validation plans, and collaboration with sourcing, manufacturing, and quality to realize