Staff Electronics Engineer — VAVE & Cost Reduction

Dover Corporation; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matches

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Wellness programs

Job summary

Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS) is seeking a Staff Engineer, Electronics in Austin, TX, to lead VAVE initiatives for released dispenser products. You will analyze schematics and BOMs, drive component substitutions, and collaborate with sourcing, quality, and manufacturing to reduce costs without compromising performance.

The role emphasizes production-focused improvements, documentation, and regulatory compliance, with a hybrid work arrangement and bonus eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
• 8+ years 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 design

Analog & digital circuits

Power interfaces

MCU interfaces (SPI I2C CAN UART USB E

Component-level tradeoff analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

ECAD tools

Job description

Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS) is seeking a Staff Engineer, Electronics in Austin, TX, to lead VAVE initiatives for released dispenser products. You will analyze schematics and BOMs, drive component substitutions, and collaborate with sourcing, quality, and manufacturing to reduce costs without compromising performance.

The role emphasizes production-focused improvements, documentation, and regulatory compliance, with a hybrid work arrangement and bonus eligibility.