Electrical Engineer 3/4

Job Summary:

The Electrical Engineer III/IV is a senior contributor who works highly independently and uses originality, ingenuity, and established procedures to perform engineering duties in researching, planning, designing, and developing products for use in the Aerospace or Electronics marketplace. 
 

The Electrical Engineer III/IV specializes in complex technical matters, works within a collaborative Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment, and is responsible for multiple independent tasks. This role also includes mentoring junior engineers and providing technical leadership in the development 
and execution of projects.

About Crane:

Every 1.2 seconds, product built at our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Burbank facility is stopping aircraft – delivering passengers and military personnel safely to their destination. Home to our Landing & Cabin Systems team, Crane A&E’s brake control systems and premium cabin actuation solutions are flying on tens of thousands of aircraft throughout the world. You’ll join a business with a long track record of engineering excellence, set in the wonderful town of Burbank filled with great community atmosphere, schools, weather and no shortage of entertainment. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

Essential Functions:

• Work effectively with all functional groups to achieve product performance and cost targets. Build quality and manufacturability into the design.  Define/understand/comply with company and regulatory guidelines to assure a safe operating environment.

• Support continuous process improvement activities including Kaizen, 5S practices to ensure an organized and efficient working environment, and personal development.

• Demonstrate proficiency with verbal and written English for technical reports, presentations, analyses, or other communications at the appropriate level throughout the organization. 

• Understand, decompose, and define product and process requirements to support product development, sustaining and R&D.

• Plan, estimate, prioritize, and manage work activities to support meeting project schedules and budgets.  

• Utilize experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Produce thorough and accurate design and development work of suitable complexity that meets all customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost, producibility, quality, and reliability.

• Utilize proficientproblem-solvingprocesses, documentation, tools and analyses to quickly and effectively identify root cause and corrective actions to technical challenges and/or issue in support of product development and product sustaining assignments

• Generate and review product development documentation including proposals, technical reports, procedures, correspondence, etc. necessary to satisfy customer and program requirements.

• Self-directed and motivated while working and communicating effectively within a team environment that consists of several engineering, operations, quality, and business disciplines.  

• Mentor junior engineers and others in the area of expertise.

• Provide support of IPT activities in collaboration with other technical, operations, quality, and business disciplines.  

• Produce thorough and accurate design and development work of considerable complexity that meets all customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost, producibility, quality, and reliability.

• Analyze design requirements and objectives, define optimum design criteria and approach, design system or component elements.

• Direct functional, acceptance, qualification, or development testing on new or modified designs.

• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management.

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience:8+ years of relevant work experience

Eligibility Requirement: This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. Where the position requires such access only US Persons will be considered. As a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

Education/Certification:BA or BS Degree inan engineeringdiscipline. Masters or PhD preferred.

Knowledge: 

• Analog Circuit Design 

• Digital Circuit Design 

• Micro-Electronics Design 

• High Power Circuit Design 

• VHDL Design and VHDL Test Bench Design 

• ASIC Design 

• Hardware/Software Integration Experience

• Magnetics Design 

• Experience with various switching power supply topologies 

• Microprocessor Core Design 

• DO-254 Development Processes 

• Familiar with DO-160 Requirements 

• Design for EMC and Lightning 

• AnalysisandModeling

Working Conditions:

• Standard office environment 

• Working conditions are normal for a manufacturing environment

• Manufacturing operations may require the use of safety equipment to include but not limited to: eye safety glasses, gowning, masks, hearing protectors, heel/wrist straps and any other required PPE

• May be exposed to unusual environmental conditions such as loud noises, cold temperatures, confined spaces, dust or fumes

• Requires work with small to medium size hand and power tools

• Occasional travel to customer and outside test lab facilities for technical interchange meetings, design reviews, product testing support, and to attend technical seminars

• May need to travel domestically and internationally (up to 10%)

• Standing:10%*percentage is approximate and may vary depending on work task

• Sitting:90%*percentage is approximate and may vary depending on work task

• Lifting (in pounds):up to 20 pounds

• Pushing (in pounds):up to 20 pounds

• Mental/Visual:use ofcomputer, calculator, filing cabinets