Job Description: Client (Aerospace, Defense, Government Business Unit) Customer Centric Solutions Team is seeking to hire an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to work on custom engineering opportunities that enable the sale of standard NI Products. The primary responsibilities of this position are to work with NI customers, sales personnel, engineering teams, alliance partners, and contract manufacturers to define, document, design, deploy and sustain NI products tailored to meet specific customer requirements for large scale turnkey engineering solutions. The ideal candidate has experience and knowledge regarding NI products and system level design.
Responsibilities:
This is a multi-functional role dealing with diverse engineering needs, including the ability to gather requirements, generate specification documents, and interface with alliance partners, contract manufacturers and internal personnel to design, deploy and sustain custom solutions worldwide. This is a high visibility role within NI requiring daily interaction with NI customers, NI Alliance Partners, NI Sales Teams, NI Engineering Teams, and Executive Management. The role will include:
Interacting with a wide variety of NI customers, NI staff, external alliance partners and suppliers in support of designing, implementing and sustaining of custom solutions
Generating requirements documents, statements of work and Bills of Materials
Defining and implementing project plans, managing milestones and holding reviews to assure systems meet requirements and readiness for deployment
Specifying, designing, prototyping, testing, and deploying turnkey automated solutions
Directing support personnel, managing project technical deliverables, guiding technical decisions and driving field found issues to resolution
Traveling as needed (possibly up to 25%) domestically and abroad in support of project objectives
Must Have
B. S. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics or Electronics Engineering Technology
Minimum of 7 years relevant industry experience in a Hardware Systems Design Role or a Test Engineering Design Role
Strong understanding of electrical engineering, electronics & computer architectures
Understanding of high-level programming languages (LabVIEW, TestStand, C/C++/C#)
Demonstrated understanding of the following concepts and principles:
Sources of measurement error
Appropriate selection of instrumentation and equipment
Understanding of schematics and wiring diagrams
Integration of hardware and software
Bill of Materials creation and review
Familiarity with CAD and PCB design tools
Statistical analysis of data (Cp, Cpk, GR&R)
Preferred Skills:
Hands on use of schematic capture tools and PCB design tools
Knowledge in Component Supplier Selection
Knowledge in Compliance Certifications (CE, UL, TUV, Etc.)
Hands on use of NI Hardware Platforms and Instruments