Electrical Engineer
This position will be a key member of a small engineering team manufacturing pharmaceutical laboratory test equipment. The ideal candidate will be passionate about the cutting-edge science our equipment enables. We are looking for a versatile electrical engineer to work on a small team in a startup-like atmosphere. The candidate should be highly skilled in electrical engineering for both analog measurements as well as industrial controls. Pion has a broad portfolio spanning laboratory equipment taking sensitive optical and electrochemical measurements to electromechanical robotic liquid handling to industrial machinery utilizing PLC’s and hydraulic controls.
Essential Functions
- Strong organization and documentation skills. An understanding that high quality documentation is critical for the success of our organization is a must.
- Be responsible for the electrical systems on our products from design and purchasing until the end of life for the product.
- Support the purchasing department with ordering custom PCB’s by improving documentation and being a resource for vendor questions.
- Manage the lifecycle of custom PCB’s by finding alternate components and alerting management when a revision will be necessary.
- Develop functional tests for QC of incoming boards.
- Document the steps for programming and configuring boards.
- Design and document cabling and wire harnesses.
- Train manufacturing technicians on best practices in electrical assembly.
- Assist manufacturing and field service in diagnosing electrical faults.
- Design electrical cabinets that are compliant with NFPA 79 and UL 61010.
- Work with product development to assist in developing requirements for analog measurements and incorporating DFM practices into new designs.
- Design test methods for verification of the finished product capabilities.
- Participate certifying product compliance with relevant standards.
- Provide technical advice and expertise to colleagues in the UK and US.
Competencies
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Creativity.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Design of analog measurement systems.
- Use of oscilloscope, logic analyzer.
- Data acquisition and analysis using at least one computer language (C/C++, MATLAB,
- LabVIEW, Python, Fortran, etc).
- Familiarity with IEC 61010-1 and NFPA 79 requirements.
- Interpreting electrical schematics and modeling system dynamics.
- Experience with one or more EDA software package (KiCad, Altium, Diptrace, etc.)
- Experience with ladder logic (Visilogic) is helpful.
Job Requirements
- Ability to travel occasionally.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
Travel
This position is based in our Billerica office and occasional travel for project related activities.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering (or a related, relevant discipline).
- 1 or more years experience with manufacturing of scientific, medical or industrial equipment.
- Experience with design and development of analog measurement systems.
- Successful completion of undergraduate-level chemistry coursework is desirable.
- Hands-on electromechanical assembly skills (soldering, mechanical assembly, etc.).
This job description is only intended to summarize the duties required of the position and is not allinclusive.
The Electrical Engineer may be required to perform other duties as directed.
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