Job Description

Primary Responsibilities:

Work closely with the electrical engineering team to identify components compliant to parts, materials, and process requirements

Generate and submit PARS (Part Approval Requests) and NSPARS (Non Standard Part Approval Requests)

Ensure purchased components and sub assemblies' are compliant to necessary environmental and safety standards, e.g. RoHS, REACH, UL, CE, CSA, ISO, IPC-A-610, Conflict Minerals, etc.

Issue Engineering Change Requests and Change Orders, update drawings

Review and address Product Change Notices (PCN's) from component manufacturers

Review and address Supplier Requests for Information (SRI’s)

Track notices and maintain databases

Track component lifecycles. Proactively identify and drive solutions to resolve End-of-life (EOL) and obsolete situations and minimize impacts

Oversee and Manage the EOL team meetings and database

Develop and execute reliability test plans for components

Communicate to component manufacturers regarding component failures

Drive component failure analysis and corrective actions to closure

Focal point for Contract Manufacturing and Test Facilities for all technical component issues

Generate EEE component control plans

Mentor junior staff

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)) and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.

Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 4 years experience OR

In absence of a degree, 10 years of relevant experience is required

Due to federal contract US Citizenship is required

Experience generating and submit PARS (Part Approval Requests) and NSPARS (Non Standard Part Approval Requests

Fully understands Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) manufacturing processes, design, cables and harnesses and metal/plastic fabrication processes

Understand the environments and requirements for both New Product Introduction (NPI) and volume manufacturing

Preferred Qualifications:

Part, Material, and Process (PMP) Engineering experience is preferred

Familiarity with radiation and nuclear environments is preferred

Aerospace industry experience preferred

Proficiency to determine necessary DPA (Destructive Parts Analysis) requirements per customer specification

Ability to work closely with the procurement team as well as with suppliers regarding all aspects of component procurement

This position requires a candidate with initiative, resourcefulness, project management skills, exceptional written and oral communication capability and the willingness to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment, in support of principally Space and Military Customers.