Applications Engineer

Description

Summary:

A working member of the engineering team who assists all departments in producing a smooth, efficient flow of quality work through the company. This is a technical support position for someone with a proven track record in engineering and the ability to work independently. The candidate should demonstrate leadership skills to represent the company’s quality commitment and work personably with other team members and departments as well as customers.

Organizational Competencies:

Quality Focus

Determined to  stay focused on the quality of each and every deliverable by ensuring consistency and adherence to high standards, as well as paying close attention to even the minutest details involved.

Attention to Detail

Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.

Effective Communication

Balancing listening and talking, speaking and writing clearly and accurately, influencing others, keeping others informed.

Teamwork

Taking ownership of our work, doing what is needed without being asked, following   through.

Analytical Thinking

The ability   to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach.

Job Specific Competencies:

1. Technical Support

a. Maintains or gains technical expertise on selected product families to support sales and system design

b. Provides technical assistance to customers applying and servicing ACTIA products

c. Supports other engineers with expert knowledge of ACTIA products

2. Collaboration

a. Assists the project manager with writing of requirements documents and project functional specifications

b. Coordinates with engineers as part of an integrated team during product development lifecycle

c. Assists production startup of products

d. Collaborates with all departments as required

3. Applications

a. Writes test plans for software and system verification tests

b. Sets up testing environment using CAN tools and other test equipment

c. Performs verification and validation testing

d. Ensures products are functioning per the project functional requirements

e. Mentors junior test engineers

4. Compliance

a. Ensure legal compliance with state, federal and OSHA requirements

b. Ensure ISO procedures are followed

c. Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications and Education

· Bachelors or higher in EE, EET, ME, MET, CS or demonstrable equivalent

· Must have superior troubleshooting skills

· Experience in vehicle/vessel system architectures

· Experience with databus messaging structure & application; preferably CAN

· Experience with small signal analog electronic design

· Experience with Digital electronic design including microcontrollers

· Experience with Mechanical design, 3D CAD design is a plus

· Experience with software engineering

· Experience with embedded systems engineering

· Experience with EMC/EMI and other environmental requirements

· Experience with electronics production process and methodology

Working Conditions

Movement

This position needs to occasionally move about inside the office and on the production floor. Frequently required to reach with hands and arms. Occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and stoop,   kneel, crouch, or crawl

Operate/Use

Must be able to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery (i.e. copier, printer, calculator)

Ascend/Descend

Rarely ascends/descends stairs to reach archived files

Communicate

This position frequently communicates with co-workers, managers and supervisors. Must be able to exchange accurate   information in these situations.

Transport

This position frequently lifts or moves 10 pounds, occasionally moves up to 25 pounds and rarely lifts or moves 50 pounds for various needs.

Work Environment

Relatively quiet but fast paced.

Travel

Occasional   travel to customers and vendors, with overnight stays, may be required.

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. 

ACTIA Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ACTIA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and t providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ACTICA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ACTIA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.