The Coats Company is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer / Designer II to support our R&D team in the design, development, and validation of electrical systems used in our automotive service equipment. This role is heavily focused on electronics design, PCB development, and component-level engineering, with direct involvement in testing and production support.
You will play a key role in creating and maintaining detailed electrical documentation, supporting new product development, and ensuring the long-term reliability of electrical components from concept through post-production.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to work in a cross-functional team with internal and external partners to help manage electrical design projects from conceptual design to production implementation.
- Designs, develops, and documents printed circuit board design and assembly in collaboration with internal and external partners.
- Lead component investigations for alternate designs to support ongoing production.
- Own obsolescence investigations for all electrical parts and components
- Lead electronic component and board level testing through development and into postproduction launch to identify issues and root causes.
- Support advanced design tools including but not limited to DFMEAs, PFMEAs and Control Plans
- Support top level product testing and development where and when necessary.
- Implement best practices in electrical component and board design.
- Four-year Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited university in electronics or electrical engineering / technology or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years of schematic layout / PCB design experience required.
- Experience with Altium as it relates to design and layout of electrical schematics and PCB design and manufacture.
- Experience with soldering and through hole placement.
- Experience with board level testing, component testing and selection, and overall qualification testing
- Experience with generating DFMEA & PFMEA documentation
- PC skills including Microsoft Office applications required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Altium advanced features including but not limited to circuit design, BOM layouts, and parts libraries.
- Experience with designing and building board level test devices and performing Gage R&Rs
- Experience using electrical testing and measurement devices.
- Experience with advanced circuit simulation tools.
If you are passionate about hands-on electrical design and enjoy working at the intersection of engineering and real-world product development, we encourage you to apply and join the Coats team.
Work Authorization Requirement:
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in electronics or electrical engineering/technology or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years schematic layout / PCB design experience
- Experience with Altium for schematic and PCB design/manufacture
- Experience with soldering and through-hole placement
- Experience with board level testing, component testing/selection, and qualification testing
- Experience generating DFMEA and PFMEA documentation
- PC skills including Microsoft Office applications
- Experience with Altium advanced features (circuit design, BOM layouts, parts libraries)
- Experience designing and building board level test devices and performing Gage R&Rs
- Experience using electrical testing and measurement devices
- Experience with advanced circuit simulation tools
What We Do
Coats is a leading smart repair brand specializing in vehicle maintenance systems, service and data that keep work flowing. We offer a full-shop portfolio of tire changers, wheel balancers and aligners, lifts, inspection and compressor technologies, designed and built in the U.S. and serviced locally by our own factory-trained service technicians. Everything we do is designed for ease-of-use and serviceability and delivered with the authentic Coats Attitude. Our team of smart repair pros work in complete alignment with customers on a single mission -- to create High Performing Shops where people keep moving and technology turning.
