The Role
Design, prototype, test, document, and support electrical subsystems including high-speed PCBs, power management, cables, and interconnects. Perform EMI/EMC pre-compliance, build/test systems, create manufacturing and ICD documentation, and support sustaining engineering and production issues.
Summary Generated by Built In
Systel Careers – Electrical Engineer II – Sugar Land, TX
Systel’s business is growing, we have an immediate need for an Electrical Engineer II with extensive experience in hardware electronic design and development. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in and experience with aerospace and defense electronics, including high-speed PCB design and EMI/power military specifications.
Who You Are
You possess strong interpersonal communication skills and thrive in an evolving technical environment that provides opportunities for innovation, teamwork, and personal ownership. You ensure delivery of quality solutions that meet system requirements and on-time deliveries.
Responsibilities
The Electrical Engineer II will be responsible for researching, designing, developing, documenting, testing, and supporting production of electrical subsystems for use in computers, test equipment, test fixtures, displays, and computer peripherals. This role will also be individual contributor within the Electrical Engineering group.
Design Engineering
Education and Experience
Rugged Compute Where Mission Meets Critical.
Founded in 1988, Systel, Inc.® is a leading manufacturer of rugged compute solutions with a relentless focus to support our customers and their missions. Our pedigree of capabilities spans numerous advanced platforms with thousands of successful deployments in the defense and commercial sectors. Systel’s rugged systems are designed and manufactured for continuous operation under the most extreme and austere environmental conditions. All of our products are proudly made in the USA in our headquarters in Sugar Land, TX. We are AS9100:2016 and ISO 9001:2015 certified.
EEOC Statement
Systel is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We ensure that hiring and advancement decisions are based solely on individual qualifications without regard to race, religion, color, creed, national origin, disability, age, sex, genetic information, military status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Offer Contingency
All employment offers are conditional upon successful completion of a background check, physical assessment if required.
For more information, please visit systelusa.com.
Systel’s business is growing, we have an immediate need for an Electrical Engineer II with extensive experience in hardware electronic design and development. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in and experience with aerospace and defense electronics, including high-speed PCB design and EMI/power military specifications.
Who You Are
You possess strong interpersonal communication skills and thrive in an evolving technical environment that provides opportunities for innovation, teamwork, and personal ownership. You ensure delivery of quality solutions that meet system requirements and on-time deliveries.
Responsibilities
The Electrical Engineer II will be responsible for researching, designing, developing, documenting, testing, and supporting production of electrical subsystems for use in computers, test equipment, test fixtures, displays, and computer peripherals. This role will also be individual contributor within the Electrical Engineering group.
Design Engineering
- Design high-speed printed circuit boards (PCBs), cables, and interconnects
- Design DC-DC power management solutions
- Model and simulate circuits in LTspice and Altium Power / Signal Analyzer
- Create computer system interconnect diagrams and/or wiring diagrams
- Design test fixtures, and test plans for various electrical equipment
- Assist with system prototype build, board bring up and test
- Manage preliminary, critical, and final design reviews
- Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
- Conduct EMI/EMC pre-compliance testing and support final regulatory certifications
- Create reference, build, and assembly documentation for printed circuit boards and assemblies
- Create reference and assembly documentation for computer system interconnects and wiring
- Create Interface Control Documents (ICD), test plans, programming instructions, and miscellaneous instructions for all designs
- Complete all documentation within Systel’s document management system.
- Revise existing documentation through Systel’s engineering change process Prototyping
- Assist in the creation of product specification documents
- Complete electrical engineering specific support requests including engineering change requests, customer technical support escalations, manufacturing problems or questions, component supply problems, component end-of-life, etc.
- Sustaining Engineering: Continuous support for existing product or product lines for issues such as End of Life, Internal/External customer changes or revisions, component/system failure, and new configurations.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
- 5 years of experience responsible for designing and delivering electrical subsystems for use in computers, test equipment, test fixtures, displays, and computer peripherals (or equivalent systems)
- Knowledge of high-speed digital interfaces (PCI express, USB 3.0, DisplayPort, DVI, Ethernet, etc.)
- Knowledge of low-speed digital interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, USB 2.0, CAN, etc.)
- General knowledge of standards and testing processes related to (or equivalent with): MIL-STD-1275, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-461, DO-160, ATX, COM Express, 2014/30/EU
- Schematic capture using electrical CAD package (Altium preferred).
- Electrical CAD parts library management.
- PCB layout using electrical CAD package (Altium preferred).
- High speed PCB layout including, impedance control, layer stack planning/management, length matching, and differential pair routing.
- High current PCB layout.
- Creation of PCB manufacturing documents.
- Computer system design, including wiring/interconnect diagrams, cable/interconnect design, electronics thermal management, and power budgeting.
- Basic microcontroller firmware design and test (C or C++)
- Computer systems build, test, and troubleshoot (ATX, ITX, COM Express, VPX).
- Advanced electronics hardware troubleshooting using electrical test equipment (oscilloscope, DMM, Hipot, spectrum analyzer, etc.)
- Electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing, modeling, diagnostics, and mitigation.
- Basic electronics and cables build and modification (soldering surface mount and thru hole, splicing wires, crimping, heat shrink, etc.)
- Technical written and verbal communication using Microsoft Office
- Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
- Previous technical experience with military computing technology and testing standards (e.g., MIL-STD-461G, MIL-STD-1275E)
- Altium Designer schematic capture and layout
- FPGA gateware design (VHDL or Verilog)
- Computer system build, config, and test (CPU, SDRAM, GPU, BIOS, Drivers, Windows, Linux)
Rugged Compute Where Mission Meets Critical.
Founded in 1988, Systel, Inc.® is a leading manufacturer of rugged compute solutions with a relentless focus to support our customers and their missions. Our pedigree of capabilities spans numerous advanced platforms with thousands of successful deployments in the defense and commercial sectors. Systel’s rugged systems are designed and manufactured for continuous operation under the most extreme and austere environmental conditions. All of our products are proudly made in the USA in our headquarters in Sugar Land, TX. We are AS9100:2016 and ISO 9001:2015 certified.
EEOC Statement
Systel is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We ensure that hiring and advancement decisions are based solely on individual qualifications without regard to race, religion, color, creed, national origin, disability, age, sex, genetic information, military status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Offer Contingency
All employment offers are conditional upon successful completion of a background check, physical assessment if required.
For more information, please visit systelusa.com.
Top Skills
Ltspice,Altium Designer,Altium Power/Signal Analyzer,C,C++,Vhdl,Verilog,Pci Express,Usb 3.0,Usb 2.0,Displayport,Dvi,Ethernet,I2C,Spi,Uart,Can,Mil-Std-1275,Mil-Std-704,Mil-Std-461,Do-160,Atx,Com Express,2014/30/Eu,Oscilloscope,Dmm,Hipot,Spectrum Analyzer,Fpga,Windows,Linux
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The Company
What We Do
With a solution-first approach to engineering, a delivery system built to work at the speed of need, and partnership in the extreme, Systel enables mission success with purpose-built rugged computing solutions
