Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.
Situated in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota, our Rapid City office is the home of our relays design team. This group focuses on products for circuit protection and safety such as Ground Fault Relays and Neutral Ground Resistor monitors.
The R&D Rotational Engineer will be a key player in executing the Relay Development Roadmap in the Industrial Business Unit. As part of the development plan, the R&D Rotational Engineer will be rotating through 3 teams (6 - 8 months in each) in the Rapid City, SD location: New Product Development (NPD) / Tester Design, New Technology and Advanced Development (NT&AD), and Sustaining Engineering/Product Management.
About the Job / Rotations:
NPD / Tester Design
Working with the NPD team, the RISE engineer will focus on test development for new products along with product design support activities. This includes writing applications (in Python) for both hardware and software validation , designing test fixtures, and developing hardware/firmware.
NT&AD
Working with the NT&AD team, the RISE engineer will work with our research engineers focusing on future technologies for next generation products. Tasks involve, researching existing technologies / patents, developing algorithms, designing prototype hardware / firmware, simulating novel designs, and proof of concept experimentation.
Sustaining / Factory / Product Management
Working with the sustaining engineering team, the RISE engineer will execute on product improvement projects. Working with the product management team may involve activities like visiting customer sites and helping to develop product documentation and business plans. Working with the factory team may involve duties such as interfacing with our Mexico-based manufacturing team to improve manufacturing and testing processes.
About You:
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BS Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or related field
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Proficiency in schematic capture, understanding of PCB layout
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Experience programming in C/C++
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Knowledge of scripting languages (i.e. Python) a plus
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Strong ability to communicate with other engineers, management, and external customers over both written and verbal communication
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Excellent analytical skills and demonstrable knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals.
Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise. Our Core Values – Customer Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Results Driven – supports us on our mission to improve the safety, reliability, efficiency, and performance of our customers’ products and systems.
We are always looking for bright minds to make a big impact - join us!
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What We Do
Littelfuse is an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world. Across more than 15 countries, and with 17,000 global associates, we partner with customers to design and deliver innovative, reliable solutions. Serving over 100,000 end customers, our products are found in a variety of industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets—everywhere, every day. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Littelfuse was founded in 1927.
View our broad and deep product portfolio:
https://www.littelfuse.com/
Littelfuse has had a long-standing commitment to ensuring a diversified workforce through equal employment opportunities. Maintaining a diversified workforce is critical to the success of our organization.
Each associate receives equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex (with or without sexual conduct), marital status, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, order of protection status, military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, genetic information, unfavorable discharge from military service, and any other protected class under federal, state or local law
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