Electronic Design Engineer

THE COMPANY

Our client is a mid-size highly niched global company who designs and manufactures leading audio visual, mobile communication devices, automotive, and electronics with a full line of electronic components, remote controls, and touch panels, as well as a variety of custom products that require a high level of precision, performance, and reliability. As a result of aggressive growth in the electric automotive sector, they are in need of a Senior Electronic Design Engineer who will be a key contributor to a R&D Design Engineering team in their large state-of-the-art Tijuana Manufacturing and R&D site who is successfully designing world class electronic products for OEMs on a global scale.  Positions reports to the R&D Electronic Design Engineering Supervisor.

THE POSITION

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and develop  electronic products based on customer requirements:

• Leads electrical design of product during the different stages of product according to APQP methodology.

• Create product specifications based on customer requirements.
• Create Schematic and  BOM based on specifications and designs PCB layout following PCB outlines and component placement given by mechanical designer.
• Evaluate prototypes of designed circuits and  parts, reporting  the  gaps between product spec and  product performance, and  works on effective and efficient improvements  to gaps reported.
• Work with PCB  suppliers to solve technical questions (TQ/EQ)
• Contact  suppliers to identify and/or develop special  components based on product function requirement: example, special LCD/Battery/Sensor/Antenna.
• Define product inspection specifications based on specifications and  product performance.
• Participate in face-to-face meeting with customer and  prepares presentation  materials  as needed.
• Participate in DFMEA ,  DR ( Design Review)  and DFM(Design Review for Manufacturability) activity with design teams (mechanical and electrical) ,  Manufacturing Engineering ,  QC, and  manufacturers.
• Makes sure  that his/her  deliverables occur in time, within specs , and  within budget.
• Create documentation to introduce new products to mass production: BOMS/Component Specs/Custom Part Specs/Product Specs/Assembly drawings/Schematics/PCB Layouts and artworks.
• Provide technical  support to factory  areas ( Production, Material Control, QC) to sustain design in production.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing engineering team and  quality to do  root cause analysis of product and electrical testing in production floor.
• Propose alternative components  to product BOMs to support  material control team based on Engineering change request.
• Participate with  Material control and Sales in  RFQs process  ( Request for quotations) to get new business.
• Participate in the  RFQ ( Request for Quotation ) process as needed, by creating block diagram, BOMs ,sketches, schematics, and presentations for product concepts.
• Participate in face-to-face meeting with customer to discuss technical requirements of a quoted product and  prepares presentation materials as needed.

THE CANDIDATE

Experience, Qualifications and Education:

• 3-5 years of experience in product design from automotive/consumer electronics/medical devices or similar industry background.
• Master or Bachelor’s in Engineering : Radio Frequency, Electronics, Mechatronics, Automotive Systems, Bionic, Control and automation, Computer science, or similar.
• IATF 16949 Core tools training preferred.

Important Skills (Mandatory):

• Schematics and  PCB layout creation using Altium Designer/Mentor Graphics Pads software or others.
• Create product designs (block diagrams/BOMs ) based on customer requirement/specification.
• Instrument utilization: Network Analyzer, Analog and Digital Signal generators,  Vector Signal Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Logic analyzer, Protocol Tester.
• Familiarity with serial  communications:  Uart, I2C, SPI, LIN.
• Successful root cause analysis of electronic circuits/systems.

Bonus Skills (Not Mandatory):

• Designs PCB  antenna  using Ansys simulator software (or other), reducing the number of prototype cycles needed to achieve expected performance.
• Works with certification labs to get agency approvals such as  FCC, IC, CE, Arib, others.
• PCB antenna design and simulations  using HFSS.
• Component antenna ( chip/Flex ) antenna selection for 2.4 GHz bands.

• RF matching  network design.
• Antenna design measurement/characterization (gain, EIRP, radiation pattern, efficiency)
• Radio Transceiver measurements:   Sensitivity, RF power conduced and  radiated.
• Familiarity with any specific RF transceiver evaluation tools.
• Knowledge of Labview/Phyton/other for test automation is a plus.
• Basic knowledge of C for embedded

Software Skills:

• Altium Designer/ Mentor Pads  (PCB/Schematic).
• Electrical circuit simulation (Multisim, other).
• MS Office.
• Ansys HFSS software (Not Mandatory).
• Teraterm/Hyperterm.