Senior Electrical Engineer

Business Unit:

Cubic Defense Company Details:

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people's lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details:

This position is for an experienced Digital Design Engineer who has a strong foundation in Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design and manufacturing. As a Sr. Electrical Engineer, you will work to completely understand customer requirements, foundational technology, tools, techniques, and the electrical rule implementations which drive the raw board fabrication and assembly supplier capabilities. You will be the technical bridge between Engineering and Manufacturing. Your work will enable a smooth transition from engineering release to and through production. Your early-on engineering engagement will instill an understanding which will ensure that engineering and manufacturing are in sync awarding suppliers whose capabilities, tools, and technology roadmap are aligned with the CCA design goals. You will become an integral part of the design and production process cradle to grave. You should be able to demonstrate a strong knowledge and understanding of low loss board materials, glass styles, stackup optimizations which support both sequential and single lamination constructions, buried via's, blind via's, impedance tuned via's, and high-volume short-stub backdrill. You should be very familiar with surface finishes, advanced oxide treatments, smooth copper, via aspect ratio trade-offs, and

IPC-6012

Class 2 & 3 requirements. You should also be very familiar with printed circuit board fine pitch assembly requirements with respect to component footprint optimization, and solder mask and solder paste trade-offs for high reliability attach. Most the CCAs we design have advanced FPGAs, microprocessors, and DDR memory. You should be experienced with the associated design requirements and successful implementations. This also includes, Flash memory, Ethernet interfaces, USB, SD card interface, RS-232, RS-422, I2C, SPI, UART, audio, video, switching and linear power supplies, GPS, etc. The tools we use include Altium Designer, Mentor Graphics HyperLynx

SI/PI, LT

Spice, Xilinx Vivado, Matlab, Polar Speedstack + SI9000, etc. You should be able to understand and review the designs including schematic, component selection, layout, fab, assembly, power, test plans/procedures, documentation, design for manufacturing, development of ATE (Automated Test Equipment) and ATP (Automated Test Procedure). Performs complex electrical engineering duties following designated standards and procedures. Works closely with engineering disciplines. Duties require application of engineering principles and techniques. This job requires strong analytical and technical abilities and demands fast, but carefully thought-out results.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding the design, analysis, testing, and documentation of Circuit Card Assemblies
• Responsible for understanding circuit, component, subsystem, and equipment interfaces
• Responsible for understanding digital, analog or radio frequency circuits, components, and subsystems
• Reviews design specifications and provide recommendations
• Reviews circuit interconnection or subsystem prototype assembly design
• Reviews design and operation objectives, specifications and resource needs
• Reviews test control, strategies, apparatus and equipment
• Supports the interface and partnering with customers, contractors and marketing vendors
• Aid in the evaluation of supplier capabilities to provide required products or services
• Participates in design reviews and technical meetings
• Participates in supplier capability audits
• Work to understand design proposals reflecting cost, schedule and technical approach
• Helps monitors project status and progress
• Works with Engineering to keeps abreast of improvements in electronic engineering techniques
• Supports prototype construction, debug and test

Minimum Job Requirements:

Four-year college degree in Electrical Engineering or science discipline plus a minimum of six years' experience or an applicable Master's of Science degree and four years of related experience. Desired experience in designing, developing and testing hardware. Effective written and oral communication skills. Ability to use typical office automation products such as word processors and spreadsheets. Knowledge of customer needs and competing products. Mental ability to perform analytical work. Ability to prioritize work, complete multiple tasks and work under deadlines. Good interpersonal skills. May be required to travel domestically and internationally to include working odd hours, in-line with customer requirements. Must be able to obtain a Security Clearance. ‎

Cubic Pay Range:

$115,000.00 - $135,000.00 + benefits. ‎ The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. ‎ ‎

Worker Type:

Employee ‎ We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law. Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people's lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Cubic is dedicated to providing a comprehensive employee benefits program. All regular, full-time and part-time employees (working an average of 20 hours per week) are eligible for benefits that are effective on the first day of employment. Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks), life insurance options, critical illness and accident coverages, Flexible Spending Accounts, a pre-paid legal plan, travel accident insurance, an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account, up to six weeks of paid parental leave, and a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match. Employees can also take advantage of backup childcare, pet care, pet insurance, virtual tutoring, and a tuition reimbursement program. Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation. Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic's flexible time-off arrangement. Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly. Lastly, Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. With a presence in over 60 countries and more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Cubic is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer. We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law. For more information on Equal Employment please visit: http://www.cubic.com/Careers/Applicant-Help To learn more, visit Cubic.com. Follow us on LinkedIn!