Engineer - Product Definition

Job Description Summary

As an Electrical Product Definition Engineer (PCB Designer) with the Unison business of GE Aerospace, you'll be part of a team of electrical and mechanical engineers developing high-reliability electrical circuit boards for the aerospace industry and beyond.You will be a member of an Integrated Product Development Team and be responsible for completing designs from initial concepts through final qualification and production release.Also, in this role you will work directly with manufacturing and suppliers and leverage their feedback to optimize designs for manufacturing.

Job Description

In this role you will create detailed layouts, fabrication and assembly drawings/models primarily using Siemens Xpedition, PADS and NX. You will interact closely with engineers of other functions including Electrical, Mechanical, and Manufacturing to collaborate on new designs.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Overall ownership and accountability of product definition for assigned projects from launch through production.
• Create Schematics and layouts for Single-Sided, Double-Sided, Multilayer, Flex and Rigid Flex boards,
• Generate / review parts for library use.
• Create all associated drawings for electrical portion of the design package and lead drawing reviews.
• Ensure proper configuration management on documents.
• Work within the guidelines of:
  • Applicable GE Policies & Procedures
  • Unison and Industry Standards (IPC/ASME)
  • Customer Specifications
  • Government and Commercial Standards
• Ensure all interface characteristics between components are established and agreed upon by component owners of mating / interfacing parts.
• Concurrently manage multiple projects monitoring progress and quality and ensure schedule requirements are met.
• Develop low-cost solutions and meet unit cost targets.
• Perform tolerance stack-up analysis.
• Have a thorough understanding of Engineering Drawing Practices ASME Y14.100.
• Interpret and clarify customer technical requirements.
• Define and maintain technical compliance to customer requirements.
• Develop design concepts for technical proposals.
• Legacy product improvements and manufacturing support.
• Support Internal research & development.
• Support the resolution of field issues.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (or High School Diploma/GED with at least 4 years of Design and/or Engineering experience).
• This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens.  GE will require proof of status prior to employment.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Proficient in use of Xpedition.
• Proficient in use of PADS.
• Familiar with DX Designer. (NX or other MCAD Tools and PCB Design Tools)
• Familiar with HyperLynx.
• Working knowledge of the IPC standards.
• Experience with multi-layer PCB layouts.
• Experience with surface mount digital board design.
• Experience with high voltage, high current layouts.
• Ability to manage electronic data files in a structured database environment.
• Ability to influence and seamlessly work cross-functionally in a matrix organization.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

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