Electrical Design Engineer II

Larson Davis offers a full line of noise and vibration measurement instrumentation, from sound level meters to personal noise dosimeters. Our solutions are used in a range of applications from community and environmental noise monitoring to industrial hygiene measurements. Our teams in Provo, Utah and Cincinnati, Ohio are united in a common mission to create an experience of Total Customer Satisfaction through our products and services. Learn more about our teams | www.larsondavis.com www.linkedin.com/company/larson-davis

More Reasons to Join The Team

Larson Davis offers a highly collaborative and team-based atmosphere. Total Customer Satisfaction, for internal and external customers alike, is at the heart of our business and guides our interactions every day. Social events and opportunities are hosted throughout the year aimed to develop internal relationships and promote a culture focused on collaboration and teamwork. Larson Davis also provides all full-time team members with 100% employer paid medical premiums for you and your family, a competitive PTO package and 10 company paid holidays.

As an Electrical Design Engineer II with Larson Davis, you will leverage your electrical engineering education, hands-on experience, and technical expertise to design, develop, and enhance products while ensuring compliance with Intrinsically Safe (IS) standards. You will collaborate within engineering teams and with other departments to support all phases of product development, from concept to final testing, implementation, and support. This role will require you to contribute to the design and development of electrical systems and products that meet industry standards.

Responsibilities:

• Work within an ISO 9001 environment by following procedures and helping improve the ISO 9001 process.
• Be involved in routinely learning and implementing new technologies, participate in the creation of plans for product development, participate in the product quality assurance process.
• Design and test preamps, sound level meters, microphones, and other products related to Larson Davis.
• Design and create filter coefficients using a variety of development tools, environments and languages.
• Develop and implement testing procedures for electrical systems and components, including environmental testing and safety compliance verification.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex electrical issues, performing root cause analysis to improve product reliability and performance.
• Design, develop, and test electrical systems and components with a focus on Intrinsically Safe (IS) products.
• Develop and test product prototypes, ensuring they meet Intrinsically Safe standards (IECEx, ATEX, UL, etc.).
• Develop internal acoustic testing for instruments.
• Provide training to team members on related intrinsically safe projects.
• Work with other departments to solve product related problems. Test, troubleshoot, and conduct analyses to improve reliability, quality and profit.
• May attend seminars, visit customers and write technical documentation in active support of technology.
• Conduct project tracking, scheduling, and costing tasks as needed to ensure project timelines and budgets are adhered to.
• Support mechanical and hardware design. Provides input for instrument additions and replacement.
• Ensures that team members understand and follow established policies and procedures within the calibration system and adhere to the Employee Guide and Quality Management System.
• Act as a liaison between Engineering and Production departments regarding new products and procedures affecting metrology and calibration by specifying the ME and M&TE to be used for parameters and or product being tested.
• Works with the Production Manager to determine policies governing access to the testing areas.
• Act as a liaison between the Engineering, Compliance, and Production departments regarding the integration of Intrinsically Safe features into new and existing products.
• Perform other related duties as directed to ensure efficient operation of the Engineering Department

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or similar degree.
• Experience: Minimum of five years embedded systems development. C/C required; embedded OS, signal processing, hardware design. Ability to work with certifying bodies to maintain industry accreditations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters or Doctorate preferred. Experience in acoustic design and testing or related field is preferred. Knowledge of intrinsically safe standards. Proficiency in tools such as Altium Designer.
• Travel is not typical but ability to travel <10% of the time to attend conferences is preferred.

Additional Benefits:

• 100% Company Paid Medical Insurance Premiums
• Paid Time Off and Company Paid Holidays
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Company funded HRA Account
• Employer paid basic life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance
• 401k Company Match
• Annual Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement & Dependent Scholarship Plan
• Dependent Orthodontic Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts, Holiday Gift Certificates, Referral Bonus
• Hybrid work schedule available once trained and dependent upon work being performed.

Physical Demands (U.S. only)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

International Traffic in Arms Regulations

This position requires access to “controlled technology” as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. §730 et. seq.) and “technical data” as defined in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R, Chapter 1, Subchapter M). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work.

PCB Piezotronics, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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