Job Title:  Electrical Engineer

Location: 

Harleysville, PA, US, 19438

Business Unit:  Power & Data Systems
Posting Date:  Mar 23, 2025
Job Description: 

AMETEK PDS is seeking an energetic, innovative, Electrical Engineer to join our exceptional and growing engineering team.  We design advanced, high-reliability, aircraft power distribution systems.  While we are laser focused on quality and reliability, we strive to maintain a culture that promotes creativity, innovation, comradery, and fun!

 

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

  • Provide design leadership, coaching, and support in the effective use of engineering practices to analyze, specify, design, document, and test products
  • Perform detailed electronic design, troubleshooting, validation, and qualification of power, analog, and digital circuits including microprocessor and EPLD-based systems design
  • Utilize digital skills to produce the required Built-In-Testing coverage and achieve the data rates and responsiveness required to interrupt faults and report information to the cockpit
  • Regularly interface with other engineering disciplines, both local and remote, to perform development and design validation activities
  • Support manufacturing activities during prototype builds, executing startup and DVT testing of new designs, and the completion of detailed FTA and FMECA analysis.
  • Provide technical product support and troubleshooting as necessary to manufacturing, customers and end users
  • Leverage knowledge of aircraft electrical system concepts and aerospace industry standards to develop system architectures
  • Research, recommend, and develop technologies, processes, and methods to meet both customer and AMETEK goals
  • Analyze and decompose customer requirements into design requirements while ensuring compliance with safety, redundance, and reliability requirements
  • Responsible for the high-level coordination of cross-functional engineering teams during all phases of system integration testing
  • Prepare technical proposals and cost estimates

 

Required Skills and Experience:

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
  • Minimum of 5-10yrs of relevant engineering design work experience
  • Experience designing analog, digital, microprocessor, and high-power AC/DC circuits
  • A track record of on-time delivery of project milestones
  • Ability to produce accurate, detailed electronic schematics
  • Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, dataloggers, analyzers, programmable waveform generators, power supplies, and programmable loads
  • Ability to write technical requirements
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Positive, can-do attitude
  • Great communication and documentation skills

 

Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • Airborne electronic hardware development experience using DO-160 and DO-254.
  • Experience with one or more of the following:  I2C, SPI, RS485, CANBus, ARINC 429
  • Schematic capture using Altium
  • Some programming experience preferred. (C, C++, C#, Python, Visual Basic, or other)
  • Requirements capture using DOORS
  • Familiarity with ARP-4754A

Compensation

Employee Type:  Salaried
Salary Minimum:  $110,000
Salary Maximum:  $140,000
Incentive:  No

Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting.  The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

For more information on AMETEK's competitive benefits, please click here.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.0 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 21,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK (NYSE:AME) is a component of the S&P 500. Visit www.ametek.com for more information.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should call 1 (866) 263-8359.


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