Sr. Electrical Designer

Sr. Electrical Designer

This is an onsite role for 6 months. Wire Harness & Creo Cabling is the focus here.

Performs design and drafting of both electrical and mechanical aspects of electrical/electronic equipment. Designs wiring harnesses; performs layout drawing and checking of schematic diagrams as supplied in rough form by electrical engineering; makes wiring diagrams from schematic diagrams (vice-versa).

• Performs overall line replaceable unit (LRU) chassis and housing design/drafting, including overall system packaging.
• Selects LRU/wiring harness components such as electrical connectors, electrical accessories, wire, shielding, shield terminators, terminal lugs, etc.
• Produces schematic diagrams and/or CAD drawings for submission to customers, plant, operations or outside vendors to produce the specified LRU/wiring harnesses and cable assemblies.
• Output must be able to be entered directly into data management configuration control.

Skills, Experience & Education Required

• 5 years of Creo design
• Experience working with electrical/electronic systems of military ground vehicles
• Expert knowledge of CAD drafting/modeling and design techniques.
• Experience designing wiring harnesses/cable assemblies, routing of wiring harnesses/cable assemblies and developing wiring harness/cable assembly drawings
• Understanding of drawing generation utilizing Creo Pro-Cable (minimum 2 years experience)
• Understanding of MIL-STD-100, ANSI Y14.5/14.41, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Associate Degree in a relevant technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; plus a minimum of 9 years experience; OR relevant Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus an additional 5 years experience
• Understanding of wire routing utilizing Logical Data from Mentor Graphics
• Completes designs from beginning to end: including concept development, review, detailed design, documentation, verification and validation of simple sub-systems.
• Utilizes advanced modeling and analysis tools to develop product specifications, models, simulations, technical data packages and integration/verification procedures.
• Working knowledge of military electrical connector and electrical cabling specifications. Capable of creating wiring harness schematics with Visio Technical
• The Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment for this position requires highly cooperative team working skills, as well as very good oral and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of electrical engineering and electro-mechanical engineering tools is highly desired.