Electrical Component Engineer

1. Electrical Component Engineer

Location: Chennai

Experience: 5+ years

Job Responsibilities:

The individual will be responsible for selection, qualification, and management of the electronic components used in electronic product development. He / She should ensure components meet

quality, reliability and performance. The individual should also know electronic component validation and testing. Also, He / She has to manage lifecycle, risk, availability and obsolescence.

He / She should work with Electronic Computer-Aided Design (ECAD) engineer and Mechanical Computer-Aided Design (MCAD) engineer as a part of the role. He / She should work with various

stakeholders to ensure components are suitable for design, manufacturing, and the end product.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Component Selection and Evaluation of Electronic Components. Identifying, evaluating, and selecting appropriate electronic components (e.g. resistors, capacitors, semiconductors) based on project requirements, performance, cost, and reliability.
• Create Technical Documentation and maintain detailed documentation for components, including specifications, datasheets, and bills of materials (BOMs).
• Check and verify ECAD and MCAD models and integrate it in the ECAD tools.
• Conduct Component Testing and Validation to verify component performance, reliability, and compliance with standards.
• Proactively track the lifecycle of components and develop mitigation strategies for obsolete or end-of-life (EOL) parts to prevent production disruptions.
• Investigating component failures, identifying root causes, and recommending corrective actions.
• Perform testing and evaluation of components and conduct failure analysis to ensure they meet quality and reliability standards.
• Evaluate and qualify new component suppliers, manage relationships with existing ones, and conduct capability and capacity analyses.
• Ensuring components comply with relevant regulations, safety standards, and industry’s best practices.
• Collaborate with design team and engineers and work closely with electrical, mechanical, and other engineers to refine designs and resolve issues.

Required Qualification:         

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of active, passive, and electromechanical components, semiconductors, and relevant industry standards.
• Experience in electronic component selection, evaluation, failure analysis, and qualification processes
• Familiarity with industry standards and regulations.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with component databases and documentation.
• Knowledge of CAD tools and component libraries.

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge in Shmoo test and plot.
• Knowledge in ECAD tools like Altium, Allegro and Siemens
• Knowledge and Experience in IPC standards, industry standards for ECAD library creation, such as IPC-7351 and IPC-2221.
• Knowledge in Creo and TeamCenter.