Sr. Electrical Engineer

Xylem |ˈzīləm|

1) The tissue in plants that brings water upward from the roots;

2) a leading global water technology company.

Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, is the leading global provider of efficient, innovative and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used, managed, conserved and re-used. Our international team is unified in a common purpose: creating advanced technology and other trusted solutions to solve the world’s water challenges. We are committed to creating an organization of inclusion and diversity, where everyone feels involved, respected, valued and connected, and where everyone is free to bring their authentic selves and ideas.

If you are excited and passionate about helping us #letssolvewater, we want to hear from you!

The Role: As a key member of the Research and Development team, the candidate will perform the functions of electrical hardware design, analysis, implementation, circuit board testing, and field testing pertaining to instrumentation development from concept to design and implementation. Circuit board layout, schematics, component selection, test specification, and manufacturing transfer are all responsibilities in this position.

Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:

• Designing, developing, reviewing, updating, modifying, and approving electrical designs, schematics, PCBs and assembled modules, both internal and third party supplied.
• Liaising with other engineers to ensure projects are complete to specifications and on time.
• Establishing relationships with vendors, suppliers, other professionals, and expanding networks.
• Maintaining and improving existing engineering processes.
• Participating in conferences, events, and networking and learning opportunities.
• Drawing up budgets, schedules, company regulations, and various other documents.
• Analyzing existing processes and scheduling meetings to discuss improvement initiatives.
• Conducting research, performing diagnostics, and troubleshooting equipment, systems and procedures
• Ensuring a safe, positive work environment.
• Product Safety Review Board (PSRB) Site Chair – Ensure products meet safety requirements and that a process exists to identify and address product safety defects with corrective actions, including conducting site audits and bi-annual reporting of results.
• Interface with SVHC auditor to provide formatted product BOM’s to audit for SVHC substances and ensure component dossier’s are generated for parts that are out of compliance.
• Conflict Mineral project – Filter product BOM’s to determine components that are within scope for conflict mineral auditing based on their category.
• Product Compliance Certification for Market Access – Determine the compliance marks required to sell products in various regions and oversee product compliance testing.
• RoHS Compliance – Ensuring all products comply with the latest RoHS standards.
• Participation in Xylem Watermark volunteer activities

Minimum Qualifications: Education, Experience, Skills, Abilities, License/Certification:

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Extensive practical experience (7+ years) in research, design and development.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Practical experience with CAD software.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with compliance management and certification.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent motivational skills and multitasking abilities.
• Previous experience in design and development of schematics and PCBs.
• Extensive experience working with CAD software for board design like P-CAD, PADS and others
• Extensive experience working with lab equipment like digital mustimeters, scopes, signal generators, VNAs, spectrum analyzers etc.
• Great soldering skills and ability to work with small components under microscope.
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing electronic boards
• Knowledge and previous experience documenting, organizing and filing ECs
• Knowledge in principle of operations of LNAs, PAs, analog and digital filters, PSs etc.
• Experience researching, selecting, sourcing and buying electronic components for R&D prototyping and BOMs for manufacturing.
• Knowledge in impedance matching and its practical application in RF designs, high speed PCB design and acoustic transducer design.
• Knowledge in regulatory agencies requirements around the world
• Experience in preparing, arranging, conducting with collaboration or without external help all regulatory required tests, measurements and data analysis to pass certification requirements by same agencies.

We Offer You More Than Just “A Job”

• Professional Development – To advance the capabilities of our people, we offer a wide variety of experiences to support our employees’ professional growth and continuous learning.
• Total Rewards – We offer comprehensive programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, work-life integration and corporate citizenship.
• Watermark – Watermark is our corporate social responsibility program working to provide education and access to safe water to ensure healthy lives, gender equality, and resilient communities. Employees have the opportunity to learn and volunteer on various water-related projects.
• Employee Networks – Our Employee Networks provide a professional, supportive network for employees from diverse backgrounds, including Women’s, LGBT+ and Allies, Veteran’s, People of Color and Allies, Hispanic Origin & Latin Affinity, Emerging Leaders, Working Parents Networks and Non-Native English Speakers and Allies.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

(The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters and must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, bend, and move about the facility
• Office: Standard office equipment; work usually performed in an office setting free from any disagreeable elements
• Standard weekly job hours: 40 hours

Xylem is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.