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Company Overview: 

Pivot International is a global electronic design and manufacturing company headquartered in Lenexa, KS.

Job Overview: 

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer in our Lenexa, KS location. In this role you will be responsible for the electronic/electrical hardware design for new and existing products. This responsibility includes working closely with customers, project managers, mechanical engineers, software engineers, technicians, manufacturing teams, and others. The Senior Electrical Engineer will provide technical leadership for complex designs while navigating all phases of development and manufacturing for product volumes in the 1,000s to 10,000s annually.

Essential Functions:

• Design electronic hardware, development documentation, and review/approve of manufacturing documentation
• Interact with customers – both in-house and at customer locations
• Develop design plans and Engineering specifications to meet customer’s design requirements
• Create product and system level test plans for the verification/validation process as well as manufacturing tests procedures and equipment
• Plan and verify product compliance to all applicable regulations
• Support new concept work and project cost estimates for new business opportunities
• Interface with vendors, customers and provide on-site manufacturing support
• Demonstrate schedule/task ownership for items under their responsibility
• Perform board bring up, debugging, and troubleshooting associated with prototypes
• Provide technical feedback/assessment of other designs (for improvements, issues, manufacturability, cost-down, etc.)
• Lead, train, and act as a mentor to less experienced Engineers
• Comply with all Pivot Quality System procedures and Work instructions
• Perform other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or equivalent work-related experience AND a minimum of 8 years relevant experience.
• Experience designing products for medium-large scale manufacturing, understanding cost constraints, part availability and lifecycle, product support, etc. for EAU’s of 1,000s to 10,000s
• Demonstrates proficiency with complicated schematic and PCB designs
• Broad technical knowledge and skills in one or more areas of Electrical Engineering (e.g., analog, digital, RF, sensing, motor controls)
• Strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Schematic and PCB creation using Altium Designer or similar CAD tool

Desired Qualifications: 

• Knowledge of PCBA fabrication, assembly, inspection and test techniques
• Proficiency with Electrical/Electronic lab equipment and soldering techniques
• Experience with High-Speed Digital PCB Design
• Expertise in Regulatory Compliance (e.g., FCC, UL)
• Experience with PLM systems, preferable Oracle Agile
• Familiarity with C programming and microcontroller peripherals such as SPI, I2C, and other protocols
• Self-starter that can multitask and allocate time to the highest priority task
• Able to obtain a passport as international travel may be required

Job Type: Full-time, in-office

Location: Lenexa, KS

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Electronic Design & Manufacturing (EDM) is a premier custom and contract manufacturing company. We specialize in the manufacturing of through-hole and surface mount circuit boards, electronic assemblies, and electro-mechanical assembly services. Our customers range from startups to Fortune 500 companies in all segments of industry with manufacturing, engineering design, service and warranty support, and full turnkey product fulfillment. EDM is an ISO9001:2015 registered company.

EDM is part of Pivot International, a global single-source design, development, engineering, and manufacturing company with over 50 years of experience. Pivot provides product development based in the United States and Europe while offering their customers the financial advantages of global tooling, procurement, and manufacturing at their facilities throughout the US, Europe, Mexico, and Asia. Through the Pivot International group of companies, they offer a unique suite of product design services with the expertise to deliver the most effective solutions.

Job Objective:

Responsible for overall development, implementation and maintenance of the organization’s ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certified Quality Management System (QMS).  Works in conjunction with Procurement, Production, Engineering and every other department to continually improve the quality of the organization’s products

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Ensure that the organization’s Quality Management System conforms to customer, internal, ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and regulatory/legal requirements
• Perform as the management representative for ISO 13485:2016 certified medical device manufacturing facility
• Lead and develop team members performing incoming, in-process, and final inspections
• Monitor and Measure KPI’s and turn raw data into dashboards, graphs, and reports
• Work with customers, employees, and 3rd part engineers to develop product requirements
• Receive all 2nd and 3rd party auditors and perform as the main POC for all audit discussions
• Perform root cause analysis, develop action plans, and implement CAPA
• Report to top management on the performance of the QMS
• Conduct internal audits of all functional groups and continually improve the QMS
• Conduct periodic management review meetings
• Update procedures and execute document control and record keeping
• Manage all nonconforming raw material and finished products
• Develop and implement Lean, 5S, Kaizen, and other tools with every department
• Oversee customer complaints, returned nonconforming product, and product recalls
• Keep up on standards, regulations/laws, issues, and news with respect to product (service) quality

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and/or at least 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance/Quality Control is required
• Experience with MS-Office is essential.
• Project management experience is a plus
• Occasional travel to vendor sites (5%) for audits, inspections, etc., may be required
• Previous experience managing an ISO13485 compliant QMS is a plus
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear.
• Standing, sitting, stooping and squatting can be expected along with light lifting of 20 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required may include close vision, distance vision, peripheral and depth perception and ability to focus.

SKILLS:

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well with people at all levels are essential

Must have strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, mathematical, and management skills

Location: La Vista, NE

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Castle Creations is a subsidiary of Pivot International and was founded in 1997. They are one of the leading experts in electronic speed controls and brushless DC motors. Headquartered in Olathe, Kansas, they excel at designing and manufacturing low-weight, high-power, brushless DC motors and controller solutions for use in a number of industries.

Job Description:

The Embedded Software Engineer will develop software for Castle’s portfolio of products related to motion control. The engineer will work on both new products and changes/enhancements to existing products. Typical products will be brushless motor controllers, telemetry applications, control algorithms and system level software development.

Duties:

• Design, develop and test embedded software
• Review code and architecture design
• Analyze data and document results of testing
• Failure mode investigation and analysis
• Write drivers and perform board bring-up
• Code documentation and revision control using GIT
• Create algorithms to perform advanced motor drive methods
• Work with a team to identify ways to improve products and processes
• Communicate with other departments to ensure deliverables are satisfactory
• Other duties as required

Skills and Qualifications:

• Knowledge of embedded hardware
• Knowledge of software development in C for microcontrollers
• Experience and ability to work with pointers
• Motor drive experience a plus
• Familiarity with electronic test equipment such as oscilloscopes and power supplies
• Knowledge on GIT
• Good software development practices
• Enthusiasm to make a difference in the company and market
• Willingness to help others on the team
• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Location: Olathe, KS

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