Job Description

About Accumetrics - a PCB Company

As a global leader in rotor telemetry technology, Accumetrics’ designs, assembles, and supports digital telemetry systems that utilize wireless techniques. Application solutions range from aerospace and defense to energy and power generation. From single channel products for strain gage torque or temperature measurements to rotor ground fault detection systems, our teams in Latham, New York and Cincinnati, Ohio are united in a common mission to create an experience of Total Customer Satisfaction. Learn more about our teams | www.accumetrix.com +  www.linkedin.com/company/accumetrics-aph

More Reasons to Join The Team

Accumetrics offers a highly collaborative and team-based atmosphere. Total Customer Satisfaction, for internal and external customers alike, is at the heart of our business and guides our interactions every day. Social events and opportunities are hosted throughout the year aimed to develop internal relationships and promote a culture focused on collaboration and teamwork. Accumetrics also provides all full-time team members with 100% employer paid medical premiums for you and your family, a competitive PTO package and 10 company paid holidays.

The Electrical Engineer I uses their engineering education and background knowledge to assist in the design, testing, and implementation of rotary telemetry systems used for data acquisition in rotating machinery. This role provides hands-on experience developing electronic circuits, telemetry systems, and embedded firmware under the guidance of senior engineers. The engineer generates documentation and actively seeks feedback. Significant interaction with Sales, Manufacturing Technicians, and other Engineers is required.

Additional Duties: 

• Support the design and development of rotary telemetry systems, including power, signal conditioning, and data transmission circuitry.
• Contribute to analog and digital circuit design, schematic capture, and circuit board layout for instrumentation modules and telemetry.
• Assist with firmware development for embedded microcontrollers, including data acquisition, signal processing, and communication protocols.
• Conduct basic electromagnetic field (EMF) and radio frequency (RF) analysis to ensure performance, quality, and compatibility.
• Perform bench testing, troubleshooting, and validation of prototypes and production units using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzers.
• Participate in the integration and testing of telemetry systems on rotating components and test rigs.
• Document designs, test procedures, and results following company and industry standards. Creates customer targeted Manuals for product.
• Learn and effectively use the company’s ERP system in support of design and manufacturing.
• Develops a functional knowledge of how to “manage risk” of new designs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and software/firmware engineers, to ensure reliable system performance.
• Work with vendors to provide high quality components at competitive costs. Seek design for manufacturing guidance from vendors in order to lower costs.
• Support continuous improvement efforts in system design, manufacturability, and reliability.
• Upon receiving project definition and design inputs from Senior Engineer, completes basic product designs.
• Possible mentorship and oversight of Engineering Co-Ops and interns
• Deliver rapid response to both intra-organizational and external technical supports.
• Assist in offsite field service activities remotely and in person as needed. Travel to other company sights, customer sites, training and trade shows as needed. 
• Researches, analyzes and studies existing products to gain a true understanding of how they work, what causes certain performance characteristics, how design affects manufacturing processes, and how design will affect cost to manufacture. Use the information gained to propose new materials, designs and processes to improve company’s market position.
• Performs other related duties as required for the efficient operation of the Engineering Department and Accumetrics as a whole.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: BS in Engineering program or related field or equivalent work experience. 
• Experience: Previous internship/co-op experience in a technical field or academic/independent technical project experience relevant to the position.  
• Travel Requirement: <20% as needed.

Additional Benefits:

• 100% Company Paid Medical Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Company funded HSA or HRA Accounts with enrollment in a medical plan
• Employer paid basic life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance
• 401k Company Match
• Annual Bonus
• Dependent Scholarship Plan
• Employee Discounts, Holiday Gift Certificates, Referral Bonus

Physical Demands (U.S. only)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.     Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; lift and carry up to 10lbs and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Employee is required to work in a production and office environment, with low to moderate noise level.

International Traffic in Arms Regulations

This position requires access to “controlled technology” as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. §730 et. seq.) and “technical data” as defined in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R, Chapter 1, Subchapter M). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work.

PCB Piezotronics is an equal opportunity employer