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Electrical Engineer (san jose south)


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Date: 2008-10-02, 3:26PM PDT



JOB DESCRIPTION
Electrical Engineer

Department: Engineering
Reports To: Engineering Manager
Rate of Pay:

SUMMARY:

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Confer with engineers, customers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects and products.
• Design, implement, maintain, and improve electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, and domestic purposes.
• Operate computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment to perform engineering tasks.
• Direct and coordinate manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, and testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes, and customer requirements.
• Perform detailed calculations to compute and establish manufacturing, construction, and installation standards and specifications.
• Inspect completed installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational and safety standards.
• Plan and implement research methodology and procedures to apply principles of electrical theory to engineering projects.
• Prepare specifications for purchase of materials and equipment.
• Supervise and train project team members as necessary.
• Investigate and test vendors' and competitors' products.
• Meet commitments
• Maintain confidentiality

QUALIFCATIONS/ REQUIRMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge
• Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
• Telecommunications — Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Understands business implications of decisions

Skills
• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Troubleshooting — Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Technology Design — Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
• Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Conflict resolution skills
• Generates creative solutions and use feedback to modify designs;
• Use of intuition and experience to complement data
• Applies design principles to job
• Demonstrates attention to detail
• Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner
• Works well in group problem solving situations
• Communicates changes effectively
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
• Use of creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems
• Being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude

Abilities

• Ability to work overtime if necessary
• Ability to accept criticism and deal calmly and effectively with high stress situations
• Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
• Bachelor's degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university; or six to eight years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.









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