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Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world's dreams, people's dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality.\nAll for dreams. Dreams challenge and the Nidec-Group will continue to meet the challenge. For the world's and people's tomorrows; the world's first, the world's best technologies and products; we will continue our part in creating a better society.\nJob Summary\nLooking for an experienced electrical engineer to design, develop and test industrial rotary encoders to bring to market. This includes circuit design, fixture design, project planning, creating budgets, coordination of creating prototypes, validation testing, certification compliance, BOM creation, report writing, production/manufacturing support and troubleshooting of legacy products. This position will regularly interact with mechanical engineers and other electrical engineers to package sensitive electronics and magnetic components for use in harsh environments. Sound electrical design is a must.Job Description\nPRINCIPLE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES\nLead role in new product development of rotary encoders to meet CE, UL and ATEX requirements.\nCircuit design and simulation\nSpecifying electronic components for new products or to replace obsolete components\nValidation testing and documentation including FMEA and assisting with PFMEA\nCreating work instructions\nProduction support\n______________________________________________________________________________________\nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE\nEducation and Qualifications\nBSEE or MSEE\nExperience\n\n 10-15 years of experience in circuit design and new product development including:\nDigital, analog, microprocessor, ASIC PCB design, EMI (Immunity and Emissions), Magnetics, diagnostics, communication busses and protocols (RS-232, RS-485, I2C, SPI, CAN, etc.) conformal coatings\nHands-on troubleshooting and debugging of new and legacy products\nExperience with electric motors and designing motor controls\nReal-time programming in Embedded C\nExperience with Stage Gate project management\nExperienced in industrial automation\n______________________________________________________________________________________\nWORKING CONDITIONS\nStandard office environment, standard office equipment.\nOSHA compliant manufacturing facilities.\nCustomer Sites - Industrial manufacturing plants, Ports, Above & Underground Mines, Warehouses & logistics-center\nLess than 5% Travel required.\nAdditional Job Details\nTechnical - T5\nOrganizational Impact\nImplements strategic goals for the business unit, as determined by executive leadership, with significant impact on the department and/or job family\nExpert technical contributor\nEstablishes operational plans for job area with short-to mid-term impact on results (e.g., 1-3 years); works independently on own or others’ complex projects/assignments and typically is responsible for entire projects or processes that span outside of own team\nDevelops and provides measurable input into new products, processes, standards and/or operational plans that will have major impact on the achievement of overall results\nIs seen as a subject matter expert within the role’s respective field Communication & Influence\nCommunicates with parties within and outside of own department and/or job family, and typically has responsibilities for communicating with parties external to the organization, which may include customers or vendors\nWorks to influence others to accept business unit’s and/or job family group’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches\nRequires ability to communicate with senior leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization\nMay conduct briefings with executive leaders within the business unit and/or job family group Innovation & Complexity\nResponsible for improving upon existing technical/business processes and systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation\nProblems and issues faced are numerous, typically undefined where information is difficult to obtain\nConducts extensive investigation to understand root cause of problems\nProblems span a wide range of difficult and unique issues across business units and/or job family groups Leadership & Talent Management\nFrequently responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees across the organization within area of expertise\nTypically responsible for managing large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams\nMay have direct reports, but generally fewer than three Knowledge & Experience\nRequires mastery level technical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. Seen as expert for job area and typically has deep knowledge within multiple technical disciplines\nApplies knowledge of technical advances from a variety of industries and specializations to impact the broader business\nRequires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience\nMaster’s degree or specialized degree may also be required\nEqual Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec\nNidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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