Component Engineer - Electrical

Elbit America, Inc.
Roanoke, VA
Job Summary:

The Senior Electrical Engineer is a seasoned professional responsible for applying advanced engineering knowledge to execute and manage complex technical assignments. The role requires full competence in all conventional aspects of electrical engineering, particularly in areas where technical requirements are understood but design implementation has not yet been defined. This position involves developing new and improved techniques and procedures to address substantial complexity in engineering tasks. The Senior Electrical Engineer will plan, schedule, and coordinate significant projects, collaborating with other departments or programs. The role also involves frequent interaction with customers to explain methods, present data, and resolve technical issues or provide solutions.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

  • Responsible for carrying out specific project responsibilities as part of larger program objectives involved in the design and development of products, equipment, or processes. May design, lay out complex items. Consults with higher level engineering personnel to resolve more complex design alternatives. Utilize electronic design tools such as schematic capture. Review and implement design for manufacturing (DFM) and design for test (DFT) objectives
  • Evaluate, test, analyze, and select optimum design alternatives for obsolete components, and provide direction to others who determine appropriate materials and processes for specific component applications.
  • Utilize project planning and monitoring methods to ensure timely completion. Assume responsibility for successful completion (Schedule, Performance, Cost) of component engineering services.
  • Collaborate with purchasing in obtaining quotations or bids and recommends selection of vendors.
  • Prepare DMS reports, lead free control plans, and obsolescence and counterfeit mitigation plans.
  • Following schematic capture but prior to PCB layout, work with ESA EEs and PCB designers and external PCB layout service providers, assisting in defining PCB layout specifications, stack-up, trace clearances, trace widths, trace impedances and all other aspects of the board design relating to signal integrity. Aid the designer in establishing constraints in the layout constraint editor system.
  • Ability to learn and follow PCB layout, analyze the resulting PCB design using ANSYS & Mentor Graphics SI/HFSS tools for potential signal integrity and power integrity issues, interference and coupling issues, and perform 3D EMI analysis.
  • Maintain/develop SI model library within the Mentor EDM environment. Build and maintain SI model library (.ibis models) within Mentor flow & ANSYS models.
  • During all phases of the design and development process, provide technical input and support to product design teams across ESA in the areas of component engineering, electrical component library maintenance, schematic symbol and footprint creation. Create DMS reports and perform DMS services on development, NPI and production programs. Experience with Si Expert and/or Accuris tools to accomplish DMS services.
  • Position will be supporting the implementation of Siemens EDM and help train the electrical engineers with the aid of Siemens application engineers on the new software. Assist in developing the necessary processes and procedures around the new toolset.
  • Maintain/administer the electrical engineering disciplines software tool suite and licensure which includes but not limited to: Siemens Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise (Designer, Layout, Hyperlynx, CES), Siemens EDM, ANSYS HFSS/SIWave.
  • Desired and/or growth opportunity: Following schematic capture but prior to PCB layout, work with ESA EEs and PCB designers and external PCB layout service providers, assisting in defining PCB layout specifications, stack-up, trace clearances, trace widths, trace impedances and all other aspects of the board design relating to signal integrity. Aid the designer in establishing constraints in the layout constraint editor system.


Education, Experience & License or Certification:

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent scientific discipline with 4 -7 or more years of experience to be proficient in the above areas or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Electrical or Electronic degree preferred.
  • Incumbents must possess intensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
  • Training Pre-requisites (Within One Year of Taking Position):
    • ESD
  • Safety Training, as dictated by Safety Department


Skills and Abilities:

  • Proficient experience with one or more major ECAD tool suites such as:
    • Mentor Graphics Expedition / EDM.
    • Cadence
    • Altium
  • ESA primarily uses Mentor Graphics Expedition and ANSYS HFSS. Current proficiency with Mentor Graphics schematic capture and library tools is preferred.
  • Ability to function and effectively communicate in a dynamic integrated product team environment, supporting a variety of different programs.
  • Experienced in current electronic manufacturing processes and methods, and compact/high density electronic and component packaging techniques and methods.


Travel/Physical Requirements:

  • Approximately 10% travel time (~2-3 trips of up to 1 week each per year) will be required to support multiple ESA sites and cross-site projects.

#LI-SW1 Here Are Some of the Great Benefits We Offer:

  • Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule providing every other Friday off
  • Competitive compensation & 401k program to plan for your future
  • Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
  • Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
  • Flexible Vacation & PTO
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Generous Employee Referral Program
  • Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identify Theft, Pet Insurance, and more
  • Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Elbit America is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Posted 2025-08-10

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