Role Focus: Component Engineering (AOS/EOL & AML) and Altium CAD Librarian
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The people at Industrial Scientific are making a difference. We believe that great people working with great tools in a supportive workplace will deliver better products and services and do their best work for our customers. Our leaders understand the critical elements of breakthrough performance: bringing out the best in people; creating a climate of trust openness and high performance; fostering candor and initiative; and treating people fairly and with dignity. Industrial Scientific provides the environment leadership and support that enable employees to exceed their career expectations.
Industrial Scientifics product development team includes skilled engineers designers and technicians in the disciplines of electrical mechanical and firmware engineering. Third-party design partners are used (both locally and abroad) to augment our in-house team or to provide specific expertise. For the most part we build what we design often in our modern manufacturing factory right here in Western Pennsylvania with design work happening in Pittsburgh as well as Bangalore India and Shanghai China.
We design and develop a wide variety of world-class gas detection instruments sensors accessories and infrastructure for worker connectivity and remote management. Our designs include the latest mixed-signal embedded computing technology mechanical packaging miniaturization and compelling user interfaces. We partner with a dedicated in-house application software team to provide feature-rich web-based applications that help our customers keep their workers safe.
The Component Engineer is an experienced independent contributor who owns the health of the electrical component base used across Industrial Scientifics product portfolio. This role leads the response to allocation obsolescence and supply (AOS) issues and end-of-life (EOL) notifications by identifying and qualifying alternate components and completing the work to update Approved Manufacturer Lists (AML). Just as importantly this person understands our designs well enough to recognize when a simple AML add is not simple when a proposed substitute differs in form fit function electrical performance or agency-certification impact and when a component change may drive a design those cases the Component Engineer brings the Electrical Engineers in early with a clear technical assessment and proposed path forward. The role also serves as the Altium CAD Librarian and Windchill part data owner ensuring that engineers and designers have accurate released ready-to-use symbols footprints models and part records to complete schematic and layout work.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
This position sits at the intersection of electrical engineering supply chain and design infrastructure. The Component Engineer will work closely with Electrical Engineers Designers Supply Chain Manufacturing Engineering Quality Compliance/Agency Certification and external suppliers and design partners to keep products buildable compliant and ready for both new product development and sustaining engineering.
The duties may include but are not limited to:
Component Engineering AOS EOL and AML Management
- Monitor triage and drive resolution of allocation obsolescence and supply (AOS) issues and manufacturer end-of-life (EOL) last-time-buy and product change notifications (PCNs) for electrical and electronic components.
- Research identify and evaluate alternate and second-source components using manufacturer data distributor databases and lifecycle tools; complete the documentation and engineering change work required to update the AML.
- Perform technical comparisons of proposed alternates against the current approved part including electrical parameters tolerances temperature ratings package and land pattern pinout mechanical fit and reliability data.
- Review the schematic and PCB context in which a component is used to determine whether a substitution is a drop-in AML addition or whether it carries design performance firmware or layout impact.
- Recognize when a component change may affect agency approvals and hazardous-location certifications (UL CSA ATEX IECEx MSHA etc.) intrinsic-safety parameters or critical-component lists and escalate appropriately.
- Engage Electrical Engineers when a component change may require a design change presenting a clear technical assessment risk summary and recommended options to support an engineering decision.
- Author and process engineering change requests/orders for component and AML changes and support verification or qualification activities as needed.
- Partner with Supply Chain and Manufacturing to assess inventory last-time-buy quantities and transition timing for affected components and assemblies.
- Proactively assess component lifecycle and supply risk across active products and new designs and recommend preferred parts to reduce future obsolescence exposure.
- Maintain compliance data for components including RoHS REACH and conflict minerals information in coordination with Compliance and Quality.
Altium CAD Librarian
- Own the Altium component libraries creating reviewing releasing and maintaining schematic symbols PCB footprints 3D models simulation models and component parameters.
- Ensure footprints follow IPC land-pattern standards and internal design rules and are suitable for Industrial Scientifics PCB fabrication and assembly processes.
- Administer and maintain the Altium environment including managed libraries templates design rules output job files user settings permissions and configuration standards.
- Provide everything engineers and designers need to complete schematic capture and PCB layout work including timely creation of new parts to support project schedules.
- Provide first-line Altium support to engineers and designers troubleshooting library project setup and data consistency issues.
- Define document and continuously improve library standards naming conventions review checklists and release workflows.
Windchill Part Data Management
- Create and maintain electrical part records in Windchill including manufacturer manufacturer part number AML/AVL associations lifecycle status compliance attributes and supporting documentation.
- Maintain alignment between Altium Windchill ERP and BOMs; support BOM validation part number cleanup and duplicate part reduction.
- Follow enforce and help mature corporate engineering change and part release processes.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Electronics Engineering Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience
- 5 years of experience in component engineering electrical design ECAD library management or a closely related role supporting electronic hardware products
- Solid working knowledge of electronic components including passives discretes ICs power devices connectors batteries sensors and electromechanical parts
- Ability to read and interpret schematics PCB layouts datasheets and component drawings well enough to judge the design impact of a component change
- Hands-on experience creating schematic symbols and PCB footprints in Altium Designer
- Experience managing component obsolescence EOL notifications alternate part qualification and AML/AVL updates
- Experience with PLM systems and engineering change processes; Windchill preferred
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
- Self-starter with the ability to work as part of a team while also meeting individual responsibilities
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5 years of relevant experience
- Experience administering Altium 365 Concord Pro or another managed ECAD library environment
- Familiarity with IPC-7351 land-pattern standards and PCB fabrication and assembly processes (DFM/DFA)
- Experience with component lifecycle and sourcing tools such as SiliconExpert IHS/Accuris Octopart or distributor portals
- Knowledge of agency approval and hazardous-location requirements (UL CSA ATEX IECEx MSHA) and how component changes affect certification
- Familiarity with compliance requirements such as RoHS REACH and conflict minerals
- Experience with ERP systems (e.g. Oracle or SAP) and BOM management
- Experience in embedded electronic systems battery-powered devices or industrial safety products
Soft Skills:
- Able to work effectively in a formal product development team environment
- Able to exercise independent sound judgment including knowing when an issue requires engineering involvement
- Explicit concise technical communicator who can summarize component risks and options for engineers supply chain and management
- Highly organized and disciplined in following and improving established processes
- Able to manage multiple concurrent AOS/EOL issues and commit to and work under deadlines
- Demonstrated understanding of Stage-Gate development process
- Collaborate with suppliers third-party and offshore development teams when needed
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About Industrial Scientific
Industrial Scientific designs and manufactures gas detection products and solutions that protect workers from hazardous conditions around the world. Since our beginnings in 1985 we have pioneered numerous technologies including the first 3-gas detector 6-gas detector wireless gas detector and even the first gas detector to be included on a NASA space shuttle. Today we continue to innovate and expand our hardware and software offerings to equip the connected workers of the future. Our latest solutions make it possible to see and respond to hazards in real time bringing us one step closer to our vision of ending death on the job by 2050.
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