Associates get the royal treatment at Garmin. Regardless if you’re a newbie or a veteran, engineers dream it, design it and use it. Here, you will be surrounded by others who share the same passion about what they do every day. We offer a relaxed team environment (no dress code!) where advancement is found from sharing knowledge, not hiding it! While we promise you a lot of responsibility, you also will have the opportunity to have ownership over projects…oh, and we promise you there will be some fun mixed in there, too!
At Garmin, our aviation technology provides an industry-leading combination of performance, safety, quality, value, innovation and ease of operation to help our consumers get the most out of every hour they spend in the air. We strive for continual innovation, resulting in high-quality, state-of-the-art products aimed at giving our pilots an unwavering level of confidence when they’re up in the air.
At Garmin, we like to laugh, have fun and work hard. It comes easily when you work on cool products with hard-working individuals who share the same passion. We offer numerous opportunities to get involved – kickball anyone? – and believe strongly in a work-life balance so your creativity can flow.
Garmin offers one of the most comprehensive compensation and benefit plans around. We offer extensive health care coverage with little to no contributions, depending on the plan. Plus, we offer stock options, a 401k plan, a pension plan….trust us, it doesn’t get much better than this. Unless of course, you want to talk table tennis, fitness spaces, product discounts….come on, what are you waiting for? Apply today.
Garmin's Aviation Engineering team is seeking a full time Senior Design Engineer in Salem, OR to provide technical leadership and project planning for complex analog, digital, and/or RF designs for products that are new for Garmin and may serve as a Project Engineer on new projects that involve new designs or major changes to an existing design.
At Garmin, you do more as a senior design engineer than sit at a desk working on schematics. You create. You build. You DESIGN. From building printed circuit board layouts to working with various equipment (multimeters, power supplies, oscilloscopes and more), you will design and build prototypes, solder and develop your own tests to help us with our ultimate goal – to create products that solve complex problems and make people’s lives safer, healthier and more enjoyable.
Essential Functions:•Serves in leadership capacity for carrying out complex design and development of analog, digital or RF designs for products that involve complicated schematics and PCB design consisting of one or more PCB’s• May serve as a Project Engineer on new projects that involve a new design or major changes to an existing design• Works closely with software engineering and processor manufacturers to turn on new processors• Partners with Mechanical Engineers to design best PCB solution accounting for thermal and space constraints• Teams with Production, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, and Software Engineering to ensure robust designs and appropriate testability• Collaborates and adds value through participation in design reviews, providing comments on electrical design aspects and other engineering areas• Evaluates new technologies as they apply to existing functions• Participates in project leadership and/or program planning including providing technical input to product development plans and concept documents• Makes substantial contributions toward determination of project goal/objective feasibility• Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced Design Engineers (1 & 2)• Contributes to advanced technical research on new technologies • Independently determines general approach and specific solutions to technical problems • Offers process improvement suggestions and authors new procedures as appropriate• Directs and coordinates manufacture of prototypes • Plans and develops experimental test programs to verify compliance to all applicable regulations and quality guidelines• Provides reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using sound problem solving techniques• Provides technical input to product development plans and concept documents• Exemplifies Garmin’s Mission Statement and Quality Policy and proactively works to improve Garmin’s image and culture• Analyzes test data and reports to determine if the proposed design meets functional and performance specifications• Evaluates engineering test results for possible application to developments of other systems • Utilizes software tools and test equipment to formulate and test electronic designs• Supports production facilities in the manufacture of products• Interfaces with the Test Engineers and factory personnel on the testing and production of the products• Performs cost/performance tradeoff analysis of different circuit options• Investigates the usage of the latest components and technologies
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES: • Participate in recruiting activities as assigned
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Master of Science Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering AND a minimum of 3 years relevant experience OR Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering from a four-year college or university AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills• Must demonstrate proficiency with a complicated schematic and PCB design consisting of one or more PCB’s • Broad technical knowledge and skills in one or more areas of Electrical Engineering (e.g., analog, digital, RF, and/or DSP)
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
• Extensive circuit design experience for consumer or aviation products
Candidates with previous work experience in circuit design for consumer or aviation products are highly preferred! Pilot's license and a passion for flying is a definite plus!
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