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Electrical Integration Technical Lead

Cohu
Posted a day ago, valid for 20 days
Location

San Diego, CA, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position requires an individual to own the electrical implementation of semiconductor handler modules throughout their lifecycle, focusing on complex industrial equipment and ensuring compliance with safety standards.
  • Candidates must have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and a minimum of 5 years of experience in designing complex industrial electrical systems, with 8 years preferred.
  • The role involves leading technical activities, mentoring junior engineers, and coordinating engineering efforts across multiple disciplines while using Zuken E3 for documentation and configuration management.
  • Strong knowledge of industrial wiring systems, power distribution, and electrical integration is essential, along with excellent organizational and communication skills.
  • The expected salary for this position is competitive, though specific figures are not provided in the job description.

Primary Responsibilities

Electrical Integration

  • Own the electrical implementation of assigned semiconductor handler modules throughout their entire product lifecycle, including prototype development, production release, manufacturing support, field support, and sustaining engineering.

  • Develop and integrate electrical systems for complex industrial equipment, including cable and harness assemblies, high-flex cable systems, e-chain routing, industrial power distribution, electrical protection, control hardware, sensors, safety systems, and associated electrical components.

  • Define cable routing to comply with NFPA 79 requirements while minimizing electrical noise (EMI), crosstalk, and supporting long-term system reliability.

  • Follow company harness and wiring standards and participate in their continuous improvement in coordination with other engineering groups.

  • Coordinate wire harness manufacturing with production, provide technical support during fabrication, and resolve manufacturing issues.

  • Coordinate procurement of prototype electrical components and ensure materials are available to support prototype build schedules.

 

Technical Leadership

  • Lead the daily technical activities of wiring engineers and electrical designers.

  • Assign and prioritize engineering work.

  • Mentor junior engineers.

  • Drive technical issues to closure.

  • Coordinate engineering activities across multiple disciplines.

  • Escalate major technical risks and system-level issues to engineering management when appropriate.

 

Engineering Documentation & Configuration Management

  • Use Zuken E3 as the primary electrical CAD platform to develop and maintain schematics, cable documentation, wire lists, harness drawings, and related engineering documentation.

  • Maintain accurate electrical documentation and ensure the electrical portion of the Oracle product BOM remains synchronized with mechanical, firmware, vision, manufacturing, and released product documentation across multiple projects.

  • Support Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), product releases, revision control, and configuration management to ensure released documentation accurately reflects the current product configuration.

 

Design Reviews

  • Review electrical drawings for completeness, consistency, manufacturability, and compliance with company standards before release.

  • Prepare technical review packages.

  • Schedule and lead electrical design reviews.

  • Document review findings, engineering decisions, and action items.

  • Drive review action items to completion and ensure all required documentation is complete prior to product release.

 

Project Coordination

  • Coordinate engineering progress across multiple engineers and projects.

  • Track engineering deliverables, project milestones, and release schedules.

  • Communicate project status, technical risks, and schedule impacts to engineering management.

  • Remove technical roadblocks affecting project execution.

  • Support manufacturing, system integration, field service, and sustaining engineering throughout the product lifecycle.

 

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

  • Minimum 5 years of designing complex industrial electrical systems, 8 years is preferred

  • Hands-on experience with Zuken E3 is highly desired.

  • Experience with Altium Designer and AutoCAD (or DraftSight) is highly desirable.

 

Strong knowledge of:

  • Industrial wiring systems, cable assemblies, harness design, connector selection, high-flex cable systems, and e-chain applications.

  • AC and DC 3 phase power distribution, circuit protection, relays, contactors, power supplies, filters, and industrial electrical components.

  • Sensors, safety systems, industrial control hardware, and electrical integration.

  • Cable routing, grounding, shielding, EMI mitigation, NFPA 79, EN60204 and electrical safety.

  • Industrial automation systems, commissioning, and troubleshooting.

  • Ability to commission, configure, and troubleshoot industrial electrical equipment using vendor software tools is a plus. (Beckhoff TwinCAT, safety controller configuration tools, servo drive software).

  • Strong documentation and configuration management skills.

  • Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills.

  • Ability to work effectively with electrical, firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams.

 

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with semiconductor capital equipment or other complex automation systems.

  • Experience with robotics, motion control, or precision automation equipment.

  • Familiarity with functional safety systems.

  • Experience leading technical design. 

  • Experience designing high-flex cable systems for continuously moving industrial equipment.

  • Experience supporting prototype builds, manufacturing, and field installations.

 




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