Description

Senior Electrical Design Engineer
Location: Coppell, TX
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Arrangement: On-site

About Rochester Sensors

Rochester Sensors, an Amphenol Company, develops sensing solutions for a variety of industries, including industrial, heavy vehicle, power generation and energy storage. Headquartered in the Dallas area, Rochester Sensors serves customers globally with manufacturing operations in the United States, Mexico, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and China.

Our products are built around quality, accuracy, and reliability, supporting OEMs and distributors across agricultural, automotive, industrial, construction, heavy truck, off-road, petrochemical, refrigeration, process equipment, and other demanding markets.

Please note: This is not a remote position. Candidates must be located in or willing to work on-site in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

SENIOR ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER 

OVERVIEW 

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to own the development of electronic hardware for Rochester's liquid level and sensing products, deployed across heavy vehicle, off-road, construction, agricultural, industrial, and adjacent markets. This is a hands-on design role for an engineer who has taken electronic products from concept through production release and can own the outcome end to end — circuit design, PCB, verification and validation, root cause analysis, and the cross-functional work required to launch and sustain a product. Our products operate in demanding environments, including wide temperature ranges, severe vibration and mechanical shock, electrical noise, and chemical contamination. You will work closely with firmware, mechanical, quality, manufacturing, and suppliers, and you will be the technical owner of the designs you deliver. Experience developing sensing or instrumentation products is expected. Deep expertise in Rochester's specific sensing technologies — guided wave radar, capacitive, and ultrasonic — is something we will develop in the right engineer.

 RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Own the electrical design of sensing products from concept through production release, including requirements, architecture, detailed design, prototyping, validation, and launch support.
• Design high-performance analog and mixed-signal circuitry, including sensor interface electronics, signal conditioning, power management, and embedded microcontroller systems.
• Own PCB design through schematic capture, layout direction, stackup and grounding decisions, design for manufacturability, and hands-on board bring-up and debug.
• Develop electronics that perform reliably in extreme temperatures (–40°C to +125°C+), high vibration and mechanical shock, electrical noise and EMI, and chemical and environmental contamination.
• Work closely with firmware engineers on board bring-up, communication interfaces, and system-level integration, and lead the isolation of problems that cross the hardware and firmware boundary.
• Plan and execute design verification and product validation, including environmental, thermal, vibration, EMC, ingress, and accelerated-life testing.
• Lead structured root cause analysis on design, validation, production, and field issues, and drive corrective action through to closure.
• Support manufacturing readiness and design for manufacturability, and respond to production and supplier issues as the responsible design engineer.
• Serve as the technical owner of assigned products: make and defend design decisions, manage technical risk, and be accountable for how the product performs in the field.
• Influence quality, manufacturing, firmware, suppliers, and customers without direct authority in order to reach the right technical outcome.
• Support customer and OEM technical interaction, including application questions, integration support, and field investigations.
• Contribute to Rochester's engineering rigor, including design standards, component libraries, design review practice, and validation planning.

Requirements

 REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (Master's degree a plus).
  8+ years of experience developing electronic products, including at least one product personally taken from concept through production release.
• Strong analog and mixed-signal circuit design experience, including low-level signal conditioning, sensor interface electronics, noise reduction, grounding, and signal integrity.
• Hands-on experience with at least one sensing or instrumentation technology, such as capacitive, ultrasonic, radar, magnetic, optical, pressure, temperature, or strain measurement.
• PCB design ownership, including schematic capture, layout direction, stackup and grounding decisions, design for manufacturability, and hands-on board bring-up and debug.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute both design verification and product validation, and to clearly articulate the difference between them.
• Structured root cause analysis and troubleshooting on real product failures, including field and customer issues.
• Experience working alongside firmware teams and with common embedded interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, LIN, and RS-485.
• Experience designing electronics for harsh environments, including wide temperature ranges, high vibration and mechanical shock, and electrical noise.
• Proficient hand soldering, prototyping, and bench instrumentation. This is a hands-on engineering role.
• A deep technical engineer rather than a project manager, with a clear record of owning technical decisions and driving them to closure.
• Clear communicator who can explain technical decisions and work effectively across engineering, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and customers.
• Driven to develop highly reliable products that work in the real world.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Development of liquid level sensing systems.
• Guided wave radar, capacitive, or ultrasonic sensing systems.
• Heavy vehicle, construction equipment, agricultural machinery, mining, or other off-road equipment.
• Automotive-grade product development processes, including IATF 16949, APQP, DFMEA / PFMEA, and DV / PV validation.
• EMI/EMC design, testing, and compliance.
• Embedded firmware development (C/C++).
• Automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN).
• Signal processing for noisy industrial environments.
• Sensor physics and measurement technique development.
• Functional safety exposure (ISO 26262).

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
 
 Up to 10% travel may be required.
 
 PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
 
 While performing the duties of this job, employees may be required to walk for prolonged periods of time, frequently bending, climbing, rotating, squatting, reaching, kneeling, or stooping, lifting to 25 pounds, and periods of computer use. 

Employees may be frequently exposed to heat/cold, heights, gases, vibration, dust, chemicals, odors, dampness, fumes, and noises.
 
 REASONABLE ACCOMODATIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

WHAT’S NICE ABOUT WORKING FOR ROCHESTER

• Comprehensive Health Insurance 
• Paid Time Off and Holidays 
• Life, AD&D, short/long term disability insurance 
• Casual workplace with an unbelievable feeling of energy 
• 401K Retirement program with company match  

Rochester Sensors is an equal opportunity-affirmative action employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, past or present military service or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.  

 
 Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted in response to our job posting shall be considered the property of Rochester Sensors. and its subsidiaries and are not subject to payment of referral or placement fees if any such candidate is later hired by Rochester Sensors unless you have a signed written agreement in place with us which covers the applicable job posting.
 
 If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application process, please call (972) 845-4196 or email us at lonnie.golden@rochestersensors.com.
 
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