Electronic Engineer
Trimble
Your Title: Electronic Engineer
Job Location: Christchurch, NZ
Our Department: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT)
Would you be excited about a role where you can craft electronic solutions being used to transform the earth-moving industry globally?
What You Will Do
As an Electronics Engineer in the Hardware Solutions Team in CTCT, you will make an essential contribution to hardware product design and manufacture. You will work within a multi-disciplined team responsible for on-machine construction machine guidance system components.
You’ll craft the electrical & electronic aspects of systems and devices through the complete design cycle, from requirements definition, design & test, to introducing and sustaining the product in manufacture. You will sometimes design devices from the ground up and sometimes oversee design undertaken by partner organisations, providing peer review and testing. Your role focuses on schematic & board layout design as well as supporting prototype build & test for devices incorporating technologies such as GNSS receivers, IMUs, Bluetooth, WLAN, and other radio technologies.
This will involve:
The conversion of market requirements into engineering specifications and technical solutions
Contributing to the development of schedules
Best practice oversight and implementation of detailed electrical design
Working with ODMs to ensure timely delivery of quality electronic component designs
Taking responsibility for electrical design quality according to international design and manufacturing best practices, including Design for Manufacture & Test (DFM, DFT)
Supporting related project activities such as firmware/hardware integration bring-up, DFMEA, field testing, compliance, reliability, and HALT testing
Supporting the successful transition of completed products to manufacturing through activities such as new product introduction (NPI) product builds, authoring Engineering Changes, and contributing to writing on-line test procedures and fixture design as required.
What skills & experience you should bring
As well as possessing excellent attention to detail with a strong commitment to quality, you should bring the following:
BSEE, B.Eng (Electrical & Electronics), B.Eng (Mechatronics), or equivalent combination of education and experience
Demonstrated industry experience in a relevant engineering design position
You will be versed in the hands-on theory of design, by way of schematic capture, component selection, circuit simulation, PCB layout, and design verification testing and reporting
Knowledge of the theories, practices, and procedures relating to electronic product design, test, and equipment/tools applied in the real world
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Nice to haves:
Proficiency with eCAD systems, experience in Cadence OrCAD and Allegro
Off-highway or automotive component hardware experience.
Information About Your Location
Based at Trimble’s NZ headquarters in Christchurch, New Zealand (handily located on the Little River Link Cycleway), home to over 200 Trimble employees, enjoy free parking, securely covered bike sheds, an onsite gym, showers, an active social club, and a great team environment where people love working with leading technology solutions.
At Trimble, you'll find the inspiration and opportunity to be yourself and thrive. The global community of Team Trimble, including more than 400 people in New Zealand, is passionate about bringing new ideas and innovations to life and building a better, more sustainable future.
Please Note: Only applicants legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be considered.
About CTCT
Our division develops machine control products that use site design information combined with positioning technology to semi-automatically control machines. These products are used in a range of applications to enable a machine operator to perform their work safely, accurately, efficiently, sustainably, and effectively through the use of sophisticated yet intuitive user-centric technology.
Trimble’s Inclusiveness Commitment
We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.
We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.
