Electrical Cable Designer

4 weeks ago

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States Forterra, Inc. Full time
About Forterra

Forterra is a leading provider of autonomous systems for ground-based movement in the working world. Our team of innovators is focused on building systems that protect front-line soldiers and enable civilian workers in our industrial base.

We are the go-to provider of ground autonomy solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense, which harnesses the technology for asymmetric warfare in critical conditions.

About the Role

The Forterra Engineering team seeks an Electrical Cable Designer to join the group with a focus on both Commercial and Military applications.

At Forterra, we take ground vehicles systems and make them autonomous by outfitting them with sensors, computers, and power distribution.

This requires the design of a lot of different types of very complex cables to interface all these components and be able to handle all sorts of harsh environments.

As a member of our team, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and building cable solutions for our autonomous driving systems.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Define and develop custom cabling interconnects adhering to commercial and military requirements and standards.
  2. Design of Altium library components, cable diagrams, cable schematics, appropriate notes and parts list needed to external manufacture cables.
  3. Generation of technical data packages to build requested cables.
  4. Work very closely with Electrical Engineers to support system interconnects, system architecture, and so on.
  5. Communicate effectively with engineering, production/operations, and manufacturing houses.
  6. Participate in design reviews and provide solutions for cable design issues.
  7. Provide support to manufacturing and quality control and test.
  8. Assist the Mechanical engineering team to establish harness/cable routing on the robotic platforms.
  9. Work with the purchasing team to place orders and procure long lead components to meet project deadlines.
  10. Support the integration team to solve issues with cabling and harness issues.
Requirements

We are looking for an experienced Electrical Cable Designer with a strong background in cable design and development.

Key requirements include:

  • Experience with Altium, SolidWorks Electrical, Visio, AutoCAD Electrical, Creo, Zuken or similar cable design software.
  • Ability to read and understand electrical schematics.
  • Experience building and/or designing cables.
  • Detail-oriented, flexible, self-motivated team-player with excellent verbal and written communication and organization skills.
  • Able to work effectively in a very fast-paced environment with team members from many different disciplines and backgrounds.
Preferred Qualifications

We prefer candidates with experience working on commercial or military ground vehicles or similar systems.

Experience in the design and use of military style circular connectors is also a plus.

Additionally, experience with low voltage DC power systems such as 12V and 24V, cable design requirements for various communication types such as serial, CANbus, and Ethernet, and hand soldering, hand crimping and rework are highly desirable.

Familiarity with IPC standards and experience identifying and suggesting improvements for the cable design process are also highly valued.

Finally, experience designing for environmental constraints (including temperature, humidity, vibration) EMI/EMC, ESD, etc. is highly desirable.

What We Offer

Forterra offers a competitive salary range of $65,000-$100,000 per year, plus equity in the company.

We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including premium healthcare benefits, basic life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance, legal & ID protection plans, and a 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.

Additionally, we offer a generous company holiday calendar, competitive paid time off (PTO), and a minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption.

We also provide a $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend and fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires.

Forterra is an equal-opportunity employer, providing and promoting equal employment opportunity in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.

All qualified applications will receive equal consideration for employment.

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