Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Type

Full time

PetSafe Brands, formerly known as Radio Systems Corporation, is headquartered in Knoxville, TN. It has been named “The Marble City” and "Scruffy City", names we have embraced for our unique charm. We are the home of 1982 World’s Fair and we boast of 21 craft breweries around the city (click here for the Ale Trail). If you like to hike or camp, visit the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. Take your pick of outdoor activities from walking, tubing, running, or biking in our Urban Wilderness. Knox County has an amazing public-school system, no state income tax, low property taxes and cost of living. We host Music and Shakespeare on the Square as well as Family Movie Nights on the Square during the summer months in downtown Knoxville.

Our Company: PetSafe Brands is the world leader in pet products through our family of brands:Pet Safe® Brand, Sport DOG® Brand, Invisible Fence® Brand, Kurgo and Premier Pet. Pet Safe® Brand makes every product from leashes and harnesses to water fountains and and litter boxes. We have an ambitious goal of touching over 21 million pets, people, and communities around the world each year. We serve a broad range of pet owners from providing the hunter the best gear for a successful hunt to accommodating the “Not-So-Crazy Cat Lady” with all the entertaining toys and effective solutions she could ever imagine. We do this by creating a culture of enthusiasm, resilience, adaptability, and teamwork every day in the office. We work hard to be our community’s employer of choice as we all live our purpose: We exist to unleash freedom for pet parents by keeping their pets happy, healthy and safe.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical concepts in support of project initiatives that will aid in the advancement of PSB product lines and broaden PSB's technical platforms and features
• Determine electrical technical feasibility of new technology proposals
• Develop new product specifications (wide range of technologies)
• Create electrical designs in support of new technology efforts
• Schematic development
• Low volume PCBA builds
• Works with Electrical and Mechanical Engineer(s) to optimize compatibility of electrical and mechanical portions of product design
• Works closely with the project lead throughout ideation, concept development, and feasibility testing
• Completes summary documentation, including research white papers
• Executes the company’s Intellectual Property Strategy by recognizing and disclosing inventions and supporting patent applications
• Supports development of instruction manuals, training manuals, and other consumer service information during technology transfer phase
• Actively participates in and conducts competitive product analysis
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of electronic design experience
• 4 -year technical degree from an accredited institution, with an emphasis on electrical or electronic engineering
• Experience in a wide array of technologies is preferred
• Self-starting, self-motivated, and a goal-oriented team member
• Proficient user of Schematic Capture software (Altium a plus)
• Exceptional at building and testing prototype PCBA
• Proficient user of graphical presentation and documentation tools
• Excellent computer skills including knowledge of common Office software such as Microsoft Word and Excel
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Possesses excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Has ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple projects at one time to meet deadlines
• Possesses both the ability to work independently and work with a team to accomplish tasks
• Travel both domestically and internationally (10%)
  
  

Accountabilities

• Complete assigned projects according to project timelines
• Complete all project documentation
• Complete assigned projects within budget
• Executes the company’s Intellectual Property Strategy by designing with the goal of patentable designs
• Ultimately accountable to the continued success and growth of PSB
  
  

Relationships

• Reports directly to Director of Engineering
• Maintains an effective working relationship with team members throughout PSB
• Maintains an effective working relationship with product suppliers, contract manufacturers, and contract consultants
  
  

Benefits

Working for PetSafe Brands definitely has its benefits. We offer a collaborative and creative team-oriented work environment where we encourage you to take risks to learn and grow! We offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401K match. In addition we offer a rich wellness program which includes an onsite health clinic, workout facility and of course, we encourage you to bring your dog to work, which is our whole reason for what we do!

PetSafe Brands is dedicated to offering equal employment opportunity for all teammates and fostering a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. At PetSafe Brand, our teammates are our greatest strength. We strive to build a workforce as diverse as the customers we serve by hiring great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression and talent. We recruit and reward teammates based on capability and performance and together we are building a culture that welcomes all dimensions of an individual’s identity including race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, educational background, national origin or ancestry, religion, veteran status, or physical ability. We embrace these differences and the unique contributions each teammate brings not just because it is the right thing to do but because it makes our company stronger. While we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging, we recognize that we still have more work to do and a lot more to learn.