Component / Sustainment Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Serve as the technical point of contact for PCB/CCA component lifecycle and shortage support
• Identify, validate, and document form-fit-function alternates to resolve shortages, and add them to engineering libraries and PLM
• Prepare and release technical drawing package updates to address obsolescence and shortages
• Qualify new components, including eMMC, DDR modules and ICs, and hard drives
• Review new designs through BOM scrubs, flagging components with known shortages, lifecycle risk, or single-source exposure before release
• Monitor Product Change Notices (PCNs) and assess their impact on active products
• Maintain consistency between engineering component libraries and PLM
• Partner with Supply Chain and Hardware teams to analyze obsolescence risk, develop mitigation strategies, and assess product line impact, including recommending PCB respins or interim solutions

Job requirements

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar
• At least 2 years of applicable experience in an engineering field.
• Hands-on experience with Altium (or comparable ECAD tool) to update designs, drawings, and BOMs.
• Experience with PLM and configuration management practices (ECO/ECN processes).
• Experience with obsolescence management and reporting.
• Working knowledge of memory and storage technologies.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with Arena and NetSuite specifically.