Sensor engineer key responsibilities: 1. Coordination of all activities for technical customers, suppliers, and technicians to speed research of new sensor technologies. 2. Review and document the early design fmea's between suppliers and customers. 3. Work cross-functionally to create, review, and document advanced sensor technical profiles. 4. Create and manage to a project schedule utilizing microsoft project as the main tool. 5. Procure, inspect, and deliver prototypes to customers for concept testing of different systems ideas. 6. Create when necessary, application and design guidelines. 7. Review supplier research and development capabilities. 8. Prepare and deliver technical status presentations utilizing microsoft powerpoint software. 9. Write engineering job requests for releases of drawings, part numbers, specifications etc. 10. Conduct cross-functional design reviews and document them. 11. Pursue patent opportunities that offer comparative advantages. 12. Write test procedures to be followed during design assurance testing. 13. Maintain workplans based on s.m.a.r.t. Objectives. 14. Create concept development test plans and document in reports. 15. Lead efforts to perform research of sensor technologies utilizing the internet, universities, and researchers. 16. Utilize six sigma/functional excellence to improve work processes. skills: functional/technical: 1. Utilize six sigma/functional excellence to improve work processes 2. Six sigma tools 3. Project management skills 4. Basic electronic controls understanding and capability 5. Electrical/electronic design 6. Reliability, durability, dvpr: 7. Basic assessment capability of one technology verses another. 8. Problem solving skills: design of experiments, statistics, fmea, fta, 7-step, etc. 9. Sw tools/skills: microsoft word, excel, powerpoint, project, minitab, etc. 10. Education, experience, & ability for expertise in some of the following: a. Emissions, combustion gas, hydrocarbon, fluid condition and composition sensing. b. Hc, co, co2, no, n2o, nox, nh3, c2h4, h2s, diesel, urea, coolant, o2, h, h2 c. Material science, physics, electrochemistry, ee, eet d. Saw, conductivity, ec cell, ndir, ftir e. Hybrid devices, ic, mems, nems, microfluidics quality/improvement 1. Understand objectives 2. Decisions without supervision 3. Roi analysis/prioritization 4. Engineering standard work processes 5. Persistently champion change: challenges the status quo and champions new initiatives; acts as a catalyst for change and stimulates others to change; paves the way for needed changes; manages implementation effectively. 6. Think strategically: from experience & knowledge, considers a broad range of internal & external factors when solving problems & making decision; identifies critical, high pay-off strategies and prioritizes team efforts accordingly; recognizes strategic opportunities for success; adjusts actions and decisions for focus on critical strategic issues. 7. Analyze issues: gathers relevant information systematically; considers a broad range of issues or factors; grasps complexities and perceives relationships among problems or issues; seeks input from others; uses accurate logic and data in analysis. teamwork 1. Communicate within groups 2. Work well with others 3. Schedule & budget projections 4. Listening skills 5. Responsiveness to requests 6. Foster teamwork: builds effective teams committed to organization goals; fosters collaboration among team members and among other teams. 7. Commit to quality: emphasizes the need to deliver quality products and/or services; defines standards for quality and evaluates products, processes, and /or services against those standards; manages quality. 8. Manage execution: assigns responsibilities; delegates to and empowers others; removes obstacles; allows for and contributes needed resources; coordinates work efforts when necessary; monitors progress. 9. Develop systems and processes: identifies and implements effective processes and procedures for accomplishing work. leadership 1. Basic supervisory skills 2. Communication & presentation skills: written & oral 3. Work assignments 4. Stating expectations 5. Customer led quality attitude 6. Foster open communication: creates an atmosphere in which timely and high quality information flows smoothly between self and others; encourages the open expression of ideas and opinions. 7. Training: ability to transfer knowledge, skills, and abilities to others. experience and education: 1. Sensor and system technology knowledge 2. Six sigma tools including design of experiments, fault tree analysis, 7-step, boundary diagrams, and p diagrams 3. Environmental testing of components 4. Mechanical aptitude 5. Electrical/electronic design