Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer

Position: Electrical Engineer

Location: Roseville, MI - onsite, no hybrid or work from home

Job Overview:

The RCO Engineering is looking for an energetic organized experienced Electrical Engineer who can provide overall project leadership and technical problem solving skills to a wide variety of Aerospace, Automotive, and Defense based challenges.

Core Responsibilities

The ability to scope new projects from start to finish, define action plans, and develop unique solutions to bring ideas to reality.

The ability to lead engineering teams, program managers, and prototype build craftsman/technicians.

Strong leadership ability to keep the joint RCO/OEM team on track to meet all program milestones.

Ability and confidence to communicate and interact effectively with all level of OEM Management.

Lead engineering related face to face and WebEx based meetings between OEM and RCO team members and be able to lead the customer to a solution.

Lead others, especially Engineers and Designers.

Maintain, track, and work to close-out open items lists.

Approve purchases and track program spending.

Work with internal RCO departments and external suppliers to support low volume prototype builds.

Coordinate and manage prototype property builds and root cause technical issues.

The aptitude and ability to multitask while working on multiple projects, which may have various timelines and associated deliverables.

A proven record pertaining to knowledge of, and ability to apply, engineering principles.

Projects range from ground up ideation to aerospace, automotive, and defense seating, interiors, exteriors, HV Batteries/Fuel Cells, Autonomous technology, and the development of exotic materials.

Familiarity with microcontrollers (Arduino, Raspberry PI) and their programming languages (C, Python, etc.)

Familiarity with reading schematics

Comfortability and/or willing to learn to use hand & power tools, in addition to electrical-specific tools (crimpers, soldering irons, hot plates, etc.)

Having the vision and persistence to solve problems that hinder a project's progress

A positive can-do attitude to support RCO Engineering leadership as necessary to meet and exceed OEM customer expectations.

Employment Requirements:

+5 years of engineering and/or +1 year of engineering leadership experience.

Related work experience in the Automotive, Defense, and/or Aerospace Industry.

A Bachelor Degree in Engineering or a related discipline is preferred.

Company Overview:

Located in Metro Detroit, RCO Engineering is a leading supplier to the automotive, aerospace and defense industries. As a full service product development partner, RCO offers customers a wide range of services, including production plastic and metal parts, prototype and production seat molds, prototype and production injection molds, as well as complete product design and engineering services. Our fully equipped metal fabricating and stamping facility is capable of producing parts, assemblies and subassemblies for most any system. Additionally, RCO is the industry's largest and most trusted seating and soft trim development company, having worked with almost every automotive OEM and numerous aerospace firms.