First Article Engineer

Position:

First Article Engineer

Job Description:

Principal Accountabilities

• Creates and develops first article for firmware programming per customers' technical specifications.
• Independently create and develop first article for firmware programming per customers' technical specifications and by analyzing technical data to determine appropriate setup criteria and programming platform.
• Acts as technical leader for major aspects of component programming and is required to interface with customers' firmware design engineers to resolve programming issues or to provide technical assistance.
• Required to author technical literature such as: QOI, Standard Works, Engineering bulletins, FQR and failure analysis reports.
• Monitors and reports on productivity and quality of first article prototypes.
  
  

• Incumbent has limited level of discretion to vary from established procedures, works under general supervision, and solves some straightforward problems. Incumbent generally has limited work experience involving basic concepts and procedures but requires formal training in theories/concepts in own function.
• Incumbent has high level of discretion to vary from established procedures, works under broad supervision, and solves some complex problems. Incumbent generally has substantial work experience involving complex concepts and procedures in theories/concepts in own function.