Cohu, Inc.

Electrical Integration Technical Lead

Cohu, Inc.  •  San Diego, CA (Onsite)  •  12 hours ago
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Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

Electrical Integration

  • Own the electrical implementation of assigned semiconductor handler modules throughout their entire product lifecycle, including prototype development, production release, manufacturing support, field support, and sustaining engineering.

  • Develop and integrate electrical systems for complex industrial equipment, including cable and harness assemblies, high-flex cable systems, e-chain routing, industrial power distribution, electrical protection, control hardware, sensors, safety systems, and associated electrical components.

  • Define cable routing to comply with NFPA 79 requirements while minimizing electrical noise (EMI), crosstalk, and supporting long-term system reliability.

  • Follow company harness and wiring standards and participate in their continuous improvement in coordination with other engineering groups.

  • Coordinate wire harness manufacturing with production, provide technical support during fabrication, and resolve manufacturing issues.

  • Coordinate procurement of prototype electrical components and ensure materials are available to support prototype build schedules.

Technical Leadership

  • Lead the daily technical activities of wiring engineers and electrical designers.

  • Assign and prioritize engineering work.

  • Mentor junior engineers.

  • Drive technical issues to closure.

  • Coordinate engineering activities across multiple disciplines.

  • Escalate major technical risks and system-level issues to engineering management when appropriate.

Engineering Documentation & Configuration Management

  • Use Zuken E3 as the primary electrical CAD platform to develop and maintain schematics, cable documentation, wire lists, harness drawings, and related engineering documentation.

  • Maintain accurate electrical documentation and ensure the electrical portion of the Oracle product BOM remains synchronized with mechanical, firmware, vision, manufacturing, and released product documentation across multiple projects.

  • Support Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), product releases, revision control, and configuration management to ensure released documentation accurately reflects the current product configuration.

Design Reviews

  • Review electrical drawings for completeness, consistency, manufacturability, and compliance with company standards before release.

  • Prepare technical review packages.

  • Schedule and lead electrical design reviews.

  • Document review findings, engineering decisions, and action items.

  • Drive review action items to completion and ensure all required documentation is complete prior to product release.

Project Coordination

  • Coordinate engineering progress across multiple engineers and projects.

  • Track engineering deliverables, project milestones, and release schedules.

  • Communicate project status, technical risks, and schedule impacts to engineering management.

  • Remove technical roadblocks affecting project execution.

  • Support manufacturing, system integration, field service, and sustaining engineering throughout the product lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

  • Minimum 5 years of designing complex industrial electrical systems, 8 years is preferred

  • Hands-on experience with Zuken E3 is highly desired.

  • Experience with Altium Designer and AutoCAD (or DraftSight) is highly desirable.

Strong knowledge of:

  • Industrial wiring systems, cable assemblies, harness design, connector selection, high-flex cable systems, and e-chain applications.

  • AC and DC 3 phase power distribution, circuit protection, relays, contactors, power supplies, filters, and industrial electrical components.

  • Sensors, safety systems, industrial control hardware, and electrical integration.

  • Cable routing, grounding, shielding, EMI mitigation, NFPA 79, EN60204 and electrical safety.

  • Industrial automation systems, commissioning, and troubleshooting.

  • Ability to commission, configure, and troubleshoot industrial electrical equipment using vendor software tools is a plus. (Beckhoff TwinCAT, safety controller configuration tools, servo drive software).

  • Strong documentation and configuration management skills

  • Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills.

  • Ability to work effectively with electrical, firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with semiconductor capital equipment or other complex automation systems.

  • Experience with robotics, motion control, or precision automation equipment.

  • Familiarity with functional safety systems.

  • Experience leading technical design. 

  • Experience designing high-flex cable systems for continuously moving industrial equipment.

  • Experience supporting prototype builds, manufacturing, and field installations.

Cohu, Inc.

About Cohu, Inc.

Cohu is the leading supplier of semiconductor test handlers and contactors, and a growing provider of automated test equipment, inspection & metrology solutions, and data analytics software to optimize semiconductor manufacturing yield and productivity. Cohu’s differentiated and broad product portfolio enables optimized yield and productivity, accelerating customers’ manufacturing time-to-market.

Cohu is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: COHU) global company with headquarters in Poway, CA. We have a global footprint with ~3,000 employees.

We are the leading supplier of Semiconductor Test and Inspection & Metrology Handlers and Test Contactors. We have market leadership in RF Power Amplifier/Front-End Module Testing.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Poway, CA
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
cohu.com
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