Standex International

Electrical Product Engineer

What You Will Do

As a key member of the sensors, switches and relays product engineering team in North America the Electrical Product Engineer will focus on electronic design and development of magnetic sensors including sensor and circuit board design, and tooling specification to support new and sustaining engineering efforts. Sensors include onboard electronics designed to meet the needs of customer control systems, custom firmware and signal conditioning, and magnetic field calibration. Additional functions include project management, failure mode analysis, and coordinating with manufacturing sites around the globe. Most products are developed around Reed Switch and Hall Effect technologies implemented to meet the specific requirements of applications. This position will be an influential technical leader in the business, developing new products to meet the needs of customers in a broad array of industries. The position reports to the SST Engineering Manager in Fairfield, OH.

  • Design electronic sensor components and finished assemblies, including PCB and electrical circuits in support of new product development, and sustaining engineering product efforts.
  • Build product specific expertise and contribute to new and existing product lines.
  • Scope projects and plan resources needed for development of customer designed products.
  • Collaborate with suppliers and Standex teams to design products for optimized manufacturability.
  • Technical interface to both the Development Group (Customer) and the Production Group to provide optimized technical solutions - Transform customer specifications into cost efficient manufacturing specifications.
  • Define new processes and systems to transform group capabilities and launch new products.
  • Intuitively, lead projects from inception. Freely work with cross functional resources and all sites.
  • Communicate and coordinate prototyping with outsourcing vendors when applicable.
  • Design for compliance with any agency, internal or external (customer) requirements.
  • Conform to Organization’s ISO and TS requirements as well as the Company’s overall quality standards and manufacturing policies.


What You Will Bring

  • BS in Electrical Engineering
  • 3+ years working in design and manufacturing with a background of exposure to cost avoidance and lean activities/principles
  • 1+ year experience working with cross functional teams


What We Value

  • Manufacturing engineering experience with knowledge of automated assembly processes, testing and tooling experience
  • Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Proven ability to read and interpret customer specifications and industry standards.
  • Self-starter and able to work without day-to-day direction.
  • Project management skills with proven ability to plan, monitor, and control a project from start to finish ensuring everyone meets their deadlines
  • Solid interpersonal and teamwork skills; yet, able to perceive needs and work independently
  • Ability to analyze and solve problems with data driven approach and root cause analysis skill
  • Ability to read and interpret technical documents, blueprints, and electrical drawings.
  • Highly organized with ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
  • Exhibits integrity through fair and ethical behaviors in all activities; maintains accountability for performance
  • Proven experience developing work processes to improve outcomes for the team/customers


Standex International Corporation is a diversified global manufacturing company operating in five segments which consist of our Electronics, Engraving, Engineering Technologies, Specialty Solutions, and Scientific divisions. The company's market-leading manufacturing brands are recognized for quality and innovation. Our strategy is to drive growth and build larger industrial platforms by leveraging the combined strengths of our businesses to better penetrate current markets and to enter new geographic and vertical markets.

Standex Electronics is a worldwide market leader in the design, development and manufacture of standard reed switch-based sensor solutions and custom electro-magnetic components, including magnetics products. We are a global team of problem solvers who can provide custom and/or standard solutions through our diverse and dynamic capabilities. Our approach is to strategically partner with customers to conquer challenges and deliver reliable high-quality results through our engineering and components. These parts serve an array of markets globally, and through our customer driven innovation – improve the overall performance and efficiency at which end products operate.

Standex International Corporation and all Standex Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace, and throughout the markets we serve.

Our associates, customers, and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Engineering and Information Technology
  • Industries

    Manufacturing

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