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Acoustics Engineer


PCB Piezotronics, Inc.

PCB has a 40+ year history of growth and innovation and we are one of the world's pioneers in the field of vibration measurement. We have built a global $100 million dollar annual business that focuses on Total Customer Satisfaction and world-class product quality. Within the last 10 years we have taken calculated steps to expand our market reach into the important and growing field of acoustic measurement, including the acquisition of Larson Davis, a well-established acoustic products supplier, and the launch of a new pre-polarized condenser microphone line. Our goal is to establish our position as the premier microphone supplier in the world.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

An Acoustics Engineer is well-versed in condenser microphone design and manufacturing. They use their engineering education, background knowledge and experience to take a leadership role in the initiation, scheduling, and execution of product design projects in order to launch into a manufacturing environment. They work with other Engineers, Supervisors, Planners, Buyers, Manufacturing Technicians, and Sales Representatives in order to learn, improve, and teach new technology, manufacturing processes, test methods, departmental procedures and policies. In addition, they utilize significant understanding of PCB's business model, market position, quality and cost goals to not only improve new designs, but to work with other functions to improve internal processes. Further, they create the documentation package to provide the "recipe" for the manufacturing our products.

Job Requirements

  • 5 plus years experience in precision condenser microphone design.
  • 5 plus years experience in diagnosing and solving manufacturing process issues associated with condenser microphone manufacturing (pre-polarized especially).
  • Significant experience communicating and working with acoustic application engineers and customers.
  • Significant and deep understanding of the principles of operation of condenser microphones; other types of microphone or acoustic measurement experience a plus.
  • Must have ability to apply tools of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, SPC's, Design of Experiments, Error-Proofing, and Shainin techniques.

    • About PCB Piezotronics, Inc.

    PCB Piezotronics, Inc. is a privately owned, high-technology company specializing in the development, production, marketing and sale of piezoelectric, capacitive, silicon and resistive-based instrumentation for measuring pressure, force, torque, load, shock, sound and vibration. These sensors and associated hardware are used for a wide variety of industrial, research, university, aerospace and military applications, ranging from the characterization of underwater blast wave propagation to monitoring micro-g vibrations on the solar panels of orbiting satellites. In essence, any structure that vibrates, pulsates, moves, compresses, surges or makes noise has the potential to be monitored by this instrumentation. We are a dynamic company that is committed to employee training and development, as well as having a world-class compensation and employee benefits package.

    For more information on our company please visit our website at www.pcb.com. Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to forward their resume to jobs@pcb.com for immediate consideration.

    Posted 9/04/09

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