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About the Role

American Innovations protects people and the environment by providing proven compliance solutions to oil and gas professionals. We are seeking a skilled, hands-on Hardware Sustaining & PLM Engineer to join our R&D Engineering team. This role is the primary owner of hardware sustaining and operations support for field-deployed industrial products, focusing on PLM, BOM/ECO management, obsolescence, EOL mitigation, and cost-reduction execution. The ideal candidate brings a solid electrical engineering foundation with credible bench and hardware debug experience, strong lifecycle and manufacturing support discipline, and comfort interfacing with Operations, Procurement, Contract Manufacturing, and Quality. This is a sustaining-first role, keeping engineering and manufacturing aligned so shipped products remain buildable, supportable, and well-documented.

Responsibilities

Own Arena PLM for hardware scope, revision control, and release documentation.
Maintain sustaining visibility.
Production support, failure analysis, and field issue resolution.
Cost reduction initiatives and alternate vendor qualification.
Execute manufacturing and production test sustaining tasks.
Build documented backup.
Escalate changes or test strategies as needed.
Execute directed schematic/BOM/support tasks - test point additions, sustaining HW changes, prototype support.
Collaborate on manufacturing-testable design inputs.
Partner with Operations, Procurement, Quality, ME, and Program Managers on sustaining intake, prioritization, and PAC visibility.

Requirements

BSEE or equivalent with credible bench / hardware debug experience.
4–7 years in sustaining engineering, manufacturing engineering, product engineering (hardware), or hardware roles with heavy sustaining / lifecycle ownership.
Demonstrated ownership of BOM, ECO, obsolescence, EOL mitigation, cost reduction, and alternate-part / second-source workflows.
PLM systems experience (Arena preferred; Windchill or equivalent acceptable).
Manufacturing support and lifecycle management — production sustaining, contract manufacturing coordination, controlled release discipline.
Manufacturing test literacy — test points, functional test impact, ECO regression on production test.
Comfort working with Operations, Procurement, Contract Manufacturing, and Quality.
Disciplined use of Jira and Arena.
Eligible to work in the US (visa sponsorship is not provided).
Must be able to pass a pre-employment background and drug test.

Skills

Hardware sustaining
PLM (Arena preferred)
BOM management
ECO management
Obsolescence management
Alternate-part workflows
EOL mitigation
Cost-reduction execution
Electrical engineering
Bench and hardware debug
Lifecycle management
Manufacturing support
Manufacturing test
Schematic updates
BOM updates
Prototype support
Analog architecture literacy
Mixed-signal literacy
Jira
Altium or team schematic/CAD exposure (sustaining edits and BOM support)
Field / RMA debug experience

Location

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

4-7 years

Education Level

BSEE or equivalent

About the Company

American Innovations protects people and the environment by providing proven compliance solutions to oil and gas professionals from the field to the office.
More than 30 years of experience drives innovative solutions that address the need for efficient data collection, reporting, and analysis – an integrated family of hardware, software and professional services backed by relentless customer service.

Equal Opportunity

American Innovations is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.