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MSD Ignition - open position for engineer

Last post 07-01-2008, 2:29 PM by VettesRule. 4 replies.
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  •  04-03-2008, 5:11 PM 293408

    MSD Ignition - open position for engineer

    Position Title: Senior Electrical Engineer - Design
    Company: MSD Ignition
    Location: El Paso, Texas
    Base Pay: $70-85K depending on experience
    Employee Type: Full time, permanent
    Industry: Performance / Racing automotive
    Manages Others: Yes, 2-5 depending on skill
    Job Type: Staff
    Req'd Education: Bachelor of Science degree in engineering is a minimum, masters degree a plus.
    Req'd Experience: 5-10 years of automotive electronics design or related experience required.

    Req'd Travel: 2-5 days a year but could be as much as 15 days if developing a product requires multiple visits to racetrack.
    Relocation Covered: Negotiable but shouldn’t exceed $2500
    Security/ability to work: US Citizen
    Contact: Danny Castillo, VP Research and Development
    Phone: 915 585-9743
    Email: ccastillo@msdignition.com

    Fax: 915 856-2117
    Ref ID: n/a


    JOB DESCRIPTION
    Title: Senior Electrical Engineer – Design (new position)
    Company description: MSD Ignition is a leader in the automotive aftermarket specializing in ignitions for all forms of racing and street driven cars and trucks.  MSD Ignition is a portfolio company of Value Act. 
    Overview: This position is a leadership position in the research and development portion of the company.   Within R&D, this position falls with new product development. 

    Responsibilities will include: taking ideas from marketing, doing research, creating designs and prototypes, testing, specifying of BOMs and working with manufacturing on developing methods for mass production.
    REQUIREMENTS
    Develop new products according to Sales and Marketing predictions
    Personal Qualities:
    Expertise in general automotive, passion for performance and racing.  Detail oriented and organized.
    Job skills: - Hardware and software design of power electronics
    Job skills: - Invention, analysis, , organization, leadership

    Experience: - 5-10 years of electronics design
    Certifications: n/a

    Benefits: Standard; health, vacation and 401K, I’ll set you up with HR if necessary.
    Web sites: www.msdignition.com
    Tell us if: EOE

     

    Thank you,

     

    Danny Castillo, Vice President of R&D
    MSD Ignition
    Office:  915 856-2481
    Cell:     915 490-3684

    SCCA member # 282788


    Danny Castillo
    Visit our club's webpage:www.panamscca.org

  •  04-09-2008, 2:42 PM 294340 in reply to 293408

    Re: MSD Ignition - open position for engineer

    Don't be shy folks...we Texans are nice people!
    Danny Castillo
    Visit our club's webpage:www.panamscca.org

  •  04-15-2008, 3:28 PM 295410 in reply to 294340

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    Re: MSD Ignition - open position for engineer

    VettesRule:
    Don't be shy folks...we Texans are nice people!

     

    Texans?  Wait a minute, isn't El Paso in New Mexico?  

    ;)

     


    Dan Pedroza
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  •  04-17-2008, 11:38 AM 295788 in reply to 295410

    Re: MSD Ignition - open position for engineer

    Hey Dan,

    Close but no cigar...surprizingly we do have a few people that drive to work from New Mexico everyday!  You should come race with us this weekend...FAST FIVE time again.


    Danny Castillo
    Visit our club's webpage:www.panamscca.org

  •  07-01-2008, 2:29 PM 308134 in reply to 295788

    Re: MSD Ignition - open position for engineer

    Still looking for a good candidate. 
    Danny Castillo
    Visit our club's webpage:www.panamscca.org

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