• Identify and evaluate alternative components for cost reduction, end-of-life substitution, product
quality improvement, and/or increased manufacturability
• Review and validate design and life cycle component changes for impact on function, performance
and regulatory requirements
• Perform product quality evaluations
• Present design proposals engineering team
• Work with layout experts to create prototypes of design change proposals
• Perform electrical and functional tests on prototypes
• Collaborate with design engineering, manufacturing engineering, component vendors and
suppliers, and quality engineers to maintain and improve quality of existing products
• Monitor and understand design change implications to agency certifications
• Perform root cause failure analysis for returns from the field and generate reports; suggest
solutions as necessary