Sr Electrical Engineer
Job Description:
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Engineering in Denton TX, the Senior Electrical Engineer is a technical leader and senior contributor in the development of electrical designs for new products. Focus centered on inverter-based power supplies for the heavy industrial plasma cutting industry. Position requires in-depth knowledge of hardened electrical design practices for industrial equipment.
Primary Duties
Development of various electrical aspects of new product designs, often requiring significant innovation. Requires high level understanding of inverter-based power supplies.
Developing and testing designs from concept through to manufacture release.
Appraisal of integrity of electrical product designs.
Identification of new technologies and development techniques.
Design validation testing. Requires expertise in determining which variables are important, ability to instrument and take accurate data and generating accurate analysis using acquired design and laboratory skills.
Presentation of test and/or analysis results and design ideas both orally and written in a clear and informative manner providing all pertinent facts, figures, and proof of assumptions.
Contributor to the development of engineering and product specification, generation of cost estimates and development schedules.
Hands on building and testing of prototype designs.
Sustaining of existing product including trouble shooting field issues and addressing existing design issues.
Expected to provide technical direction and mentoring to others.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering.
Strong technical and analytical skills with demonstrated experience as technical project leader.
Printed Circuit board design and layout.
Competent in analog control circuits, digital control circuits, inverter power management, data collection and test methods.
Technical expertise in five or more of the following: analog control circuits; digital control circuits; digital signal processing using micro-controllers, micro-processors, or digital signal processors; conventional power management; switching power management; power factor correction.
Working Conditions
Remains in a stationary position 50% of the time and involves additional physical demands such as ascending/descending stairs, walking stooping and standing.
Must wear Personal Protective Equipment ‘PPE’ when working/visiting manufacturing and plant locations.
Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery including but not limited to printer, tablets, cell phones.
Moves transports, puts, or removes equipment weighing up to 50 lbs.; pushes, pulls products weighing up to 200 lbs. using provided safety tools.
May be exposed to varying weather during travel.
Domestic Travel up to 15%.