Senior Electronics Design Engineer; Decatur, GA

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at

The Electronics & Light Engine team is on the cutting edge of technology and touches all facets of Acuity's Lighting business. This position supports Acuity's Indoor, Outdoor, Industrial, OEM, and Residential portfolios, where your efforts directly impact top-line revenue and bottom-line margin through new product development, value engineering activities, product enhancements, and new technology integrations. The Electronics & Light Engine group innovates and ideates direction and solutions for all Acuity illumination products.

Electronics Engineering is key in Acuity's illumination systems strategic vision, innovative solution designs, and product lifecycle management.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you're exposed to various aspects of Acuity, including Engineering, Optics, Supply Chain, Finance, and Product Management. You're responsible for new product design, cost reductions, field quality resolution, manufacturing support, and sustaining engineering activities related to Electronics & Light Engines. The ideal candidate has experience independently exploring innovations to be brilliant, productive, and connected, providing product ideation, electronics hardware design, firmware creation/updates, LED selection, PCB design/layout creation, UV/Horticulture designs, PCBA drawing creation, along with selection of drivers, surge protection devices, emergency battery backup equipment, and luminaire electronic controls.

Responsibilities include prototyping, testing, and assembling prototypes/samples required for evaluating designs and cost reductions. The Senior Electrical Engineer manages projects simultaneously in collaboration with engineering and design. They teach and mentor other engineers, and work with manufacturing and distribution facilities and product management to ensure successful product launches. The Senior Electrical Engineer applies LEAN Process methodology in projects and daily tasks to streamline and improve processes.

This position works onsite in Decatur, GA based on business needs.

• Independently complete design activities, including selecting electronics and LED components, creating firmware solutions for microprocessor-based solutions, LED drivers, and selecting system controls to provide an integrated high-quality light engine solution.
• Calculate parameters for Electronics and LED schematic configurations while working with the Optics team to provide correct lumens targets and lumens per watt to enable specific light distribution.
• Develop and distribute engineering data in the form of engineering change notices, bills of material, drawings, PCB design/manufacturing files, test specifications, parts tracking, and all necessary deliverables for product release and successful factory product launch.
• Manage engineering documentation, ECRs, ECOs, DFMEA, calculations, and drawings using the Acuity Product Life Management and Financial systems.
• Design work varies from new product development to product enhancements, cost reductions, and supporting customers, manufacturing and distribution facilities, and the supply chain as the needs of the business change.
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