Electrical Design Engineer

28800 Ida St, Valley, Nebraska

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• This role requires local residency in the Omaha metro area; only candidates located within the Omaha/Valley region will be considered.

The primary responsibility of the Electrical Design Engineer is the design and development of new technology products as an integral part of the new product development team. The incumbent will be responsible for the design, development, and testing of new technology products including embedded control systems, embedded user interfaces (UI), or remote communication products as defined by the Product Management Team and the customer.

The Electrical Design Engineer is responsible for supporting the development of “engineering best practice” procedures and design validation standards. They lead technical design review meetings and provide technical design inputs and direction when needed. The incumbent follows design and development procedures, recommends updates when necessary, and continually acquires an increasing knowledge of existing assemblies, stays up to date on manufacturing capabilities, and develops an awareness of the field usage of the products.

• Lead the new product development process for small projects.
• Maintain positive relationships with customers, field personnel and other Valmont departments to ensure the most efficient working environment.
• Provide detailed project documentation as defined by Product Development procedures.
• Maintain appropriate professional competencies to ensure innovative solutions are utilized on new designs.
• Follow established design and development procedures and recommend updates to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provide technical design inputs for design reviews as needed.
• This role may require occasional overnight domestic or international travel up to 10%.
• This position reports to the Electrical Engineering Development Manager and has no direct reports.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5+ years relevant experience.
• Hardware design experience for control panels with embedded control system, remote communications and high voltage power.
• Proficient troubleshooting capabilities for analog, digital, communications and power circuits.
• Extensive experience using a PLM system, preferably Windchill.
• Ability to read firmware application code for purposes of troubleshooting embedded systems.
• Knowledge of communication standards for TCP, USB, RS-232, RS-485 and Wi‑Fi.
• Familiarity with test equipment such as emulators, oscilloscopes, multimeters, spectrum analyzer, RF communications monitor, Ethernet sniffer, and serial protocol analyzer.
• Basic understanding of electrical codes for UL, CE, NEC and IEC.
• Technical leadership of an electrical engineering project.
• Expected to provide input for design reviews of peers.
• Expert level experience writing hardware requirements for new products.
• Ability to accurately estimate effort required for design tasks.
• Expectation to support the service team and customers with troubleshooting technical issues.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Ability to resolve complex problems and large challenges.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with internal customers and peers.
• Passion and integrity with the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results.