Sr Electrical Engineer

About Oshkosh Aero Tech, An Oshkosh Company

Oshkosh Aero Tech is a leading provider of aviation ground support products, gate equipment and airport services to commercial airlines, airports, air-freight carriers, ground handling and military customers. Oshkosh Aero Tech offers products that make a difference in people’s lives by supporting those in our communities who do some of the toughest work. They own many of the most trusted brands in the air transportation industry, including LEKTRO®, Jet Aire®, Jet Power®, Amp TekÔ, Jetway®, and more.

The Sr. Electrical Engineer designs functional, reliable, and cost-effective electrical systems supporting Oshkosh Aero Tech's New Product Development (NPD) organization. This position develops and integrates electrical hardware, power distribution systems, control architectures, and embedded electrical systems across multiple airport ground support equipment product lines including Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBB), Pre-Conditioned Air (PCA) units, and Ground Power Units (GPU) supporting both commercial and military customers.

This engineer will contribute to new product development efforts by designing electrical systems, creating schematics, performing engineering analysis, selecting electrical components, and supporting prototype through production activities while collaborating across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

• Perform engineering calculations, investigations, analysis, and electrical design activities in accordance with Oshkosh and industry engineering standards.
• Design and integrate electrical hardware, circuitry, power distribution systems, and electrical components into new and existing airport ground support equipment.
• Develop and maintain electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, circuit designs, and system documentation.
• Support electrical architecture development for new product development programs, including both high-voltage and low-voltage electrical systems.
• Design and specify electrical components including breakers, fuses, relays, wiring, conductors, insulation, and other power distribution hardware.
• Perform electrical system analysis including voltage, current draw, conductor sizing, protection device selection, and circuit performance.
• Support development of electrical control systems utilizing industrial PLC platforms and embedded control technologies.
• Participate in development of next-generation passenger boarding bridge, ground power, and pre-conditioned air products.
• Support electrical integration of third-party technologies and strategic product partnerships.
• Provide technical support during prototype, pilot, validation, and production builds while assisting with troubleshooting and manufacturing issue resolution.
• Support engineering investigations, root cause analysis, design improvements, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Responsible for a project or portions of multiple projects of limited to moderate complexity.
• Collaborate closely with mechanical, controls, software, manufacturing, systems, and test engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Work across multiple product families within the NPD organization, providing engineering support where business priorities require.
• Collaborate with suppliers regarding electrical components, specifications, and design solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to entry-level engineers, designers, and technicians working on shared projects.
• Support design reviews, engineering documentation, validation activities, and product releases.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Regular attendance is required.

Accredited Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field with three (3) or more years of related experience

• Accredited Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience designing industrial electrical hardware and power distribution systems.
• Strong understanding of electrical schematics, circuit design, and electrical system architecture.
• Experience with electrical component selection including breakers, fuses, relays, wiring,…