Electrical Design Engineer

Electrical Design Engineer

Richmond, VA

Direct Hire / Permanent Position

Target Starting Salary: $70,000 - $105,000 / year

Bonus: 5-10% Annual Bonus

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the Electrical Design Engineer must work closely with sales, project managers, procurement, production, quality assurance and other engineers, and analyze feedback from customers to produce product designs. You must be an adept problem solver, have an excellent eye for design, and be willing to work as part of a team. You will communicate and coordinate among different types of engineers working on a project while adhering to project schedule and budget.

• Develop electrical designs for critical power systems (variety from standard to robust and complex)
• Meeting with stakeholders to establish their requirements for a new or existing product or electrical system.
• Working with a team of engineers and CAD designers on engineering projects.
• Creates user friendly operation and maintenance manuals
• Validates testing using manual procedures, testing tools and database queries, as required.
• Cross functional team relationships with design engineers, quality department and production team
• Work with quality team on assessing quality metrics and analyzing current Product Design and Production times
• Build a culture of electrical safety in the department and throughout the company
• Creating prototypes, testing them, and analyzing the results.
• Validates testing using manual procedures, testing tools and database queries, as required
• Providing support during the entire building process to ensure that the design specifications are met.
• Analyzing problems that may arise during the manufacturing process and recommending solutions.
• Deliverables include initial technical support, inter-departmental interaction and correspondence, generation of Bill of Materials (BOMs), production & drawing / instruction packages, factory / on-site acceptance test plans, Operation & Maintenance manuals, submittals / deliverables & project close-out, and job cost analysis.
• Managing change control.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited program.
• 4 to 7 years’ electrical design experience, preferably with critical power distribution, switch gear, etc.
• Knowledge of UL 891 Switchboards, UL 1558 Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breaker Switchgear, UL 67 Panel boards, UL 857 Busway, UL 1008 Transfer Switch Equipment, UL 62368 / 60950 Information Technology Equipment, as applicable is preferred.
• Candidates must be able to understand electrical system diagrams, blueprints, schematics, and be able to perform troubleshooting in accordance with Test Engineer / Shift Test Engineer documentation when required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in or with programs similar to AutoCAD Electrical and various MS Office applications.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention-to-detail, and multitasking capability.