Job Description

Electrical Designer/Engineer is needed for a custom engineering consulting and systems integration firm Work on a wide range of projects in the life science automation sector. Why work here?

• Hit the ground running on projects.
• Project responsibilities and interactions with clients to solve real-world problems!
• Be surrounded by automation experts in a collaborative environment!
• Competitive compensation
• Full benefits, flexible working hours
• Responsibilities
• Specify automation and electrical components to meet customer specifications, application requirements, and industrial standards.
• Create custom control panel layouts and bills of materials.
• Design wiring diagrams, schematic diagrams, and one-line power distribution drawings.
• Perform IO checkout and validation.
• Perform enclosure FLA and heat dissipation calculations.
• Create and maintain AutoCAD Electrical templates, blocks and symbols library.
• Organize and maintain project drawings and technical information.
• Work with project managers and operations manager to schedule and prioritize tasks.
• Traveling to customer sites as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Mechanical, or related field preferred. Equivalent experience considered.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience
• U.S. citizen or national
• Required Skills
  • AutoCAD
  • Ability to design to UL and IEC requirements, including certification
  • Familiarity and ability to design to NEC
  • Working knowledge of PLCs, IO Modules, VFDs, Motors, and other standard automation equipment.
  • Working knowledge of industrial communication networks
  • Ability to size power components, including breakers, fuses, VFDs, Disconnects, etc.
  • Ability to determine and layout power distribution
  • Ability to create PDF drawings utilizing cross reference clicking
  • Ability to size panels and calculate heating/cooling requirements
  • Ability to create BOM from high level requirements
  • Generate Loop Drawings
  • Generate one-line drawings
  • Microsoft Excel

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience programing or configuring PLCs, HMIs, or SCADA systems
• Familiarity with safety PLC wiring
• Familiarity with PL and SIL electrical design requirements
• Ability to read and understand P&ID drawings
• Familiarity with industrial communication network design
• Familiarity with National Instruments or DAQ equipment
• Understanding of noise mitigation and signal integrity considerations for panel design
• Knowledge of high voltage and high-power component design (both AC and DC)
• Familiarity with quality control standards such as ISO9001 and AS9100
• Understanding of FOD (foreign object debris) protection procedures, ESD protection standards, other important safety, and quality control best practices
• Ability to do basic mechanical CAD
• Ability to do software testing
• Familiarity with PCB design and able to develop simple PCB schematic