Electrical/Design Engineer for an XRAY Food Inspection Manufacturing company in Morgan Hill, CA

Summary

You will join a hardware team to provide best-in-class electrical design and support documentation for food industry equipment.

The ideal candidate will have experience with X-ray equipment in the food industry.

Equipment will be delivered to food industry locations with extreme environments, including washdown areas and areas with high humidity.

The Electrical/Design Engineer will be a critical new member of a small team with plans for future growth.

You will start with a mentor and eventually have the opportunity for upward mobility.

The team has service technicians out in the field and will require 10-20% travel for support if service technicians cannot resolve an issue.

Responsibilities

• This role will take full responsibility for the electrical work.
• You will be responsible for both the design portion and the builds.
• Works under the direction of the director of Hardware Engineering
• On a task basis, is responsible for preparing and completing discipline engineering designs and supporting documentation such as design criteria, calculations, drawings and specifications.
• Perform engineering calculations to source key electrical and electromechanical components such as power supplies, relays, breakers, and fusers, safety controllers, VFDs, and I/O interfaces, as well as proper wire sizing.
• Design power distribution and control circuits for X-ray equipment for use in the food industry.
• Design Safety circuits for CAT III and PL-4 rated compliance.
• Produce Wiring Schematics using Autodesk AutoCAD software.
• Ensure all designs are compliant with regulatory Standards (UL 61010, UL 508A, CSA, CE, etc.) and Manage 3rd party testing labs to obtain compliance certifications.
• Design proper grounding and wire shielding to eliminate electrical noise and EMI/EMC emissions.
• Work with the Mechanical Design team to lay out Electrical Panels.
• Assist in building prototypes and production machines by working directly with the co-manufacturer.
• Will be responsible for tier 2 support when the service technician needs assistance.
• Oversee and physically perform testing of prototypes and new designs to ensure functional specifications are obtained.
• Produce BOM using Autodesk Upchain Software.
• Produce technical documents including work instructions, Set up instructions, and operator manuals.
• Identifies conflicting design or schedule requirements and generates
• Project Deviation Notices in a timely fashion.

Required Skillsets:

• 5 years of experience as an electrical engineer.
• Solid experience using AutoCAD
• Familiar with UL and CSA compliance Standards
• Ability to get hands dirty doing wiring to help with control builds.
• AutoCAD 2D experience to do electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Schematic, electrical engineering
• 10-20% travel for support if service technicians cannot resolve an issue.
• Word, Excel, Power point

Preferred Skillsets:

• Experience with X-ray equipment in the food industry
• Strong knowledge of electrical safety. Category three and performance level four design safety circuits are a big plus.
• EMC EMI and electrical noise knowledge
• Familiarity with UL and CSA compliance standards is also preferred.
• Regulatory Standards (UL 61010, UL 508A, CSA, CE, etc.)
• Bachelor’s in electrical engineering or similar discipline

Location: Morgan Hill, CA (100% onsite)

Position type: Full-time

Salary: DOE, options and benefits