Our Electrical Engineering team at KION North America is hiring! The Electrical Engineer will be an integral member of an engineering design team and focus on design, development and integration of electrical systems including wiring harnesses, components and third-party solutions to meet customer and regulatory requirements. The Engineer will help to refine and develop company electrical design standards and work in cross functional teams to achieve project objectives within time and budget and with the right technical quality. Come join the KION North America Team!

We offer:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyzes and uses Electrical design principles, standards, analytics and concepts to design and integrate new and existing technology into lift trucks in line with project objects

• Maintains and improves to new and existing lift truck electrical, software and control systems

• Addresses and meets defined Electrical design targets under consideration of given budgets, resources, specifications and (customer) expectation

• Applies risk analysis and advanced trouble shooting techniques to prevent and or tackle problems with new and existing Lift truck systems

• Plans, designs, and facilitates electrical development and integration projects; organizes respective resources and helps to evaluate progress

• Designs and creates drawings for electrical wiring harnesses, power cables, electrical components, including design drawings and schematics

• Checks work of other electrical engineers and technicians and gives technical advice as the need arises

• Assesses opportunities and risks for completing development of solutions in time and budget and within regulatory requirements

• Helps to develop and refine company electrical design standards

• Coordinates work with, Testing, Manufacturing, Quality, Product Support, Purchasing as well as suppliers on product design problems, quality issues, product improvements as well as cost reductions

• Trouble shoots and solves issues in prototype as well as on production lift trucks

Tasks and Qualifications:

Qualifications:

• 3 years electrical design experience (mobile equipment focus preferred)

• Advanced knowledge of electrical engineering design principles, concepts, practices and theories

• Experience with design and validation of electrical wiring harnesses, components and systems

• Experience with regulatory standards

• Experience designing with CAD (2D & 3D), preferably E3 and Unigraphics

• Knowledge or experience with vehicle CAN communication protocols and embedded software

• Knowledge of functional safety standards and application

• Communicate effectively through all levels of the organization

• Effective collaboration skills with diverse, and multinational colleagues

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology required

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