Summary
You will join a hardware team to provide best-in-class electrical design and support documentation.
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
- 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
- Familiar with UL and CSA compliance Standards
- 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: $100k - $120k/year (DOE), options and benefits
Electrical/Design Engineer for Manufacturing Company in Morgan Hill, CA