Job Description
Electrical Engineer 3 - (79440-1)
Chillicothe, IL
12 months
Job Description:
Summary: The main function of an electrical engineer is to design, develop, test or supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military or scientific use. A typical electrical engineer has the ability to make engineering drawings, and read and interpret blueprints.
Job Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and test the manufacture of electrical equipment, including machinery controls, wiring, and lighting.
- Evaluate the cost effectiveness, reliability and safety of certain design models.
- Estimate time and cost to complete projects.
- Simulate and test machine/structure/system operation.
- Investigate and test vendors’ and competitors’ products.
Skills:
- Creativity, verbal and written communication skills, analytical and problem solving ability.
- Team player and detail oriented.
- Basic leadership and mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.
- Ability to make sketches, engineering drawings and common computations.
- Ability to perform details calculations to compute and establish manufacturing, construction and installation standards and specifications.
- Ability to apply principles of electrical theory to engineering projects.
- Previous experience with computer applications and design software related to engineering field.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
- 5-7 years experience required.
Why Client? “Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Client. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Client travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters.”
Why this Role?
The opportunity to work on developing lower-level components like power modules (IGBTs, MOSFETs), capacitors, sensors, heatsinks, etc. used in Power Electronic converters. The candidate will develop good theoretical knowledge and hands on experience by working on advanced instrumentation and equipment for validating the components.
Typical task breakdown:
- High current, high voltage, and high temperature component testing (current sensors, large DC link capacitors, power modules, PCBs).
- Test planning, documentation, fixture setup, test execution, data processing and analysis, summarizing and reporting of test results, failure analysis.
Interaction with team:
- Collaboration with Client's SME, test engineers, and technicians.
- Collaboration with the Client India and Client China team (electrical design, release of component prints, 3D models).
- Review engineering drawings, technical requirements, and specifications
- Experience with quality tools including FMEA, APQP & PPAP.
- Supplier development. Limited travel to supplier.
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Team Structure
- My team is focused in three main areas – low level Power Electronic component development, current production support, and virtual product development. One SME is working on low level component development area, and the new team member will be supporting the SME and working under their guidance.
Work environment:
- Office and lab environment.
- PPE required
- 50/50
Education & Experience Required:
- Years of experience: 5-7 years
- Degree requirement: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with 5+ years of experience
- Masters Degree in Engineering with 3+ years of experience
- NO 2 year degrees
- Do you accept internships as job experience:
- Are there past or additional job titles or roles that would provide comparable background to this role:
Top 3 Skills
- Electrical Engineering degree with some course work focused on Power Electronics
- 3 to 5 years of experience working on Power Electronics
- Double pulse testing and power module characterization experience
Additional Technical Skills
(Required)
- Hands-on test experience with component development for electric drive applications in high-power high-reliability applications.
- Coordinate development, review, and execution of test plans (test fixtures, instrumentation, resources, tools, schedule, processes, measurement equipment, analysis of test results, preparation of technical reports, design reviews, failure analysis).
- Experience with using dataloggers, oscilloscopes, HV differential probe, current transducer, thermal chambers, high voltage power supplies, high current power supplies.
(Desired)
- Experience with working across different engineering disciplines (electrical and mechanical engineers, thermal simulation, quality, manufacturing, purchasing).
- Experience with Python, MATLAB, and Excel for test data analysis.
- Double pulse testing of power modules
Soft Skills
(Required)
- Experience in Microsoft tools (i.e. Outlook, Excel, etc)
(Desired)
- Experience working with customers and coworkers (India, China, Europe)
Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications:
- Frequent job moves
Job Tags
Full time, Internship, Work at office,