Senior Electrical Design Engineer - BESS

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary :

The Senior Electrical Design Engineer reports to the Manager, Electrical Engineering located in Hudson, Massachusetts.This position requires an understanding of electrical systems coupled with strong communication skills to collaborate technically with other departments and customers to identify and ultimately implement solutions that support customer and business goals.

The Senior Electrical Design Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, modifying, and evaluating electronic parts, components or integrated circuitry for electronic equipment and other hardware systems.

Responsibilities :

• Assist in the development of system architectures for next generation of ESS and mobility products.
• Take ownership of electrical subsystems, including component selection, simulation and testing, PCB layout and assembly and product specification.
• Collect data from a wide variety of experiments, electrical testing, and analytical evaluations.
• Conduct root cause and failure analysis using various analytical techniques and tools.
• Contributes to the development of detailed product and subsystem specifications based on product requirements for system level design, operation, and controls.
• Create test engineering and validation plans to ensure proper implementation.
• Assist in regulatory compliance testing and validation.
• Collaborates on feasibility studies and testing on new and modified designs.
• Maintains product documentation (drawings and specifications) and lessons including producing design reports, test reports, operating manuals, and test procedures.
• Collaborate with team members to define the technology roadmap for current and future products.
• Support prototype system builds to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
• Construct circuits on breadboards to test new electrical circuitry.
• Adhere to all company policies, processes, and procedures.
• Adhere to federal and state regulations.
• Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
• Predictable and reliable attendance.

Position Qualifications :

• Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree.
• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in electrical system design or five (5) years with demonstrated experience developing a product from concept through production on a multidiscipline project with complex systems.
• Experience with the product design process, validation testing, and documentation.
• Knowledgeable in electrical design best practices, including circuit design, component selection, circuit protections, and PCB layout.
• Proficient reading schematics and using electrical hardware design tools for analysis, simulation, engineering calculations, etc.
• Comfortable in a small organization with limited resources.
• Effective communicator, capable of concisely presenting highly technical test data to internal and external customers, as well as effectively communicating with suppliers.
• Demonstrated competence in methodical and effective troubleshooting.
• Experience with industry test certifications and regulatory compliance.
• Experienced with the handling of high voltage lithium-ion battery systems.
• Challenges the status quo and strives for continuous improvement.
• Microsoft office suite.
• Thrives in being part of a ground up design effort.
• Energy storage experience is preferred.
• Design experience above 1500V a preferred.

Key Competencies :

• Focuses on Quality : Drives work results with quality focus in actions and results.
• Decision Making & Analysis : Makes sound decisions based upon a mixture of data-driven analysis, expertise, experience, and judgment;

collects relevant information, seeking input from others, and identifies connections and / or root causes of problems.

Takes Initiative : Exhibits strong drive for results and success; conveys a sense of urgency and drives issues to closure;

persists despite obstacles and opposition.

• Future Focus : Generates novel and valuable ideas and uses these ideas to develop new or improved processes, methods, systems, products, or services.
• Delivers Results : Achievement oriented, feeling a sense of urgency to reach goals on time, if not before.
• Integrity : Acts and makes decisions in a manner consistent with the needs of the public in delivery of products / services.

Acts in line with the culture and norms of both the organization and society in general.

• Teamwork : Works cooperatively with others to accomplish team goals and organizational objectives.
• Communications : Exchanges thoughts, feelings, and information effectively.
9 days ago