Project Engineer – Electrical

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The Project Engineer Electrical leads projects and coordinates design work through the engineering team. Responsible for driving continuous improvement efforts across different engineering disciplines. Responsible for making critical decisions that have a large impact on projects and engineering initiatives. Develops and fosters others to think innovatively hold accountability and process improvement on a daily basis. The Project Engineer Electrical performs high level engineering analysis design or re-design validation and troubleshooting of complex electrical/electronic systems for heavy duty vehicles. Provides integration and execution support for vehicle control and embedded systems development.

YOUR IMPACT:

• Plans directs and coordinates activities of their engineering team.

• Provide coaching and development for their team through regular performance feedback technical and professional training opportunities and creation of individual development plans for team members.

• Prepare and control department budget forecast operating costs of department and direct preparation of budget requests.

• Understand market share and P&L for their product line - business acumen.

• Collaborate and build relationships with internal and external customers across segments and functions.

• Ability to present and defend technical engineering decisions to Engineering leadership Oshkosh leadership and external customers.

• Responsible for completion of a project or part of a project of moderate complexity on time.

• May be responsible for overall project schedule and budget.

• May be responsible for managing multiple priorities.

• Responsible for preparation and delivery of plans designs computation methods and/or reporting.

• Collaborate as needed with other engineering or business support disciplines internally as well as suppliers externally.

• May have exposure to the external customers and/or industry organizations.

• Provides guidance or mentorship to entry level engineers working on common projects.

• Research create and update standard engineering methodology and procedures - best practices etc.

• Perform complex and accurate calculations analysis and investigation according to Oshkosh as well as general industry engineering standards and processes.

• Provide technical electrical expertise for prototype pilot or production builds including resolution of problems in manufacturing.

• Select and/or design complex electrical components for function cost reliability and manufacturability.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Regular attendance is required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Accredited Bachelors degree in Engineering or related field with five (5) or more years of related experience.

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:

• Accredited Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Design experience with programming languages and controls software.
• Design experience with Controller Area Network (CAN)/SAE J1939 and/or Vehicle Networking.
• Electrical troubleshooting/root cause/corrective action experience.
• Wire Harness design expertise and process improvement experience.

Pay Range:

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