Electrical Design Engineer
Job Location:
Milwaukee, WI - USA
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Job Summary
At Rite-Hite your work makes an impact. As the global leader in loading dock and door equipment we design and deliver solutions that keep our customers safe secure and productive. Here youll find innovation stability and the chance to grow your career as part of a team thats always looking ahead.
Purpose and Scope
Perform electrical engineering design and support activities for custom-engineered orders existing products and new product development. Develop modify analyze document and validate electrical systems and controls to meet customer product manufacturing regulatory and business requirements.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to develop electrical solutions for custom-engineered orders including requirements definition design documentation technical review and order support.
- Provide electrical engineering support for existing products including production issues customer and field concerns component substitutions product improvements and root-cause investigation.
- Develop and process engineering changes ensuring electrical designs drawings bills of material specifications and related documentation remain accurate and properly controlled.
- Develop modify and document electrical control systems to meet product customer manufacturing cost and performance requirements.
- Participate in new product development projects by completing assigned design analysis documentation prototyping and validation activities.
- Support the product lifecycle by addressing component obsolescence evaluating replacement components and implementing product improvements.
- Ensure electrical designs comply with applicable electrical machine-safety and product standards including UL 507 UL 508A NFPA 70 and other relevant requirements.
- Develop and execute design-validation production-test and troubleshooting procedures appropriate to the product or application.
- Select and specify electrical components based on performance reliability availability cost regulatory requirements and established engineering practices.
- Maintain engineering files and product documentation in accordance with revision-control change-management and MRP-system requirements.
- Serve as an electrical engineering resource to manufacturing purchasing applications service and other internal teams.
- Work directly with suppliers to evaluate components resolve technical issues and develop appropriate purchasing and performance specifications.
- Identify and implement improvements to engineering processes documentation and tools that improve quality consistency and development efficiency.
- Collaborate with engineers designers and other team members sharing technical knowledge and providing guidance where appropriate.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
- Bachelors degree in electrical engineering computer engineering engineering physics electromechanical engineering controls engineering automation engineering or a related field required.
- Two or more years of relevant experience in electrical design control systems engineered-to-order products product support sustaining engineering or a related field. Two or more years of experience with relay systems including the ability to understand troubleshoot and work with relay-based electrical components.
- Experience interpreting and developing electrical schematics technical specifications bills of material and engineering documentation.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze technical problems develop practical solutions and communicate recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
- Experience supporting custom-engineered or configured-to-order products.
- Experience with industrial electrical control systems electromechanical systems motor controls sensors relays contactors programmable controllers or solid-state control devices.
- Familiarity with applicable electrical product-safety and machine-safety standards including UL 507 UL 508A NFPA 70 or similar standards.
- Experience supporting manufacturing troubleshooting production or field issues and conducting root-cause investigations.
- Experience creating and processing engineering changes including updates to drawings bills of material specifications and related product documentation.
- Familiarity with engineering change-management product-lifecycle-management and material requirements planning
- Familiarity with embedded control systems and collaboration with firmware or software developers
What We Offer
At Rite-Hite we take care of our people because when youre supported you can do your best work. Our benefits are designed to support your health your future and your life outside of work:
Health & Well-being: Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage plus life and disability insurance. A robust well-being program with an opportunity to receive an extra day off and more.
Financial Security: A strong retirement savings program with 401(k) company match and profit sharing.
Time for You: Paid holidays vacation time and personal/sick days each year.
Join us and build a career where youre supported at work and beyond.
Rite-Hite is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal state or local law. In accordance with VEVRAA we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for protected veterans. We are also committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace for the safety of our employees and customers.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Rite-Hite is the world leader in the manufacture and sale of loading dock equipment, industrial doors, safety barriers and high-volume, low-speed industrial fans – all designed to improve safety, productivity, and energy consumption.
