Senior Staff Engineer
Job Location:
Waukesha, WI - USA
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Job Summary
For more than 65 years weve turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes strengthen businesses and build a more resilient efficient sustainable energy future.
Ready to Power a Smarter World with us
The Engineer V is responsible for providing expertise regarding new product development as well as continuous improvement of legacy systems. Day-to-day responsibilities include medium-voltage power design electrical system studies (short-circuit arc flash and protection coordination) component selection and sizing compliance and performance test planning and codes and standards adherence. Additionally candidates will facilitate product development through design validation and release while serving as a technical leader and mentor to the broader engineering team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead product development: Own the design validation architecture and market launch of new power generation and power conversion products from concept through production.
Design electrical systems: Develop power circuits distribution protection schemes and medium-voltage systems (138 kV) including transformers switchgear busbars cables and insulation coordination.
Perform testing & analysis: Architect and execute product validation performance and regulatory testing including load testing power quality fault injection and electrical system studies such as load flow short-circuit arc flash and protection coordination.
Ensure compliance & manufacturability: Develop specifications schematics wiring diagrams and BOMs while ensuring compliance with UL IEC NEC IEEE and CSA standards and optimizing designs for cost reliability safety and manufacturing.
Provide technical leadership: Drive development schedules and cost targets collaborate across engineering and manufacturing teams and mentor engineers to improve technical capabilities and engineering standards.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline;
10 years of relevant work experience;
Preferred Qualifications:
Power & Medium-Voltage Engineering: Extensive expertise in power generation conversion and distribution systems including MV switchgear transformers paralleling systems and mission-critical power solutions.
Electrical & Power Electronics Design: Strong knowledge of power circuit design component sizing thermal management grounding/bonding and integration of rectifiers inverters and DC/DC converters with full ownership of complex system designs.
Testing Compliance & Product Development: Experienced in MV standards EMC/EMI dielectric/hipot partial discharge fault injection environmental testing and validation with experience taking products from concept through production.
Complex Project & Problem Solving: Independently leads large complex cross-functional engineering projects; applies strong analytical conceptual and decision-making skills to develop innovative solutions and improve products processes and business outcomes.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Provides technical guidance coaches less-experienced engineers drives cross-functional success contributes to standards and procedures and communicates effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
Business & Professional Excellence: Manages priorities and multiple assignments effectively identifies opportunities to improve engineerings financial impact recommends best practices and actively owns professional development and continuous improvement.
Great Reasons to work for Generac:
Competitive Benefits: Health Dental Vision 401k and many more
Scheduled events throughout the year that allow our employees both current and retirees to gather together and enjoy their time with their families and co-workers
Enjoy summer hours (Memorial Day Labor Day)
Pride! When a storm strikes Generac employees always rise to the occasion. Each time a storm hits many employees volunteer their time with the customer support team or on the production line while others go right into storm-affected areas to repair generators
Make a positive impact. Generac has always been community-minded and dedicated to giving back. The company proudly offers a Volunteer Time Off program inviting team members to participate in charitable volunteer opportunities on company time.
We believe in having fun. From minor celebrations to major events our employees balance their work by building a strong culture of teamwork and collaboration through a variety of occasions including our Fun Days.
Were an inclusive company that celebrates differences and keeps equity and respect at the forefront.
We offer product loan and discount programs.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting close vision and ability to adjust focus.
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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
About Company
Since 1959, Generac Power Systems has been committed to building the most reliable, durable, efficient, and environmentally-friendly generators and power equipment.
