Sr. Electrical Engineer

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be an integral member of an engineering development team and focus on design, development and integration of electrical systems including wiring harnesses, components, and third-party solutions to meet customer and regulatory requirements. The Engineer will help to refine and develop company electrical design standards and work in cross functional teams to achieve project objectives within time and budget and with the right technical quality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Applies Electrical design principles, standards, analytics, and concepts to design and integrate new and existing technology into lift trucks in line with project objects.
• Maintains and improves new and existing lift truck electrical, software and control systems.
• Addresses and meets defined Electrical design targets under consideration of given budgets, resources, specifications and customer expectation
• Applies risk analysis and advanced trouble shooting techniques to prevent and or solve problems with new and existing Lift truck systems.
•Plans, designs, and facilitates electrical development and integration projects; organizes respective resources and helps to evaluate progress.
• Designs and creates drawings for electrical wiring harnesses, power cables, electrical components, including design drawings and schematics
• Checks work of other electrical engineers and technicians and gives technical advice as required
• Assesses opportunities and risks for completing development of solutions in time and budget and within regulatory requirements.
• Contributes to develop and refinement of company electrical design standards and design processes
• Coordinates work with, Testing, Manufacturing, Quality, Product Support, Purchasing as well as suppliers on product design problems, quality issues, product improvements as well as cost reductions.
• Trouble shoots and solves issues in prototype as well as on production lift trucks.

Qualifications:
• 5+ year’s electrical design experience (mobile equipment focus preferred)
• Advanced knowledge of electrical engineering design principles, concepts, practices, and theories
• Experience with design and validation of electrical wiring harnesses, components, and systems.
• Experience with regulatory standards
• Experience designing with CAD (2D & 3D), preferably E3 and Unigraphics
• Knowledge or experience with vehicle CAN communication protocols and embedded software.
• Knowledge of functional safety standards and application
• Must possess excellent communication skills
• Must be able to work with multinational colleagues

Education:
BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology required

“We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, or any other criteria protected by governing law.”