Electrical Designer I

Accountability:

Electrical Designer 1 for metal cutting machine tool products. Under general supervision responsible for developing electrical designs including machine and control schematics, cable assembly charts, electrical assembly drawings and bills-of-material accurately, economically, on schedule and in accordance with Giddings & Lewis and industry standards. In addition, perform other duties as assigned by manager, provide technical support for the sales, manufacturing, and service of company products.

Scope and Responsibilities:

Essential duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Proactively attains a safe and healthy work environment for all employees.
• Meet engineering project or machine release schedules completing designs, details, parts lists, and other relative information on schedule.
• Contributes to enhancing company product performance and reliability.
• Provide accurate drawings according to Giddings & Lewis and industry engineering standards.
• Responsible for the complete electrical design encompassing collaboration with mechanical engineers, electrical schematic development, power cabinet design and layout, component selection, and machine cable routing.
• Assists in the design and development of CNC hardware applications, integrating third-party CNC hardware and control concepts while utilizing third-party software programs.
• Effective collaboration with control vendors on new product development, control packing and machine integration.
• Provides design and engineering assistance to various internal teams, including Mechanical Engineering, Test Engineering, Training, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Sales, and Technical Service.
• Develops specifications and documentation for electrical designs, facilitating clear communication and training within the design engineering group.
• Maintains current knowledge of new control methods, designs, industry standards, and electrical codes.
• Improves overall company and engineering efficiency and effectiveness by participation in special assignments and projects.
• Becomes knowledgeable and proficient in the use of company and industry standards.
• Becomes knowledgeable and proficient in the use of PLM(Agile) and ERP (SAP) systems.
• ISO 9001 & 14001 awareness and compliance.

 Education/Certification:

• Associate degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering Technology from a two-year college or university or equivalent in proven experience.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent residency status (green card).

Experience:

• Associate degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering Technology or 3 – 5 years related experience.

Skills:

• Strong engineering aptitude.
• Ability to solve technical problems.
• Ability to prioritize and adapt to changing priorities quickly and effectively.
• Understand creation, structuring, & maintenance of schematic and bills of material.
• Self-directed with excellent work ethic and strong time-management skills.
• Ability to work in focused teams.
• Ability to work in a timely manner and accurately.
• Ability to share ideas and value of designs with other professionals.
• Ability to understand complex power panel design, power distribution, short circuit rating, arc flash and grounding.
• Ability to understand drive design integrating motors, drives and power supplies to meet specific requirements of multi-axis servo design applications.
• Ability to understand networked I/O fieldbuses.
• Ability to understand commercial cabling systems and configuration.
• Ability to understand sensor interfaces and technology.
• Ability to understand CNC applications.
• Ability to interpret and understand electrical standards – NFPA 79, UL 508A, IEC 60204-1
• EPLAN P8 or equivalent design skills with adherence to Engineering standards, guidelines, and practices is a plus.
• 2D CAD design skills with AutoCAD with adherence to Engineering standards, guidelines, and practices is a plus.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word skills.