Electrical Engineer - Cost Optimization

MSA, The Safety Company•Cranberry Township, PA

About The Position

MSA Safety is seeking passionate, motivated, and driven individuals to join their team. MSA Safety is a purpose-driven company focused on using innovation and technology to protect people and assets globally. This role is for an Electrical or Electronics Engineer who enjoys solving technical challenges and delivering measurable business results. The position is within the global Value Engineering & Cost Optimization team, where the engineer will play a key role in improving products used worldwide. The role involves working directly with Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Executive Leadership to find innovative ways to reduce cost, enhance product performance, and strengthen competitiveness. Every successful project will create measurable value for the company, offering a unique opportunity to combine technical engineering expertise with strategic business impact. This role offers the chance to directly influence product profitability and company performance, lead high-impact technical initiatives with visibility to senior leadership, work across multiple product lines and technologies, drive engineering decisions affecting global manufacturing and sourcing, see ideas implemented and tracked through measurable cost savings, and collaborate with experts from various engineering and supply chain teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field, preferably from an ABET-accredited program.
Experience in electrical circuit design and development.
Experience with analog, digital, embedded, and power electronics.
PCB design and schematic capture experience.
Knowledge of EMC-compliant design practices.
Experience selecting and qualifying electronic components.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Ability to communicate technical concepts to both engineering and business audiences.
Ability to work independently and lead execution across multiple functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Electronics design for hazardous or regulated environments.
Intrinsically safe design experience.
Statistical analysis and design verification methods.
FMEA, DFSS, Minitab, or related engineering tools.
Product cost optimization, value engineering, or design-to-cost experience.

Responsibilities

Identify and implement opportunities to improve product value while maintaining performance, quality, and safety.
Analyze electrical designs and identify cost reduction opportunities.
Simplify circuits, PCB designs, and electrical architectures.
Evaluate alternative components and technologies.
Benchmark products and designs against industry solutions.
Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Serviceability (DFS) principles.
Support value engineering workshops and innovation activities.
Take ownership of engineering solutions from concept through implementation.
Design and modify analog, digital, embedded, power management, and communication circuits.
Develop prototypes and validate performance.
Resolve component obsolescence challenges through redesign or alternate sourcing.
Ensure products meet performance, quality, and regulatory requirements.
Support product improvements across existing product portfolios.
Work closely with sourcing, manufacturing, quality, product management, and mechanical engineering teams.
Run cost optimization projects through implementation.
Coordinate design changes with suppliers and manufacturing sites.
Present recommendations and results to leadership teams.
Drive execution to ensure projects deliver measurable savings.
Develop and execute test plans for redesigned systems.
Support laboratory testing and prototype evaluation.
Investigate technical issues and develop solutions.
Ensure compliance with applicable industry and regulatory standards.
Document and validate savings achieved through engineering changes.
Develop new approaches to improve product competitiveness.
Create cost models and engineering best practices.
Contribute to global continuous improvement initiatives.