Electrical Engineer

Trident Maritime Systems,•San Diego, CA

About The Position

The Electrical Engineer provides electrical engineering support to Trident Maritime System’s Product Groups and the Engineering Department. The role designs, develops, and maintains electrical control systems and components to specifications, with emphasis on economy, safety, reliability, quality, and sustainability. It supports concept and detailed design, implementation, testing, and handover, and involves work at every stage of product design and development. The engineer works with multidisciplinary project teams and may interact with engineers in other specialties, marketing and sales staff, manufacturers, suppliers, technicians, clients, and contractors. The work includes identifying customer requirements; designing systems and products; interpreting design specifications and technical drawings; researching solutions and estimating costs and timelines; working to electrical and marine standards; testing and analyzing results; proposing modifications and retesting; qualifying, servicing, and maintaining equipment; and preparing documentation, reports, and presentations. The role also calls for technical knowledge, project management and multitasking abilities, and commercial awareness, including team leadership or management skills as careers progress.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
2–5 years of experience after college.
Experience with electrical designs, layouts, and controls, such as one-line diagrams, schematics, sequences of operation, bills of material, network layouts, and software applications.
Demonstrated knowledge of electrical/electronic control systems.
Demonstrated technical aptitude.
Ability to produce interference control drawings, manufacturing drawings, and arrangement and detail drawings.
Flexibility with schedules and work hours; ability to work overtime is required.
Proof of U.S. citizenship.
Must undergo and pass a drug screening.

Nice To Haves

Marine industry experience in the commercial or defense sector.

Responsibilities

Provide electrical engineering support to the Product Groups and Engineering Department.
Design, develop, and maintain electrical control systems and components to required specifications, focusing on economy, safety, reliability, quality, and sustainability.
Provide concept and detailed design, implementation, testing, and handover support.
Work at all stages of product design and development.
Identify customer requirements and design systems and products.
Read design specifications and technical drawings.
Research suitable solutions and estimate costs and timescales.
Work to IEEE, ABS, Lloyd’s Register, and other electrical and marine standards.
Liaise with the design team, clients, and contractors, and attend on-site meetings.
Design and conduct tests; record, analyze, and interpret test data.
Propose modifications and retest products; qualify final products or systems.
Service and maintain equipment.
Prepare product documentation, write reports, and give presentations.
Work within multidisciplinary project teams.