Electrical Engineer

Winnebago Industries • Middlebury, IN

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About The Position

Winnebago Industries is seeking an Electrical Engineer for its Enterprise Test and Technology Services team in Middlebury, Indiana. The role supports the development, integration, and validation of electrical systems across the company’s business units. It involves hands-on work with vehicle electrical architecture, power distribution, wiring and harness systems, component integration, troubleshooting, and electrification projects, while helping establish reusable engineering methods and standards across the enterprise. The role requires travel up to approximately 40% to support business-unit engineering activities, prototype builds, suppliers, and testing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience with electrical schematic or harness-development tools such as SolidWorks Electrical, Capital, Zuken, AutoCAD Electrical, or similar.
• Ability to travel up to approximately 40% to support business-unit engineering activities, prototype builds, suppliers, and testing.

Nice To Haves

• Three or more years of relevant electrical engineering experience, ideally involving vehicles, mobile equipment, transportation, recreational products, or other integrated electromechanical systems.
• Experience with electrical test equipment, data acquisition, CAN tools, and hands-on prototype troubleshooting.
• Experience with 48V systems, lithium-ion batteries, power conversion, charging systems, or vehicle electrification.

Responsibilities

• Design and integrate vehicle electrical systems, including 12V, 24V, and 48V power distribution, wiring, harnesses, electrical components, sensors, and controls interfaces.
• Develop electrical schematics, system diagrams, interface definitions, load calculations, component specifications, and engineering documentation.
• Support electrical architecture development from requirements and concepts through prototype, validation, and production readiness.
• Troubleshoot vehicle- and component-level electrical issues and perform structured root-cause analysis.
• Support electrical component selection and evaluation based on performance, reliability, cost, integration, and application requirements.
• Plan and support electrical system and component validation with ETTS test engineering and business-unit engineering teams.
• Work with suppliers on technical requirements, component development, prototypes, testing, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with mechanical, embedded/software, manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and service teams.
• Support electrification initiatives involving energy storage, power conversion, charging, higher-voltage architectures, and advanced vehicle electrical systems.
• Develop and promote common electrical engineering methods, standards, reference architectures, and best practices across business units.
• Participate in cross-business-unit electrical engineering activities and communities of practice, sharing lessons learned and technical knowledge.
• Perform other duties as assigned based on business need.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level