Manager, Electrical Engineering

Mitsubishi Electric US•Vernon Hills, IL

About The Position

The Electrical Engineering Manager leads the design and delivery of industrial control cabinets and robotic-cell solutions for the Americas using Mitsubishi Electric automation technologies. This working manager translates customer requirements into safe, reliable, manufacturable, and commercially competitive solutions, sets technical direction, develops engineering talent, and drives standardization, cost reduction, quality, and on-time execution. The role leads the electrical engineering team and owns the engineering lifecycle from requirements and concept development through design, verification, release, manufacturing support, commissioning, and continuous improvement. It ensures designs meet customer requirements, company design controls, and applicable electrical, machinery, and robotic-cell standards. The manager partners with Mechanical and Production Engineering, manages technical relationships with panel builders, component suppliers, and engineering partners, and prepares budgets, capacity plans, technical roadmaps, KPI and project reports, and leadership recommendations. As a working manager, the role plans, assigns, directs, and reviews engineers’ work; recruits, onboards, coaches, develops, and retains the team; sets performance expectations; and balances assignments and capacity against commitments, risk, business value, and available resources. Travel is approximately 20% based on customer and supplier needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Automation Engineering, or equivalent relevant experience with an OEM, system integrator, or panel builder.
At least 5 years of progressive experience designing and delivering industrial control cabinets, controls engineering, or systems integration, including technical or people leadership.
Experience with PLCs, HMIs, industrial robots, VFDs, servo and motion control, industrial networks, machine and robot safety, and electrical control-panel technologies.
Working knowledge of electrical design practices and applicable control cabinet, machinery, and robotic-cell safety standards.
Ability to create and review schematics, panel layouts, bills of material, functional specifications, I/O lists, network architectures, sequence-of-operation documents, and test procedures.
Experience with electrical CAD/CAE tools and with document control, revision control, and change management.
Experience with SolidWorks Mechanical related to layouts and enclosure modifications for controls and automation cabinets and panels.
Strong leadership, project execution, decision-making, communication, customer-facing, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft products.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SolidWorks Electrical.
Experience with EPLAN, AutoCAD Electrical, or comparable platforms.
Functional-safety certification, UL 508A experience, Professional Engineer licensure, or project-management training.
Hands-on experience with Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC PLCs, GOT HMIs, MELFA robots, FR-series VFDs, MELSERVO systems, motion controllers, safety products, and industrial networks.
Experience with IEC 61131-3 languages, robot and motion programming, HMI development, industrial communications, and source/version control.
Experience delivering industrial control cabinets or robotic cells across industrial markets, including design-to-cost, standardized or modular platforms, supplier development, and global engineering collaboration.

Responsibilities

Lead the electrical engineering team, setting priorities, resource plans, design practices, and performance measures for industrial control cabinet and robotic-cell projects.
Own the engineering lifecycle from requirements and concept development through design, verification, release, manufacturing support, commissioning, and continuous improvement.
Ensure designs meet customer requirements, company design controls, and applicable standards, including UL 508A, NFPA 79, NFPA 70 / NEC, IEC 60204-1, IEC 61131-3, IEC 61800, ISO 10218, ISO 13849-1, and IEC 62061.
Lead design and risk reviews addressing power distribution, SCCR, protection, grounding, thermal management, EMC, machine and robot safety, guarding, communications, maintainability, and lifecycle support.
Partner with Mechanical and Production Engineering to standardize component libraries, cabinet templates, drawing conventions, reusable software, version control, validation practices, layouts, guarding, cable routing, manufacturability, assembly, and serviceability.
Lead cabinet and panel solution costing and drive value engineering through design simplification, standardization, alternate component qualification, and supply continuity.
Manage technical relationships with panel builders, component suppliers, and engineering partners.
Prepare budgets, capacity plans, technical roadmaps, KPI and project reports, and leadership recommendations.
Plan, assign, direct, and review the work of electrical engineers to meet project commitments.
Recruit, onboard, coach, develop, and retain the team while maintaining role clarity, development plans, succession coverage, and cross-training.
Set performance expectations; provide feedback, recognition, coaching, and formal evaluations.
Balance assignments and capacity based on commitments, risk, business value, and resource availability.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.