Power Quality and Revenue Metering Product Engineer

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL)•Boise, ID

36d•$97,000 - $144,000•Onsite

About The Position

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) is looking for someone to join our R&D team as Product Engineer in Boise, ID. The product engineers role to be the voice of the customer for product development. Product engineers have a strong understanding of how our customers use our products and how to create a feature and documentation such that it is clear, aligns with the company and competitors, and is generally easy to use. The product engineer bears many responsilbities. Often we say "other duties as assigned" is their primary role.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering
2+ years of working knowledge of electric power or industrial system integration and automation practices and philosophies
2+ years of technical marketing experience
Excellent technical and marketing presentation and writing skills
Knowledge of product life cycle planning and market positioning
Willing to travel up to 25%
Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills
Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
Background check results satisfactory to SEL
Negative drug test result(s)

Nice To Haves

Project management and/or project technical leadership
Experience with electric utility relays and telecommunications
Specifying graphical user interface

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of specific product line(s), product applications, competition, and markets.
Analyze competitor products and prepare technical product comparison reports.
Serve as primary technical contact to sales, marketing, operations, and others as required for in-service product support.
Participate in specifying product requirements, and work closely with Product Managers to ensure product features and functionality meet the customer/market needs.
Work with development engineers and product managers to prioritize development activities to meet customer needs while accomplishing objectives.
Prepare product documentation including data sheets, flyers, instruction manuals, guideform specifications, release notes, and service bulletins.
Perform product validation testing and approve validation results.
Participate in industry technical meetings and conferences.
Prepare and present technical product presentations.
Maintain an end user system operational understanding of how specific technology families are used and have a clear understanding of the functional priority.
Assist with developing and creating concept documents or drawings associated with new product ideas to be developed within R&D.
Other duties as assigned.