Senior Electrical Engineer (Electronics)
About The Position
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer – Electronics for its Electrical Engineering design unit within the Engineering/Architecture Design Division. The unit supports planning and design across transportation assets including airports, ports, ferries, tunnels, bridges, rail systems, and bus terminals. Reporting to a Principal Electrical Engineer – Electronics, this role delivers electronics systems design services, including engineering designs for digital camera-based surveillance, access control and intrusion detection, communications infrastructure, first responder two-way radio, distributed antenna, and radio dispatch console systems. The Senior Electrical Engineer leads and coordinates multidisciplinary design efforts and develops conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs for new construction and alterations to existing electronics systems. The role produces contract documents, estimates, scopes of work, design criteria, technical specifications, and recommendations; audits consultants’ work; coordinates with clients, other disciplines, facilities, and outside entities; and supports field commissioning, testing, startup, and troubleshooting. The position also provides guidance and supervision to assigned professional and technical staff.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic, or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university, with sufficient exposure to Industrial Electronics and Communications Systems.
- At least seven years of demonstrated experience delivering complete professional engineering design deliverables and support services focused on detailed electronic, communication, and radio systems designs, technical specification writing, and construction cost estimating for commercial and industrial facilities.
- Demonstrated experience leading design teams, including preparing proposals, coordinating design, reporting schedules and budgets, and briefing senior staff.
- Valid driver’s license.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related engineering field.
- Professional Engineer license in New York or New Jersey.
- Working knowledge of electrical codes, radio, and technology standards.
- Ability to lead, manage, and prioritize multiple assignments involving multiple disciplines.
- Experience preparing scopes of work and design criteria for consultant projects, auditing completed consultant designs, and monitoring progress for earned value.
- Experience with field commissioning, testing, startup, and troubleshooting of electronic and/or radio systems.
- Experience performing calculations such as bandwidth, system noise, link budgets, and network storage.
- Proficiency preparing contract drawings, including detailed system diagrams, riser and interconnection diagrams, equipment layouts, plans, sections, and details.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to work independently and prioritize work.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, and Teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead multidisciplinary design teams, preparing engineering designs, RFP documents, proposals, coordinating design, reporting schedules and budgets, and briefing senior staff.
- Prepare preliminary and detailed estimates and design criteria for new electronics construction, and designs for alterations to existing electronics equipment and systems.
- Review design criteria and determine required material properties and feasible construction methods.
- Develop preliminary conceptual designs and planning for capital projects and major work programs, and provide client departments with alternatives and associated costs for future planning and funding.
- Prepare contract documents, including drawings, technical specifications, construction cost estimates, and purchase orders, ensuring they are biddable, constructible, and delivered within schedules and budgets.
- Instruct associate engineers, consultants, and CAD personnel in preparing engineering drawings, specifications, estimates, and contractual design elements.
- Review specifications for materials, equipment, construction methods, and standards; investigate and recommend construction contract types, terms, and conditions.
- Perform detailed systems engineering design, technical analyses, and economic studies, and make recommendations.
- Ensure project technical integrity, safety, efficient operation, maintainability, and sound economics.
- Coordinate projects with other disciplines, Line Department facilities, and outside entities, while minimizing disruption to normal facility operations.
- Prepare scopes of work and design criteria for consultant projects; audit consultant designs and progress; and ensure designs meet scope, codes, Port Authority standards, and budget.
- Provide technical assistance to facilities and support their safe and reliable operation.
- Maintain knowledge of state-of-the-art electronics systems technology and equipment, and ensure facilities use the most advanced technology available.
- Participate in field commissioning, testing, startup, and troubleshooting of electronic systems, ensuring contract compliance, safety, efficient operation, maintainability, and minimum downtime.
- Guide and supervise assigned professional and technical staff, review staff, implement development plans, and provide or arrange training.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package.
- Professional environment that supports development and recognizes achievement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
