Senior Electrical Engineer

Watlow Controls • Ashburn, VA

109d

About The Position

As a Senior Electrical Engineer at Watlow, you will be part of a team that engineers systems comprising of Watlow's range of products in industries that include Glass, Heat Treat, Life Science, Food & Beverage, Plastics & Water. This role utilizes your complete mechanical / electrical design of control panels and allows you to work closely with our global clientele.

Requirements

• Well trained in mechanical / electrical engineering and basics of electronics and control theory.
• Experience designing and supporting control panels.
• Working knowledge of UL508A and NEC electrical standards as they pertain to control panel design and integration.
• Knowledge of hazardous area requirements.
• Excellent computer skills, including familiarity with control instrumentation.
• Familiarity with configuration and programming of micro based instrumentation.
• Knowledge of field engineering skills, project management skills, test equipment, electrical safety and good engineering practices.
• Knowledgeable in use of AutoCAD and/or Solidworks drawing package.
• Experience in creating lesson plans and conducting training.
• Self-motivator with good communications skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an Electrical systems expert to lead execution of engineering projects related to the quoting, design, and fabrication of control panels and integrated thermal systems.
• Make customer visits as required to qualify opportunities, determine scope and define solutions and provide technical sales assistance on control panel opportunities.
• Interpret customer specifications to generate quote requests to suppliers, and review the resultant quotes for adequacy based on customer specifications and Watlow requirements.
• Provide project engineering on many projects, collaborating with teams that may consist of team members, contractors and customer personnel.
• Maintain technical and practical knowledge to satisfy product and project requirements.
• Author and validate mechanical / electrical panel layouts, schematics, control logic software, test plans and test procedures.
• Specify/select components, instrumentation and wiring in accordance with customer specifications and industry codes (UL/NEC).
• Support Panel Build activities by answering questions and providing direction for the fabrication of control panels.
• Maintain a good working knowledge of all products used in typical applications and how to successfully integrate those products into solutions in at least one target market.
• Maintain records of all significant customer contact into CRM software to allow for measurement and control of response time and effectiveness.
• Interact with heater designers, product specialists and account managers to optimize a system solution for the customer (control panel, heater, and interconnects).
• Provide complete and timely communication to appropriate sales person.
• Maintain log of problems so that reoccurring problems can be reported to proper product development personnel.
• Report design, quality, reliability and maintenance problems or bugs to design engineering/software engineering.
• Perform project and on-site engineering services including programming, start-up, training, modifications and troubleshooting on revenue generating projects.
• Provide project management on multiple projects, including managing teams that may consist of team members, contractors and customer personnel.
• Manage quotation, specification and project plan generation, execution and management, resource allocation and management, material specification and procurement, project documentation, project scheduling and execution and ultimately, project on-time performance and profitability.
• Provide independent factory and field troubleshooting and training for control panels used in at least one target market.
• Achieve familiarity and working knowledge to provide back-up capability in support of all control panel products.
• Provide secondary technical support to customers, field engineers, and sales channels on configuration, operation, maintenance, programming, and troubleshooting of specific Eurotherm non-system and systems products and applications.
• Provide instrument and system level software and communications support to customers. Provide recommendations, diagnoses and troubleshoots customer applications remotely or on site.
• Provide level of escalation from Technical Support personnel for technical support assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Machinery Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees