Senior Staff Engineer - Energy Storage, Battery Management Systems and Inverters

Intertek Global•Cortland, NY

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About The Position

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the top recognized brands and companies is actively seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to join our Electrical Energy Team in Cortland, NY. Want to build something great with an incredible group of people? This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career, facilitating international trade and regulatory product testing. Intertek's Electrical business line applies more than 100 years of product testing expertise to quickly and efficiently help clients meet safety, performance, environmental and quality requirements for every market. Spanning a wide range of industries such as Medical, Lighting, Renewable Energy, HVACR, Appliances & Electronics, Hazardous Locations, Industrial Equipment, Life Safety & Security, IT & Telecom Equipment, Intertek's global network of laboratories employ world-class experts in their fields who deliver quality, accurate testing and certification that continually exceeds our clients' expectations and helps to clear a path for their product's success. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands, and organizations in every sector around the world. Our purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life. The Senior Staff Engineer position is responsible for providing technical expertise to personnel and operations at the local or regional level; for recommending and managing capital expenditure projects; and for assessing and developing local training. This position is the primary resource for review and approval of test procedures, methods and interpretations. This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering.
6 + years directly related experience.
Advanced experience with U.S., Canadian, and other international product safety standards, i.e., ANSI, CSA, UL, EN, IEC
Ability to apply principles of logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
Ability to make technical decisions and engineering judgments independently where limited standardization exists.
Ability to work in fast-paced, multi-tasking environment with shifting priorities and demanding deadlines.
Must be detailed-oriented and able to effectively prioritize and organize workload, with efficient time management.
Excellent communication skills, in verbal, written and presentation formats
Ability to travel 15% is required
Valid driver's license and reliable driving record
Applicants will be required to complete an I-9 to verify their eligibility to work in the U.S.
Applicants must reside in and be able to legally work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in engineering
8+ years of experience in a directly related field/industry.
Prior project management experience in a work environment
Experience with batter standards such as UL 9540, UL 9540A, UL 1973, etc.
Experience with inverter standards such as UL 1741, IEEE 1547, IEC 62109, etc.
Experience with utility interactive inverters and/or power conversion equipment
Professional Engineer (PE) license

Responsibilities

Provide local management with technical assessment of engineering skills and performance levels
Responsible for assessing training of the technical staff and development of new training programs
Provide on-going support and guidance on technical issues, test procedures, and standards interpretations
Provide quotes for a large array of standards and complex projects and products
Research new standards, technologies, and trends in standards
Represent Intertek on technical committees, code panels and/or associations
Support accreditations activities such as audit follow-up and corrective actions. Investigate technical complaints.
Provide complex sales support such as giving presentations during client visits
Provide on-going support to clients as needed
Recommend and prepare capital expenditure requests and manage capital projects
Mentor less senior technical staff
Perform other work as required