Chief Electrical Engineer
Chicago, IL (Midway Airport Area)
Permanent/Direct Hire
Our client, a leading provider of welding technology, is currently hiring a Chief Electrical Engineer who will be responsible for leading the electrical and controls design team. This will include design of system schematics, electrical wiring and panel layouts.
- Must be able to interpret product/machine specifications derived from internal and external sources. Execute designs that meet customer requirements with minimal supervision.
- Experience designing power distribution and related control circuits, process controls and drive systems. Familiarization with equipment powered by 480/400/600/220 VAC 3ph. 50/60hz, 10 to 400 amps. (International requirements)
- Experience with designs that conform to electrical standards and safety codes.
- Experience releasing electrical drawings packages for manufacture. Must possess strong documentation/drawing revision control background.
- Experience designing with EPLAN Electric P8 and Bentley MicroStation V8 CAD system.
- Experience designing and creating documentation for electrical panels consisting of assembly and wiring drawings, BOM's, and associated layout drawings.
- Experience sizing and specifying electrical components on electrical panels, such as: circuit breakers, fuses, contactors, relays, low voltage power supplies, transformers, terminal strips, I/O devices, and wire-ducts.
- Electrical panel designs also include interfacing to process control and motion system components, such as brushless motor drive and stepper motor drive amplifiers, PLC's, and CNC's.
- Five to ten years of experience designing industrial electrical/electronic equipment and machinery for use in the aeronautic, automotive, etc. industries
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience
- Five+ years of electrical engineering experience, plus past leadership experience.
- Experience designing to the requirements of established industry quality standards (i.e. ISO 9001)
- Proficiency in using computer-based data entry systems such as MS Office.
