Sr. Electrical Engineer (Denver)

BASIC JOB FUNCTIONS

The Senior Electrical Engineer will work closely with the Program Engineer to develop, integrate, and test the completed designs. Assists the Program Engineer to analyze and design tasks within schedule and budget. Supports the transition to production and oversees the design of agreed to changes to the configuration baseline.

Assist the Program Engineer with completing scope of work, developing bid and proposal responses that include the creation of technical strategies and resulting in the preparation and submission of proposal within the electrical engineering section. Creates content for presentations to Customers. Reviews the work of Electrical Engineers II and I to ensure work quality and compliance. Guides and mentors Electrical Engineers 1-III to improve the performance and capabilities of the electrical engineering group. Resolves problems at a detailed level and escalates risks as needed.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Meets daily with electrical engineering team to escalate roadblocks in order to have the barriers removed.

· Develop electrical power generation and power distribution systems for marine applications.

· Integrate Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence (C5i) systems into vessel.

· Create and review wiring routing tables with passthrough information, termination identification, wire type, connector part numbers, label descriptions in MS Access.

· Produce electrical plant load analysis along with wire sizing and component protection in accordance with ABS and other classification society standards.

· Establish functional and acceptance test plans for system designs.

· Ensures that all work is performed in accordance with the specifications, drawings, and terms of the contract including ABS and other classification society standards within assigned SWBS section.

· Partners with Weight Manager to monitor and control the weight of the systems to meet design targets.

· Creator and reviewer of Engineering Change Notifications to formally release design data.

· Initiates Engineering Change Requests when improvements or errors are identified.

· System life-cycle activities – including System Requirements Review (SRR), System Design Review (SDR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Detailed/Critical Design Review (DDR/CDR).

· Development of engineering deliverables in accordance with engineering processes, ensuring safe, fit for purpose engineering deliverables, and presenting material associated with the above life-cycle reviews.

· Coordinates with sub-contractors and vendors to receive inputs to design activities.

· Review and check ShipConstructor 3D models and associated 2D drawings/schematics in accordance with company, industry, and project standards.

· Release drawings following company workflow.

· Create engineering reports to show compliance with project requirements based on design, test, analysis, and similarity.

· Partner with quality to troubleshoot installation issues, determine root cause, and recommend solutions.

· Contribute to the continuous improvement of the department by creating work instructions for best practices as well as mentoring/training junior engineers/designers.

· Independent worker who contributes to moderately complex analysis and designs.

· Reviews peers work for compliance with engineering standards.

· Gains exposure to leading small teams.

Required Electrical Engineering Skills:

• 10 years of marine electrical engineering experience or other vehicle design.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
• Experience with government procurement and contracting, in particular reviewing requirements and performing specification traces.
• Electrical System Functional Design – Experience developing marine power distribution, lighting, motor controllers, and alarm systems.
• Electrical System Analysis – Expert in performing electric plant load analysis, short circuit analysis, voltage drop, and breaker coordination studies.
• Electrical System Detail Design – Experience managing wireway, penetration, cable termination, cable labels, and cable routing database design.
• Electrical System Design Requirements - Strong understanding of ABS, IEEE, IEC, NEC, CFR, and MIL-SPEC electrical system requirements
• CAD - AutoCAD.