Electrical Project Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls, or Mechanical engineering or related field \n3+ years of experience in developing/designing vehicle based electrical systems\nTraining / experience in electrical controls including machines, controls, and power systems.\nExperience with computer aided electrical schematic generation\nExperience utilizing SAP (or equivalent) for parts usage and BOM determination

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Industrial or OEM background \nExperience with NX or other mechanical CAD applications

Job Description

Definition of Responsibilities:\n\n· Prepare, design, develop electrical application designs for complete locomotive electrical systems per customer specification, engineering standards, and previous designs.\n\n\nMajor Duties and Responsibilities:\n\n· Develop electrical circuits and systems, including schematic and application drawings, for locomotive application, to meet customer requirements and design specifications.\n\n· Provide support to manufacturing (not to exceed 10% of available time) for questions / corrections / modification related to locomotive electrical applications, resolve issues, and produce the appropriate design change documentation.\n\n· Works with suppliers to understand and develop the application of electrical components, equipment, or systems to the locomotive.\n\n· Analyze and interpret locomotive customer and engineering specifications to develop required electrical schematic and electrical applications.\n\n· Manage, coordinate, and clearly communicate the status of all electrical application deliverables per customer order and manufacturing schedule.\n\n· Conduct design reviews, as required, for all phases of electrical application development.\n\n· Clearly and accurately produce all necessary documentation of electrical designs as required by Manufacturing and Product Design.\n\n· Stay current with new electrical technology for potential impact in locomotive electrical system design.\n\n· Organize workload in order to provide updates and status reports in a timely manner.\n\n· Perform basic electrical design tasks including (but not limited to) circuit development, component selection, cable sizing, load analysis, BOM development, electrical load management, connection and interconnection design, and application development / design.