Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Electrical Engineer

Cannon USA is seeking an Electrical Engineer to lead the electrical system design, schematic development, and power distribution engineering for our custom automation equipment and industrial plant systems. This role spans the full product lifecycle: from initial customer concept and electrical CAD drafting to component sizing, shop floor testing, and occasional field commissioning.

 

Essential Functions

Responsible accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

1. Create complete, detailed electrical schematic packages, control panel layouts, power distribution single-line diagrams, and I/O drawings using modern CAD platforms.

2. Generate detailed Bills of Materials (BOMs) and procurement requisitions for all electrical components, ensuring adherence to project budgets and timelines.

3. Conduct shop and/or field tests and measurements to verify system meets project or design tolerances and specifications.

4. Successfully complete project activities to meet schedule deadlines, objectives, and requirements by reviewing project specifications, customer requirements, and project completion milestones.

5. Coordinate and schedule project tasks with Production, Project Managers, Mechanical Engineers, and outside vendors.

6. Contribute to project success by completing assigned tasks on time and completely.

7. Review and verify that designed items are within budget and completed on schedule.

8. Conduct reviews at various stages of project completion to identify design details, components, procedures, and methods that can be improved.

9. Understanding and ensuring compliance with the plant health and safety regulations.

10. Accepting a level of responsibility and accountability proportionate to the experience level.

11. Proactively discusses details with project and sales managers to define desired/required functions of machines, equipment, and the user interface requirements.

12. Reviews schematics with customer’s representatives to answer questions.

13. Performs other duties as assigned by supervisory personnel.

 

Competencies

1. Organizing ability

2. Communication Proficiency

3. Technical Capacity

4. Stress Management / Composure

5. Personal Effectiveness / Credibility

6. Problem Solving / Analysis

7. Presentation Skills

 

 

 

 

Work Environment

Professional engineering office environment equipped with CAD workstations. The employee is also routinely exposed to a variety of conditions that are encountered in production environments (in-house and at customer sites).

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This is largely a sedentary role; however, ability to work within an industrial plant is required.

Travel

This position requires approximately 10–15% travel (including domestic and occasional international site visits) for customer consultations, project troubleshooting, site commissions, and training.

 

Required Education and Experience

Experience with Schematic Drafting: Create complete electrical schematic packages, panel layouts, power distribution single-lines, and I/O drawings using CAD software (AutoCAD Electrical and EPLAN Pro Panel experience a plus).

 

Component Selection & Sizing: Select and size power supplies, circuit breakers, contactors, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), servo drives, PLCs, safety relays, and field sensors.

 

Enclosure & Thermal Sizing: Calculate panel heat dissipation and specify appropriate enclosure cooling (air conditioning, heat exchangers, fans) or ingress protection (NEMA / IP ratings).

 

Cable & Conduit Schedules: Design cable/conduit schedules and interconnect diagrams, specifying industrial cabling for high-flex, motion, power, signal, and harsh industrial conditions.

 

Typical automation systems will contain an assortment of presses, clamps, feeders, part manipulators, material cutters, temperature conditioning systems, positioning equipment, and conveyors in various combinations. The systems require innovative thinking to provide customer solutions that reduce time, labor, and raw material usage for manufacturing parts and components across a wide range of industries.

 

1. Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and 5 to 10 years related engineering experience and/or training.

2. Computer Aided Design software AutoCAD 2D software, Excel and Word is required.

3. The ability to work independently as well as on a project team.

 

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

 

\nCompany Description

Since 1965, Cannon has been a leading global player in reactive polymer processing technologies, with 1,300 employees worldwide and a presence in 40 different countries. At Cannon USA, we provide machines and turnkey plants in a variety of markets such as automotive, aerospace, appliances, building and construction, furniture, medical, and electronics.

Extensive know-how and a significant aptitude for innovation enables us to develop technologically advanced and efficient solutions for different and exciting applications. Cannon is a long-standing supplier of polyurethane equipment headquartered in Milan, Italy, and is a pioneer in the polyurethane market. Cannon provides various types of machinery and equipment to customer locations around the world. Cannon USA supplies and services this equipment to all customer locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico to many customers including many major leading manufacturers.

Come join an internationally known polyurethane equipment manufacturing leader. We are looking for a candidate that can satisfy our requirement for a field service representative for an interesting, challenging, and essential position that will have an impact on the U.S. supply of both major and smaller manufacturing facilities.

If you are that person that can join our team and make a difference in what we do, please apply.

Company Description

Since 1965, Cannon has been a leading global player in reactive polymer processing technologies, with 1,300 employees worldwide and a presence in 40 different countries. At Cannon USA, we provide machines and turnkey plants in a variety of markets such as automotive, aerospace, appliances, building and construction, furniture, medical, and electronics.\r\n\r\nExtensive know-how and a significant aptitude for innovation enables us to develop technologically advanced and efficient solutions for different and exciting applications. Cannon is a long-standing supplier of polyurethane equipment headquartered in Milan, Italy, and is a pioneer in the polyurethane market. Cannon provides various types of machinery and equipment to customer locations around the world. Cannon USA supplies and services this equipment to all customer locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico to many customers including many major leading manufacturers.\r\n\r\nCome join an internationally known polyurethane equipment manufacturing leader. We are looking for a candidate that can satisfy our requirement for a field service representative for an interesting, challenging, and essential position that will have an impact on the U.S. supply of both major and smaller manufacturing facilities.\r\n\r\nIf you are that person that can join our team and make a difference in what we do, please apply.