Electrical Engineer II

4 weeks ago


Waukesha, United States Generac Power Systems Full time
We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac's history, we've been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

The Electrical Engineer II-Home Standby Installation is responsible for providing engineering input to the product development projects assigned to him/her including interfacing with the cross functional team consisting of Engineering, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Sourcing, Quality and Service. This role specifically supports Generac's Residential Home Standby business with a focus on delivering design innovations and process solutions that increase installation efficiency to reduce total cost of ownership for our customers.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
  • 2 or more years of relevant work experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Experience in new product design and development preferably within electromechanical design integration and packaging
  • Experience with PCBA design, fabrication, and manufacturing
  • Hands on experience running tests on complex electronic components and/or systems including the use of oscilloscopes, power supplies, and other various electronic test equipment/meters
  • Experience developing component and/or system level test plans, test procedures, and test reports
  • Experience in the design layout and packaging of electromechanical components and systems
  • Experience with harnessing and cabling designs and assemblies
  • Experience with schematic capture tools (hardware position)
  • Experience in power management systems (inverters, converters, DC BUS management, PID boost tuning)
  • Knowledge of power supplies (inverters/ dc-dc converters) and power handling
  • Experience in microprocessor hardware interfacing techniques (e.g., IIC, SPIbus, EEprom, etc.)
  • Experience with Windchill or other PDM release systems
Essential Duties:
  • Designs, validates, and brings new products and solutions to market
  • Provide new product development in the Residential and/or Retail generator product area including Creating and maintaining schematics/layouts/BOMs, supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs), Interfacing with internal company personnel, provide technical support for assigned projects
  • Develop and implement design modifications to support the launch of new product features and innovations to reduce total cost of customer ownership
  • Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates moderately complex components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and safety
  • Create and maintain Statements of Requirements (SOR), schematics, and BOMs
  • Oversee prototype testing, troubleshooting, and validation, making necessary design adjustments to meet functional, performance, and safety requirements
  • Perform root cause analysis and develop solutions for issues identified during the development process, testing, manufacturing process, and/or field
  • Create, design, and develop test specifications for new systems and firmware/software
  • Develop Risk Assessments, FMEA/DFMEA's, and provide recommendations during Design Reviews
  • Troubleshoot designs to the component level
  • Collaborate with other engineers, internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers, and product specialists to optimize complex designs
  • Stay up to date with evolving industry standards, regulations, and best practices related to power electronics, electrical systems, energy generation and storage systems
  • Utilizes PCB and Schematic design tools to develop new hardware solutions
Other Duties as assigned and the following:
  • Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs)
  • Develops less experienced engineers
  • Other duties as assigned
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
  • Ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high degree of accuracy
  • Demonstrated written communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to translate technical information to all audiences
  • Able to solve moderate to complex engineering problems
  • Good decision-making skills
  • Technical Skills to include 3D modeling (Creo or SolidWorks)
  • MS Office, Smartsheet, Altium


Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

"We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law."

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