Senior Electrical Engineer

Date Posted:

2024-11-14

Country:

United States of America

Location:

OT541: TFP - Florence, SC 1500 Otis Way, Florence, SC, 29501 USA

Job Title

Staff Engineer, Electrical Engineer

Role Overview:

The Staff Electrical Engineer is responsible for electrical system integration. The position will play a crucial role in new product development, maintaining product integrity, evaluating change opportunities, and integrating new component designs into existing systems. Working to meet agreed upon cost and schedule commitments. Will include the development of new components and features. Additionally, will provide product support for a variety of electronic elevator components and electrical systems. The candidate should be able to read, understand and create schematics and wiring diagrams, analyze complex problems to identify root cause and develop innovative solutions. Ability to work across disciplines with mechanical engineers, software engineers, manufacturing personnel, and field personnel is required.

On a typical day you will:

Main responsibilities include:

• This position will be based out of the Florence, SC Location and will provide product support for a variety of existing elevator components and electrical systems. The position will play a crucial role in New Product Introduction and Product Support, evaluating opportunities, and integrating new component designs into existing systems, while working to meet agreed upon cost and schedule commitments.

• Work with global and regional, multi-functional teams in support of NPI and PLM engineering activities including needs analysis, functional allocation, Cost to benefit analysis, architecture development and evaluation, trade off analysis and risk assessment

• Lead and perform Electrical Qualification Testing for EE projects/ Products

• Prepare or support system level design failure mode and effects analyses for each end-to-end feature/product prior to development start and verify requirements and design with modeling, simulation, and test as required

• The candidate should be able to read and understand schematics, wiring diagrams, mechanical assembly drawings, building layouts to analyze complex problems and identify root cause issues and develop innovative solutions. Ability to work across disciplines with mechanical engineers, software engineers, manufacturing personnel, and field personnel

• Hands-on integration, validation, verification and troubleshooting of pre-production systems and workflows

• Support current strategic plans, roadmaps, engineering tasks and testing for Electrical systems, services and features within the Otis product framework.

• PCB updates.

What You Will Need to be Successful:

• Electrical / Electronic Engineering Bachelor's degree + 7 years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience / Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of power distribution, protection, and control systems

• Experience with North America electrical codes and standards

• Understanding of power components, distribution and protection, controls theory and application

• Electrical engineering background with wiring diagrams, system analysis, motor, and control applications

• Experience working with suppliers/3rd parties, with national, local code and enforcement agencies. i.e. UL, CSA, ASME, NFPA, TSSA, NEC Preferred

• Experience with ECAD tools such as Cadence, PSpice, ViewLogic, AutoCad, E3

• Experience working across disciplines with mechanical engineers, software engineers, manufacturing personnel, and field personnel.

• Experienced in PCB design.

• Understanding of PCB assembly and other manufacturing processes

• Experience with test and measurement equipment

• Ability to take abstract ideas and formulate or support plans to create product requirements within existing eco-system constraints, timing pressures and customer expectations to identify a solution that achieves quality objectives.

• Hands-on lab experience with electrical architecture, embedded software designs and test equipment to support test, integration, and troubleshooting.

• Sound electrical engineering background (one or more of the following wiring diagrams, systems analysis)

• Elevator systems knowledge is a plus

• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work individually and with and in cross functional teams in a matrix organization to meet customer commitment. Strong analytical and logical reasoning skills.

• Solid written and verbal communications skills.

Apply today to join us and build what's next

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Otis is the world's leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.

You may recognize our products in some of the world's most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You'll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you'll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge. 

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