Electrical Engineer

Kforce has a client in Florence, SC that is seeking an Electrical Engineer.

Summary:This role is all about providing essential product support for a range of existing elevator components and electrical systems. The Electrical Engineer will be playing a pivotal role in New Product Introduction and Product Support by evaluating opportunities for improvement and integrating new component designs into existing systems. While ensuring adherence to agreed-upon cost and schedule commitments, you'll be at the forefront of electrical system integration, contributing to the development of cutting-edge products that meet high-quality standards and performance goals.

Duties:

• New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Support
• Evaluate opportunities and integrate new component designs into existing systems
• Ensure projects meet agreed-upon cost and schedule commitments
• Work with global and regional, multi-functional teams
• Conduct needs analysis, functional allocation, cost-benefit analysis, architecture development, 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
• Verify requirements and design using modeling, simulation, and testing
• Read and understand schematics, wiring diagrams, mechanical assembly drawings, and building layouts
• Analyze complex problems to identify root cause issues and develop innovative solutions
• Collaborate across disciplines with mechanical engineers, software engineers, manufacturing personnel, and field personnel
• Integrate, validate, verify, and troubleshoot pre-production systems and workflows
• Support strategic plans, roadmaps, engineering tasks, and testing for electrical systems, services, and features within the Otis product framework
• PCB updates* Electrical/Electronic Engineering Bachelor's degree and 4 years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 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, AutoCAD, E3, Creo
• Experience working across disciplines with mechanical engineers, software engineers, manufacturing personnel, and field personnel
• 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
• 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
• Elevator systems knowledge is a plus