30202345 - Electrical Design Engineer - Charlotte

Carrier; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Carrier in Charlotte is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to design, develop, and maintain electrical control panels for industrial chiller systems.

You will manage the full lifecycle from New Product Development to sustaining engineering, updating drawings, and supporting field service teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 4+ years of control panel design and layout experience.
• 4+ years ensuring electrical code compliance.
• Willing to travel up to 20% domestically.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product management, software, chiller systems and compression engineering to define controls and motor controller requirements.
• Oversee control and motor control integration and production with suppliers.
• Ensure code compliance is maintained.
• Support field service operations as SME for electrical troubleshooting.

Skills

Control panel design

Electrical components sizing

Code compliance

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

About Carrier:

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

Summary:

The Senior Electrical Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of electrical control panels for industrial chiller systems. This role encompasses the entire product lifecycle, including New Product Development (NPD) and Sustaining Engineering for existing production lines. Key duties include updating technical drawings, providing expert-level support to field service teams, and overseeing comprehensive electrical testing within a laboratory environment.

Serving as a critical technical link between engineering design, factory production, and field performance, this is an onsite position based at the Carrier-Charlotte facility located at 9701 Old Statesville Road, Charlotte, NC 28269.

Role Purpose:

• New Product Development.
• Sustain Engineering for existing products.
• Contribute to next generation of chiller designs and technology.
• Electrical engineering for control and power electronic integration into chiller products.

Role Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product management, software, chiller systems and compression engineering to define controls and motor controller requirements.
• Work with supply chain to identify suppliers to produce our control and motor controls solutions.
• Provide oversight of our control and motor control integration and production.
• Ensure code compliance is maintained.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 4+ years of experience in control panel design and layout, electrical component sizing and application.
• 4+ years of experience in ensuring Code compliance is maintained.
• Able and willing to travel up to 20% domestically to support project requirements and site visits.

Preferred Qualifications:

• HVAC experience.
• Experience in design and/or integration of variable frequency power electronics.
• High voltage experience
• Lab testing experience.
• DFMEA analysis.
• Experience in design and/or integration of variable frequency power electronics.
• Draft and refine complex electrical schematics to power and control chiller units.
• Identify and resolve production line issues by updating engineering drawings and specifications.
• Providing technical guidance to Field Service Engineers and technicians to address complex electrical queries from the field.
• Conduct and support lab-based testing to validate electrical components and system performance.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to ensure design intent is maintained throughout the build process.
• Design and develop electrical panels and control systems for chiller platforms.
• Execute sustaining engineering initiatives, including drawing updates and design improvements for active products.
• Support field service operations by acting as a subject matter expert for electrical troubleshooting.
• Manage laboratory testing and validation processes for electrical systems and components.

Benefits:

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives.
• Retirement Benefits.
• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation.
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability.
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment.
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account.
• Tuition Assistance.