Custom Engineer - Electrical

AMETEK Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AMETEK Process Instruments seeks a Custom Engineer to design innovative solutions for customers across multiple industries. You will manage projects end-to-end—from order placement to shipment—while ensuring complete technical documentation and supporting sales with cost estimates and evaluations.

The role blends office tasks with occasional manufacturing floor exposure. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to meet technical and budgetary targets, and you may interact with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical/electronics focused engineering or related field.
• Experience with cross-functional teams delivering projects on time and on budget.
• Familiarity with design for manufacturing and ISO-like procedures.

Responsibilities

• Execute and manage assigned projects from order to shipment.
• Ensure documentation: drawings, manuals, and test plans for each project.
• Support technical sales with cost estimates and technical evaluations for quotes.
• Negotiate price, delivery, and specifications with customers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to meet technical, financial, and customer expectations.

Skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem solving

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Electrical engineering technology

Instrumentation & control engineering

Electronics engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

PowerBI

CoPilot

SharePoint

Navision ERP

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

SolidWorks PDM

SolidWorks Simulation

Job description

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At AMETEK Process Instruments, we focus our experience on designing new, innovative analyzers that help our customers achieve higher levels of productivity and quality. We do this by seeking out ways to overcome the limitations of current methods of process monitoring, control, and quality assurance. It is through this focus that we have created some of the most reliable and accurate technologies in the world.

The Custom Engineer is responsible for providing engineered solutions to our customers that enhance and compliment Process Instruments’ standard offerings. The engineer will be relied upon to design novel solutions for customer applications that serve various industries, including green energy, downstream production, combustion, and sulfur recovery. This role requires an engineer who is technically savvy, collaborative, and versatile to be a member of a team that delivers product solutions on time and on budget. The Engineering group at Process Instruments is team oriented, genuine, and responsible, creating a culture for team members who are hands on and results-driven to impact the business in a positive way.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Execute and manage assigned projects concurrently from order placement to shipment
• Ensure proper documentation for each assigned project is complete, accurate, and delivered to stakeholders, including drawings, manuals, and acceptance test plans
• Support technical sales in preparing quotes by providing cost estimates and technical evaluations needed to secure customer orders
• Negotiate price, delivery, and specifications with customers prior to and during project execution
• Collaborate cross functionally to assure assigned projects meet or exceed required technical, financial, and customer expectations

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electrical engineering technology, instrumentation & control engineering, electronics engineering, or related field
• Up to 3 years of relevant experience Exposure to technical projects that require the practical application of physics and engineering principles to solve application-specific problems, creating and translating mechanical drawings and electrical schematics, bills of material, and production routing sequences
• Experience working within cross functional teams to deliver projects on time and on budget, successfully making decisions to solve problems that move projects forward, and interacting with colleagues at all levels of an organization
• Knowledge of design for manufacturing and quality principles, including previous experience working in a manufacturing environment, ISO procedures (or similar), and change management processes TOOLS
• Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI, CoPilot, and SharePoint Navision ERP
• SolidWorks and AutoCAD
• SolidWorks PDM
• SolidWorks Simulation
• All required tools for assembly and other hands‑on work
• This role combines standard office-based work with periodic time in a manufacturing or production setting in accordance with safety protocols
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds
• Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned

Compensation

Employee Type: Salaried

Currency: USD

Salary Minimum: 70,000

Salary Maximum: 110,000

Incentive: No

Disclaimer:Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

For more information on AMETEK's competitive benefits, please click here .

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000colleagues, in 35countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK isacomponent of the S&P 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should call 1 [phone].