Electrical Design Engineer

Rite-Hite Doors, Inc.; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Paid holidays

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Rite-Hite seeks an electrical engineer to design and support electrical control systems for custom orders, existing products, and new product development.

You will collaborate with customers and internal teams to define requirements, perform design and validation activities, and ensure compliance with relevant standards. The role emphasizes problem-solving, documentation, and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of electrical design and control systems experience.
• Experience with relay-based components and schematics.
• Ability to analyze problems and communicate recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and validate electrical control systems for custom orders and new products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and support documentation.
• Ensure designs comply with UL 507, UL 508A, NFPA 70 and relevant standards.
• Produce engineering changes and maintain revision-controlled documentation.

Skills

Electrical design

Control systems

Engineering analysis

Technical communication

Schematics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

At Rite-Hite, your work makes an impact. As the global leader in loading dock and door equipment, we design and deliver solutions that keep our customers safe, secure, and productive. Here, you’ll find innovation, stability, and the chance to grow your career as part of a team that’s always looking ahead.

Job Description: Purpose and Scope

Perform electrical engineering design and support activities for custom-engineered orders, existing products, and new product development. Develop, modify, analyze, document, and validate electrical systems and controls to meet customer, product, manufacturing, regulatory, and business requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to develop electrical solutions for custom-engineered orders, including requirements definition, design, documentation, technical review, and order support. Provide electrical engineering support for existing products, including production issues, customer and field concerns, component substitutions, product improvements, and root-cause investigation. Develop and process engineering changes, ensuring electrical designs, drawings, bills of material, specifications, and related documentation remain accurate and properly controlled. Develop, modify, and document electrical control systems to meet product, customer, manufacturing, cost, and performance requirements. Participate in new product development projects by completing assigned design, analysis, documentation, prototyping, and validation activities. Support the product lifecycle by addressing component obsolescence, evaluating replacement components, and implementing product improvements. Ensure electrical designs comply with applicable electrical, machine-safety, and product standards, including UL 507, UL 508A, NFPA 70, and other relevant requirements. Develop and execute design-validation, production-test, and troubleshooting procedures appropriate to the product or application. Select and specify electrical components based on performance, reliability, availability, cost, regulatory requirements, and established engineering practices. Maintain engineering files and product documentation in accordance with revision-control, change-management, and MRP-system requirements. Serve as an electrical engineering resource to manufacturing, purchasing, applications, service, and other internal teams. Work directly with suppliers to evaluate components, resolve technical issues, and develop appropriate purchasing and performance specifications. Identify and implement improvements to engineering processes, documentation, and tools that improve quality, consistency, and development efficiency. Collaborate with engineers, designers, and other team members, sharing technical knowledge and providing guidance where appropriate.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, engineering physics, electromechanical engineering, controls engineering, automation engineering, or a related field required. Two or more years of relevant experience in electrical design, control systems, engineered-to-order products, product support, sustaining engineering, or a related field. Two or more years of experience with relay systems, including the ability to understand, troubleshoot, and work with relay-based electrical components. Experience interpreting and developing electrical schematics, technical specifications, bills of material, and engineering documentation. Demonstrated ability to analyze technical problems, develop practical solutions, and communicate recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

Experience supporting custom-engineered or configured-to-order products. Experience with industrial electrical control systems, electromechanical systems, motor controls, sensors, relays, contactors, programmable controllers, or solid-state control devices. Familiarity with applicable electrical, product-safety, and machine-safety standards, including UL 507, UL 508A, NFPA 70, or similar standards. Experience supporting manufacturing, troubleshooting production or field issues, and conducting root-cause investigations. Experience creating and processing engineering changes, including updates to drawings, bills of material, specifications, and related product documentation. Familiarity with engineering change-management, product-lifecycle-management, and material requirements planning. Familiarity with embedded control systems and collaboration with firmware or software developers.

What We Offer

• Health & Well-being: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus life and disability insurance.
• A robust well-being program with an opportunity to receive an extra day off and more.
• Financial Security: A strong retirement savings program with 401(k), company match, and profit sharing.
• Time for You: Paid holidays, vacation time, and personal/sick days each year.

Join us and build a career where you’re supported – at work and beyond.

Rite-Hite is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. In accordance with VEVRAA, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for protected veterans. We are also committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace for the safety of our employees and customers.

Rite-Hite is a world leader in the manufacture, sale, and service of loading dock equipment, industrial doors, safety barriers, HVLS fans, industrial curtain walls, and more - all designed to improve safety, security, productivity, energy savings, and environmental control.

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