Electrical Design Engineer

Intellectt Inc; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 152,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401K

Job summary

Intellectt Inc in Kansas City, USA seeks Electrical Design Engineers or Instrumentation Design Engineers with hands-on hardware design experience. This role focuses on practical engineering activities, not PLC programming, and requires onsite work at the facility.

Key requirements include low-voltage power distribution design (480V and below), instrument selection and datasheets, control hardware design for panels and circuits, and calibration, verification and troubleshooting of instrumentation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on hardware design experience.
• Experience in actual engineering/design activities, not only as a designer.

Responsibilities

• Electrical Design: low-voltage power distribution design, 480V and below, and electrical hardware selection.
• Instrumentation Design: instrument selection, sizing, and preparation of instrument datasheets.
• Control Hardware: selection and design of control hardware, including panel and circuit components.
• Instrumentation setup, calibration, verification, adjustments, and troubleshooting.

Skills

Electrical design

Control & Instrumentation

Hardware design

Design experience

Education

Electrical or Instrumentation background

Job description

Salary: $110 to $120 with Benefits (Health Insurance and 401K)

Key Requirements

• Electrical Engineer with strong experience in Control & Instrumentation.
• Hands-on experience with installation, commissioning, and design of electrical power systems.
• Candidates should have engineering design experience. Please do not focus on candidates who have worked only as Electrical Designers.
• Candidates should have been involved in actual engineering/design activities and be able to explain their design experience clearly.

Candidate Should Have Experience In

• Working as an Instrumentation & Control Design Engineer and developing engineering design packages for industrial plants.
• Specifying process plant instruments and hands-on experience with instrument selection.
• Selection and design of controls and hardware for control and monitoring of process plant instrumentation.
• Instrumentation setup, calibration, verification, adjustments, and troubleshooting.

Hiring Manager Call Notes

1. What the hiring manager is looking for

The hiring manager is looking for Electrical Design Engineers or Instrumentation Design Engineers with hands-on hardware design experience. This is NOT primarily a PLC programming or automation engineering role.

2. Three critical technical requirements

Area Required experience

• Electrical Design: Low-voltage power distribution design, 480V and below, and electrical hardware selection
• Instrumentation Design: Instrument selection, sizing, and preparation of instrument datasheets
• Control Hardware: Selection and design of control hardware, including relevant panel and circuit components

3. Experience and qualification criteria

• Experience: Around 5 years is a good target; 3 years of directly relevant design experience can be considered.
• Senior candidates: 15-20 years are acceptable if they are comfortable with the work requirements.
• Education: Electrical or Instrumentation background preferred. Other educational backgrounds may be considered if relevant work experience matches.
• Industry: Pharmaceutical and manufacturing candidates are strong matches. Oil and gas candidates can also be considered if their design experience is relevant.
• Work arrangement: Strictly onsite, with movement around the facility as required. No hybrid or remote option.