Electrical Design Engineer: Custom Controls & Product Innovation

ritehite; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Job summary

Rite-Hite in the United States is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design, analyze, and document electrical control systems for custom orders and existing products. You will collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to define requirements and develop robust solutions.

You will ensure compliance with UL 507, UL 508A, NFPA 70, and related standards while supporting product improvements and lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field required.
• At least two years of experience in electrical design and control systems.
• Experience interpreting electrical schematics and BOMs.
• Ability to analyze problems and communicate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers and teams to define, design, document, review, and support electrical solutions for custom orders.
• Support existing products: resolve production issues, field concerns, substitutions, and improvements; perform root-cause analysis.
• Create and process engineering changes; keep designs, drawings, BOMs, specs accurate and controlled.
• Develop and document electrical control systems to meet product and client requirements.
• Contribute to new product development: design, analysis, documentation, prototyping, validation.
• Support lifecycle: address obsolescence, evaluate replacements, implement improvements.
• Ensure compliance with UL 507, UL 508A, NFPA 70 and related standards.
• Develop and execute design validation, production testing, and troubleshooting procedures.
• Select components based on performance, reliability, availability, cost, and regulations.
• Maintain engineering files and documents per revision control and MRP.
• Serve as electrical engineering resource to internal teams.
• Collaborate with suppliers to evaluate components and resolve issues; define specs.
• Improve engineering processes, docs, and tools to raise quality and efficiency.
• Collaborate across teams, share knowledge, provide guidance.

Skills

Electrical design

Control systems

Schematic interpretation

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field

Tools

Relay systems

Electrical schematics software

Engineering change management

Job description

Rite-Hite in the United States is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design, analyze, and document electrical control systems for custom orders and existing products. You will collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to define requirements and develop robust solutions.

You will ensure compliance with UL 507, UL 508A, NFPA 70, and related standards while supporting product improvements and lifecycle management.