Electrical Engineer

Flex; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our Des Moines, IA team. You will design AC and DC protection and control systems for substations, power generation, and industrial customers, turning customer specifications into buildable, testable designs and guiding the project from concept to energized panels in weeks.

Daily work includes drafting schematics and wiring diagrams, enclosure layouts, wire routing, terminal arrangements, heat load calculations, and validating drawings

Qualifications

• 7 years of professional design experience or a PE license.
• Develops AC/DC schematics for the full product range.
• Designs control enclosures, including space-constrained layouts.
• Understands protective relaying schemes and evaluates performance.
• Troubleshoots customer designs and supplier submittals.
• Resolves complex design problems with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Design AC/DC schematics, wiring diagrams, relay panels, and control enclosures.
• Develop enclosure layouts, wire routing, terminal arrangements, and heat-load calculations.
• Convert customer specifications into complete design packages.
• Review engineering drawings for accuracy, quality, and standards compliance.
• Support fabrication, testing, troubleshooting, and field issue resolution.
• Provide technical expertise to customers and cross-functional teams.
• Maintain revision control and drive continuous improvement of design standards.

Skills

AC/DC schematics

Protection relaying schemes

Troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Education

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

To support our extraordinary team who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add an Electrical Engineer located in Des Moines, IA.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Electrical Engineer will be responsible for designing the AC and DC protection and control systems at the heart of substations and power stations for utility, generation, and industrial customers. You will take a customer specification and turn it into a complete, buildable, testable design, and then stay with it through fabrication and testing. You will see your work go from a blank sheet to an energized panel in a matter of weeks.

What a typical day looks like:

• Design AC/DC schematics, wiring diagrams, relay panels, and control enclosures.


• Develop enclosure layouts, wire routing, terminal arrangements, and heat-load calculations.


• Convert customer specifications and one-line diagrams into complete design packages.


• Review engineering drawings for accuracy, quality, and standards compliance.


• Support fabrication, testing, troubleshooting, and field issue resolution.


• Provide technical expertise to customers and cross-functional teams.


• Maintain revision control and drive continuous improvement of design standards and processes.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Approximately seven (7) years of professional design experience, including any credit earned for advanced education; or a current Professional Engineer (PE) license.


• Develops and reviews AC and DC schematics for the full range of our products.


• Develops and reviews of control enclosure designs of any complexity, including non-standard and space-constrained arrangements.


• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of protective relaying schemes and can evaluate scheme performance, not just draw it.


• Troubleshoots customer designs and subcontractor submittals and recommends corrections.


• Resolves complex or non-standard design problems with minimal supervision.

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email [e-mail] and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first).