Electrical Engineer

G&G Industrial Lighting; Village of Ballston Spa (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

G&G Industrial Lighting is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join a fast-growing, innovative team. You will drive electrical design from R&D through production release, focusing on power electronics and PCB development for LED drivers.

The role requires hands-on expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and collaboration with manufacturing and cross-functional teams to ensure quality and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• 5+ years hands-on experience designing switching power supplies, LED drivers or similar power electronics.
• Proficiency in Altium Designer for schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Strong lab skills: oscilloscope, bench power supply, DMM; debug hardware at circuit level.
• Experience with UL certification (1598, 8750, or similar) is a plus.
• Familiarity with EMC testing methodologies (conducted/radiated immunity, IEC61000 series) is a plus.
• Embedded firmware experience (C, Python, or similar) is a plus.
• Experience with industrial LED lighting products or three-phase power systems is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Electrical design and product development for LED drivers, control systems and power electronics.
• Use Altium Designer for PCB layouts and maintain ECAD data throughout the project.
• Develop early-phase R&D prototypes and proof-of-concept designs.
• Create, execute and document hardware validation plans and support UL certification.
• Drive continuous product improvements and root-cause investigations.
• Design and implement production test fixtures for PCBA validation at volume.
• Own end-to-end projects, manage timelines and escalate risks as needed.
• Provide technical guidance to Sales and Support teams as needed.

Skills

Power electronics

PCB design

Hardware validation

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

TheElectricalEngineer is a key technical contributor driving G&G’s electrical product developmentfromconceptthroughproduction.Thisisahands-onopportunitytojoina

fast-growing,innovativeteamwhereyourexpertiseinpowerelectronics,PCBdesign,and

hardware validation directly shape G&G product design and reliability.As a proactive problem solver, the Electrical Engineer thrives in a fast-paced,entrepreneurialenvironmentwiththedesiretodrivesignificantimpact.Technically

deepandexecutionoriented,youdriveelectricaldesignfromR&Dthroughproductionrelease.

WhowillIreportto?VPofEngineering

WhatrolesamIaccountablefor?

1.ElectricalDesign&ProductDevelopment(60%)

• DesignelectricalcircuitsandPCBsforLEDdrivers,controlsystems,andpowerelectronics.
• UtilizeAltiumDesignerforPCBlayouts;maintainallECADdata.
• Developearly-phaseR&Dprototypesandproof-of-conceptdesigns.
• Create,execute,anddocumenthardwarevalidationplans.
• SupportULcertificationonnewproductdevelopment.
• Drivecontinuousproductimprovementsanditerationthroughfieldanalysisandrootcauseinvestigation.
• DesignandimplementproductiontestfixturesforPCBAvalidationatvolume.
• Manageassignedprojectsend-to-end;maintaintimelines,escalaterisks,communicatestatusproactively.

2.ManufacturingIntegration&CrossFunctionalCollaboration(30%)

• OwnBOMaccuracyforassignedproducts;verifycomponentsagainstdesignrequirements.
• Validateincomingpartsandassembliesagainstdesignspecifications.
• Managecomponentalternateapprovalsandproactivelyqualifyalternates.
• SupportinternalSMT/PCBAprocessasatechnicalexpert.
• Forensicanalysisofelectricalfieldreturnsandinternaldefects;drivecorrectiveactions.
• Partnerwithmanufacturingonfirst-runproductionbuilds.
• Establishelectricaltestmethodsandprocedures.
• ProvidetechnicalguidancetoSalesandSupportteamsasneeded.

3.TeamG&G(10%)

• LiveandreinforceG&Gcorevalues.
• ContributeasakeymemberoftheG&GEngineeringteam,fosteringacultureofproblemsolvingandcontinuousimprovement.
• Provideguidanceandmentorshiptojuniorengineeringteammembers.

Whatdoessuccesslooklike?

Successinthisrolemeansdeliveringhigh-quality,reliableelectricaldesignsthatperforminthe

fieldandmakeittoproductiononschedule.Youtakeownershipfromconceptthroughrelease

anddriveproblemstoresolution.

Howdoweshowupeveryday?

PositiveAttitude-Wefocusonsolutionsnotobstacles.Weshowgratitudeand

appreciation.Wecreateanenvironmentthat’suplifting.

AboveandBeyond-Weconsistentlyexceedexpectations.Wecaredeeplyforothers.We

choosewhat’srightoverwhat’seasy.

AlwaysLearning-Weconstantlyseekoutknowledgeandnewideas.Wechallengethe

statusquowithcriticalthinking.Wesolveproblemsthroughlearningandinnovation.

GetsItDone(GSD)-Wearefast,focused,andefficient.Westaynimbleandadaptquickly.

Wetakeownershiptomakethingshappen.

DetailedOriented-Weapproachourworkwithintention.Wetakeprideindoingthingsright

thefirsttime.Weleadwithqualityineverythingwedo.

WhatwillIneedtosucceed?

• MustalignwithourCoreValues.
• Abachelor’sdegreeinelectricalengineering,orequivalentdemonstratedexperienceinpowerelectronicsdesignandPCBdevelopment.
• 5plusyearsofhands-onexperiencedesigningswitchingpowersupplies,LEDdrivers,orsimilarpowerelectronicsproductsisessential.
• ProficiencyinAltiumDesignerforschematiccaptureandPCBlayout,orsimilarsoftware.
• Stronglabskills:oscilloscope,benchpowersupply,DMM,andtheabilitytodebughardwareatthecircuitlevelindependently
• ExperienceworkingthroughULcertification(1598,8750,orsimilar)isaplus.
• FamiliaritywithEMCtestingmethodologies(conducted/radiatedimmunity,IEC61000series)isaplus.
• Embeddedfirmwareexperience(C,Python,orsimilar)isaplus.
• ExperiencewithindustrialLEDlightingproductsorthree-phasepowersystemsisastrongplus.

Compensationbasedonrelevantexperience,technicalexpertise,andqualifications.

Relocationassistanceisavailableforqualifiedcandidates.