Electrical Engineer I

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

METTLER TOLEDO is seeking an Electrical Engineer in Columbus, Ohio to plan, execute, and coordinate engineering activities for diverse vehicle weighing projects. You will support hardware/firmware interfaces, DFMA, and product development while ensuring regulatory compliance and product service readiness.

Join a team driving innovations in industrial weighing solutions, collaborating with software, service, and marketing to deliver reliable equipment and documented technical support.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and coordinating technical engineering activities.
• Knowledge of hardware/firmware interfaces.
• Understanding of DFMA principles.
• Experience with product development and testing.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance and cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to analyzing and solving routine problems.
• Quoting of custom product requests.
• Support the supply chain with the sourcing of components.
• Works with software engineers to define hardware/firmware interfaces.
• Develops product drawings, BOMs, and manuals.
• Participate in new product development per PLM guidelines.
• Align products with global compliance, safety, and cybersecurity regulations.
• Collaborate with the Service Team in product service concepts.

Skills

Electrical design

Hardware interfaces

Firmware interfaces

DFMA

Product development

Testing & validation

Job description

The Electrical Engineer is responsible for executing, planning, and/or coordinating technical engineering activities for static and dynamic vehicle weighing projects according to their schedule and budget. The basic duties include foundational research, project and order engineering, product development, product testing, regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection, project execution according to METTLER TOLEDO Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) guidelines, and product support for industrial vehicle weighing equipment and weighing solutions. These projects may include full-length, single-axle, multi-axle, single-draft vehicle weigh-in-motion, low to high-speed vehicle weigh-in-motion, rail coupled-in-motion, and unattended weighing. The responsibilities are as follows:

• Contributes to analyzing and solving routine problems.
• Conducts basic research related to new technologies, product applications, or new products.
• Quoting of custom product requests.
• Support the supply chain with the sourcing of components.
• Works with software engineers to define hardware / firmware interfaces.
• Works to insure DFMA.
• Participate in main design of custom and standard Mechanical/Electrical product solutions.
• Provide manufacturing engineering support for the assembly, final product testing, and production problem diagnostics as required.
• Perform product tests and validations at MT facilities or field sites, with internal and external partners, verifying that specifications are met.
• Develop product drawings, documentation, bills of material, and manuals for products.
• Prepare technical documentation, manuals, bulletins, sales tools, and training material.
• Participate in new product development projects according to the METTLER TOLEDO PLM guidelines.
• Align products with global compliance, safety, and cybersecurity regulations.
• Maintain awareness of intellectual property protection for products.
• Collaborate with the Service Team in the development of the product service concept.
• Participate in the product launch with the Product Manager and other MT marketing representatives.
• Participate as a sales/service/customer training instructor and/or in other sales/customer related presentations.
• Provide third tier active product life support for industrial vehicle weighing equipment and weighing solutions for technicians and customers.