Electrical Engineer – Plasma & Water Jet Systems

Hypertherm Associates; Hanover (NH); On-site; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Hypertherm Associates in Hanover, NH is seeking a newly graduated Electrical Engineer to join our team. The role focuses on electrical subsystems within plasma and water jet cutting systems, CNC equipment and torch height control systems, with sustaining engineering responsibilities to implement design changes.

You will collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, quality, and engineering teams; read schematics and PCB layouts; and drive cost-saving design improvements while ensuring regulatory

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering with 0–5 years of electrical design experience in industrial products.
• Strong fundamentals in two or more technical disciplines and willingness to learn others.
• Understanding of hardware engineering principles and design tools; methodical design and testing.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, PCB layouts and component datasheets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop expertise in electrical subsystems for plasma and waterjet cutting systems.
• Support released products by implementing design changes through sustaining engineering.
• Manage alternate components to address obsolescence and supply issues with suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, environmental, and safety requirements.
• Lead cost savings or product improvements via design changes, testing, and business cases.
• Analyze documentation and test data to verify performance against specs.
• Collaborate with procurement, engineering, PCB designers, manufacturing, and quality.
• Coordinate project timelines through verbal and written communication.
• Apply engineering principles across a broad range of assignments.
• Partner with lab technicians in a hands-on lab environment.

Skills

Electrical design

Schematics reading

PCB layout

Communication

Statistical methods

FMEA

Problem solving

Education

B.S., Electrical Engineering

Tools

PCB design tools

Hardware design tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Hypertherm Associates in Hanover, NH is seeking a newly graduated Electrical Engineer to join our team. The role focuses on electrical subsystems within plasma and water jet cutting systems, CNC equipment and torch height control systems, with sustaining engineering responsibilities to implement design changes.

You will collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, quality, and engineering teams; read schematics and PCB layouts; and drive cost-saving design improvements while ensuring regulatory