Lead Electrical Design Expert - Custom Power Transformers

Virginia Transformer Corp; Muscle Shoals (AL); Vor Ort; USD 100.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Virginia Transformer Corp in Muscle Shoals, AL, seeks a Senior Electrical Design Expert to provide technical leadership in the electrical design and development of custom power transformers.

This role guides complex design decisions, optimizes transformer performance, and supports projects from quotation and specification review through manufacturing and final testing, mentoring engineers and resolving challenging issues.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Ten or more years of progressive electrical engineering experience, including substantial experience designing power transformers.
• Strong understanding of electromagnetic theory, transformer equivalent circuits, insulation coordination, and thermal performance.
• Demonstrated expertise in core-and-coil design, winding arrangements, impedance calculations, loss evaluation, and dielectric design.
• Experience evaluating short-circuit forces and coordinating electrical and mechanical design requirements.
• Working knowledge of IEEE/ANSI and IEC transformer standards and testing requirements.

Aufgaben

• Lead the electrical design and technical review of custom power transformers to meet customer specifications, performance guarantees, and applicable industry standards.
• Develop and review core-and-coil designs, including core geometry, winding configurations, conductor selection, insulation systems, and impedance calculations.
• Evaluate dielectric performance, temperature rise, losses, excitation current, sound levels, and short-circuit withstand capability.
• Establish insulation clearances and coordinate design requirements for voltage classes and impulse levels.
• Optimize designs to balance efficiency, reliability, material cost, manufacturability, and delivery requirements.
• Review customer specifications and support quotation activities with preliminary designs and technical recommendations.
• Perform or review electromagnetic, thermal, and transient analyses using appropriate engineering methods and software.
• Collaborate with mechanical and control design teams to ensure integration of transformer components.

Kenntnisse

Transformer design

Electromagnetic theory

Thermal analysis

Root cause analysis

Technical documentation

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering

Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Transformer design software

Engineering calculation tools

Finite element analysis software

Jobbeschreibung

Virginia Transformer Corp in Muscle Shoals, AL, seeks a Senior Electrical Design Expert to provide technical leadership in the electrical design and development of custom power transformers.

This role guides complex design decisions, optimizes transformer performance, and supports projects from quotation and specification review through manufacturing and final testing, mentoring engineers and resolving challenging issues.