Senior Electrical Engineer

PowerSecure, Inc.; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision and life insur

401(k) matching

Vacation and PTO

Flexible spending accounts

Wellness programs

Employee Referral Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

PowerSecure, a Southern Company subsidiary, is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to design electrical controls and power distribution for our manufactured products. You will ensure builds meet engineering specs and applicable standards (UL, NEC) across complex, high‑risk solutions.

You will develop design packages, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable, compliant systems for manufacturing and field deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required, electrical preferred.
• 8+ years of related experience.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical/control drawings and specifications.
• Experience with UL, NEC, NFPA 79 standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop design packages with electrical schematics, control panel layouts, and bills of materials adhering to project technical documentation and PowerSecure design standards.
• Mentor junior staff to produce design packages including electrical schematics, control panel layouts, and bills of materials adhering to project technical documentation.
• Develop independently or with the Project Engineering team to produce point-to-point lists.
• Create site-wide drawings to capture system connections.
• Collaborate with System Engineering to produce controls diagrams.
• Coordinate with leadership and Product Management to engineer configurable design standards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Reading electrical drawings

2-D AutoCAD Electrical

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

Autodesk Inventor

Vault

IFS

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Electrical Engineer provides the electrical controls and/or power distribution design of our manufactured product solutions. These design activities are to provide assurance that our products are being built per engineering specifications and other required standards (i.e., UL, NEC).

Job Summary

The Senior Electrical Engineer provides the electrical controls and/or power distribution design of our manufactured product solutions. These design activities are to provide assurance that our products are being built per engineering specifications and other required standards (i.e., UL, NEC).

Minimum Qualifications: (Education, Experience, Knowledge, and Skills)

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required, electrical preferred.
• 8+ years of related experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as: construction drawings, construction specifications, single lines, product manuals, sequence of operations, control drawings, work instructions, written directions, and markups to electrical/control drawings.
• Strong analytical, communication and organizational skills with a desire for continuous improvement.
• Detail-oriented, accurate, and have a positive can-do attitude.
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, including collaborating with other teams.
• Occasionally required to inspect products in-progress in manufacturing.
• Occasionally assist in moving materials and equipment that weigh ~40 lbs.
• Proficient with 2-D [AutoDesk] AutoCAD Electrical or equivalent software.
• Knowledgeable with UL, NEC, and NFPA 79 standards.
• Proficient with MS Office applications like Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Autodesk Inventor and Autocad Electrical's electro-mechanical workflow is preferred (experience using Autodesk suite programs; Vault, Autocad Electrical and Inventor together)
• Experience with generator systems (Designing these components using Autodesk Inventor)
• Experience with control wiring and power distribution systems (Systems controls interface with HMI, SCADA, programming feature design using Autocad Electrical)

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop design packages including electrical schematics, control panel layouts, and bills of materials adhering to project technical documentation ensuring compliance with PowerSecure design standards and applicable code or project specifications for complex to high-risk product solutions.
• Mentor junior staff to produce design packages including electrical schematics, control panel layouts, and bills of materials adhering to project technical documentation.
• Develop independently or work with Project Engineering team to produce point to-point lists.
• Create site-wide drawings to capture system connections.
• Collaborate with System Engineering to produce controls diagrams.
• Collaborate with leadership, Solutions Architecture, Principle Engineering and Product Management teams to engineer configurable design standards.
• Applies engineering fundamentals to support controls system design development under guidance from principle engineering team.
• Serves as an electrical design subject matter expert for PowerSecure’s established products.
• Review construction drawings to ensure alignment with assigned task and bring concerns to technical project management and/or Project Engineer in a timely fashion to mitigate any potential delays.
• Coordinate and communicate with other engineering disciplines, technical project management and other departments to complete project deliverables.
• Be an active participant in project meetings including handoff, release review, and design meetings as required with the necessary stakeholders.
• Set up Vault structure (folders, items, ECOs).
• Support manufacturing product builds.
• Manage multiple product design changes through revision documentation within PDM software.
• Review and verify design package quality prior to release from product engineering.
• Accountable cross functionally with system engineering team to provide engineered product solutions to ensure project system functionality that adheres to project specifications.
• Utilize AutoCAD Electrical, Inventor, Vault, IFS and other tools.
• Identify and execute processes that reduce the overall cost to design, manufacture, install and operate our products providing engineering calculations or other data to support necessary changes to leadership.
• Coordinate with QC, field service, or commissioning teams to troubleshoot product design discrepancies.
• Ensure schedules and milestone dates are achieved for product release to manufacturing for multiple projects.
• Continue to educate, train and develop as an engineer, individual contributor and leader to support all PowerSecure business objectives.

Physical Demands And Work Environment

• Occasionally assist in moving materials and equipment that weigh ~40lbs.
• Primarily office environment with the exceptions of manufacturing shop visits.

About Us

PowerSecure, a Southern Company subsidiary, is a leading provider of innovative energy solutions to electric utilities and their industrial, institutional, and commercial customers.

Join Our Power Team!

We invest in high-value and cost-effective benefits for our employees. Our benefitspackage includes:

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage
• Competitive pay and a matching 401 (k) plan
• Vacation, Company Holidays, Paid Time Off (PTO- personal and sick days)
• Flexible spending accounts/Health savings account
• Wellness Incentive Programs
• Employee Referral Program
• Tuition Reimbursement

PowerSecure is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

This position is not open to third party recruiters.