Senior Electrical Engineer

Powersecure-Inc.; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Wellness Program

Job summary

PowerSecure, a Southern Company subsidiary, is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer. You will lead electrical controls and power distribution design for manufactured solutions, ensuring adherence to UL, NEC, and NFPA 79 standards.

The role involves mentoring staff, developing schematics and BOMs, and coordinating with multiple engineering teams. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of experience, strong technical and communication skills, and proficiency with AutoCAD Electrical and Autodesk Inventor.

Qualifications

• 8+ years related experience in electrical engineering.
• Ability to read construction drawings, specs and control diagrams.
• Strong communication and organizational skills; detail oriented.
• Proficient with AutoCAD Electrical and Autodesk tools.
• Knowledgeable in UL, NEC, NFPA 79 standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical schematics, control panel layouts and BOMs.
• Mentor junior staff on design packages and documentation.
• Coordinate with engineering and project teams to deliver designs.
• Review drawings for compliance with standards and project specs.
• Support manufacturing product builds and change management.

Skills

Reading drawings

Electrical & control diagrams

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Manufacturing inspection

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

Autodesk Inventor

Autocad Electrical Vault

Inventor Vault IFS

MS Office

Job description

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Senior Electrical Engineer

• Posted on October 14, 2026

Locations

Showing 1 location

• Hybrid
• Manufacturing & Engineering
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: SENIO003450

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).

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

• 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.

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