Senior Electrical Engineer

Assurant; Mount Juliet (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Assurant in Mt Juliet seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design and development of advanced automation systems powering our operations. You will conceptualize, design, and implement innovative solutions across robotics, mechatronics, material handling, sortation, packaging automation, and other industrial automation technologies.

The role requires hands-on experience in controls, machine integration, and industrial automation to deliver reliable, safe, and scalable solutions from

Responsibilities

• Design complete electrical and controls systems for automated equipment and machinery
• Develop electrical schematics, control panel layouts, power distribution designs, and detailed engineering drawings using SolidWorks Electrical or similar CAD tools
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers to create safe, reliable, and high-performing machine control systems
• Specify electrical, controls, networking, and automation components, including motors, drives, sensors, robotics, and machine vision systems
• Design machine networks utilizing industrial protocols such as EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, and EtherCAT
• Integrate third-party equipment and communication systems, including serial and industrial network interfaces
• Generate bills of materials, technical documentation, and requisitions for hardware and software procurement
• Review and validate designs to ensure compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and safety regulations prior to release for manufacturing
• Partner with customers, project managers, electricians, toolmakers, and cross‑functional engineering teams to resolve technical challenges and deliver complete system solutions
• Support installation, startup, site verification, commissioning, and troubleshooting activities
• Maintain project documentation and engineering deliverables using project management tools such as Asana
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to controls architecture, automation technology, and engineering best practices

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design and development of advanced automation systems that power next-generation operations. This role plays a critical part in conceiving, designing, and implementing innovative solutions across robotics, mechatronics, material handling, sortation systems, packaging automation, storage, and other industrial automation technologies. The ideal candidate combines strong electrical engineering expertise with hands‑on experience in controls, machine integration, and industrial automation, delivering reliable, safe, and scalable solutions from concept through commissioning.

This is an onsite role in our Mt Juliet facility.

What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?

• Design complete electrical and controls systems for automated equipment and machinery
• Develop electrical schematics, control panel layouts, power distribution designs, and detailed engineering drawings using SolidWorks Electrical or similar CAD tools
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers to create safe, reliable, and high-performing machine control systems
• Specify electrical, controls, networking, and automation components, including motors, drives, sensors, robotics, and machine vision systems
• Design machine networks utilizing industrial protocols such as EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, and EtherCAT
• Integrate third-party equipment and communication systems, including serial and industrial network interfaces
• Generate bills of materials, technical documentation, and requisitions for hardware and software procurement
• Review and validate designs to ensure compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and safety regulations prior to release for manufacturing
• Partner with customers, project managers, electricians, toolmakers, and cross‑functional engineering teams to resolve technical challenges and deliver complete system solutions
• Support installation, startup, site verification, commissioning, and troubleshooting activities
• Maintain project documentation and engineering deliverables using project management tools such as Asana
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to controls architecture, automation technology, and engineering best practices

What are the requirements needed for this position?