Senior Electrical Engineer

Bridgestone Americas; Wilson (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onboarding experience

Growth and mentorship

Corporate social responsibility

Global, dynamic work environment

Work-life balance

Inclusive team

Job summary

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM) in Wilson, NC, seeks a Sr. Electrical Engineer to join our team at the Wilson plant. The role designs, tests, and validates electrical components and control systems for tire manufacturing operations, with independent work under general supervision.

You will develop hardware, PLC/HMI software, and interfaces to plant equipment while collaborating with maintenance, production, and engineering teams to ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of related experience.
• BSEE required for Electrical Engineer role.
• Manufacturing experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Safety Design Process: Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Dynamic Safety Testing, and Validation of Safety Systems.
• Contractor Oversight of Technical Trades: Ensure Quality of Workmanship and Adherence to Plant/Safety Rules.
• Project Management: design, budget, justification, procurement, installation, testing, and commissioning; documentation for maintenance.
• Work with cross functional teams to understand scope, specifications and design requirements.
• Develop hardware assemblies and wiring diagrams for control and data acquisition systems.
• Develop control system software in PLC ladder logic and HMI programming.
• Interface with plant equipment using hardwired interfaces and industrial networks.
• Apply closed loop controls to regulate dynamic systems.
• Prepare BOMs and coordinate with vendors for supply.
• Collaborate with maintenance, production, and engineering to resolve electrical/controls issues.
• Ensure compliance with quality processes and standards.
• Support hardware assembly and fabrication.
• Lead checkout, commissioning and reliability activities with cross-functional teams.
• Communicate project status to CFT and management.
• Coordinate with other disciplines to ensure project success.
• Estimate design, materials, installation, and activation; plan labor resources and milestones.
• Develop proposals for future work and lead projects from design through operation.

Skills

Electrical design

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

PLC programming

HMI development

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)

Tools

PLC ladder logic

HMI programming

SAP

Job description

Company Overview

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Business Unit

BAMG - Wilson

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Job Category

Engineering & Science

Position Summary

We are seeking a Sr. Electrical Engineer to join our team in the Wilson, NC plant. This facility produces a variety of tires including passenger radial, light truck radial tread, and run-flat tires. More than 1,800 teammates work in this 2.67 million square foot facility, which is the largest manufacturing facility within Bridgestone Americas. The Electrical Engineering position researches, develops, designs, and tests electrical components, equipment, systems, and networks. An Experienced Professional position applies practical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. In this role, you must be able to work independently with general supervision and will influence others within the job area through explanation of facts, policies and practices.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Safety Design Process: Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Dynamic Safety Testing, and Validation of Safety Systems.
• Contractor Oversight of Technical Trades: Ensure Quality of Workmanship and Adherence to Plant/Industry Safety Rules Compliance.
• Project Management: Design/Develop Project Scope, Project Budget, Project Justification/Feasibility, Funds Request/Project Documents Preparation, Procurement (RFQs, SAP Ordering/Budget Tracking), Installation & Testing, Equipment Release to Production, & Verification of Project Closing (Documentation for Maintenance, Stock Item Request, & Lessons Learned)
• Work with cross functional team to understand scope, functional specifications, and design requirements.
• Developing hardware assembly and wiring diagrams for control and data acquisition systems.
• Developing control system software in PLC ladder logic, function block, HMI programming, etc.
• Developing interfaces to plant equipment using hardwired interfaces and industrial networks.
• Apply closed loop controls methods to control dynamic systems.
• Develops Bill of Materials for scope of supply required on the project and works with vendors to acquire.
• Work with maintenance, production, and engineering to resolve problems relating to electrical or controls systems.
• Providing quality system processes such as checking the work of others, following standard procedures, and ensuring compliance to codes and standards.
• Supporting hardware assembly and fabrication.
• Providing cross functional team direction of checkout, commissioning, and reliability activates
• Communicating with CFT and management regarding project status.
• Coordinating with other engineering disciplines and departments to ensure success.
• Estimating system design, material, installation, checkout, commissioning, and activation of projects.
• Planning labor resources and scheduling the project milestones to ensure project completion within technical scope, budget, and schedule.
• Developing proposals to capture future work on existing lines.
• Leading control and data acquisition projects through all phases to include design, fabrication, implementation, testing, commissioning and daily operation.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of related experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)
• Prior Manufacturing experience

At Bridgestone, you are Free to Be

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they feel safe bringing their chosen version of themselves to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.

What We Offer

At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long‑term well‑being.
• An effective and inclusive team.

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider all individuals for employment based on their unique merit and without regard to age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.