Senior Electrical Engineer - Lead Electrical Systems & Innovation

Roush

Livonia (MI)

Hybrid

USD 95,000 - 115,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
401K
Tuition reimbursement
Paid vacation
Paid holidays
Employee referral bonuses
Earned sick time

Job summary

Roush is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer in Livonia, MI to lead electrical architecture development for internal and external projects. You will design and validate electrical systems, oversee schematics, BOMs, and cabling, and guide a team through installation and commissioning.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture customer requirements, perform trade studies, and ensure conformance to NFPA/UL standards while advancing new technologies.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
  • 4+ years of experience in electrical and controls development.
  • Experience in automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, or theme park environments.
  • US citizenship.
  • Ability to read, understand, and create electrical schematics.

Responsibilities

  • Lead project engineering and design team to design, model, and analyze electrical architecture and systems.
  • Create and review electrical schematics, controls cabinet designs, BOMs and documentation.
  • Inform and update team on program information, dates, requirements and deliverables.
  • Lead development and execution of electrical system test requirements and validation procedures; lead installation and commissioning.
  • Develop and capture customer/interface requirements ensuring conformance to specs.
  • Research new products/technologies and conduct trade-off studies.
  • Support hazard assessments and FMEA activities.
  • Provide leadership, coaching, and technical support to team members.

Skills

Electrical system design
Team leadership
Schematic reading
Communication
Independent work
Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD 2D
Solidworks
Solidworks Electrical
Microsoft Visio

Job description

We work alongside the best and brightest to do incredibly cool things you wouldn't believe. At Roush, you're part of building the future. Are you someone that has a passion for providing innovated solutions to complex challenges? Do you want to work someplace where creativity and new ideas are encouraged? If so, then keep reading.

We fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense and theme park industries. With over 2,400 employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage.

The Senior Electrical Engineer within Advanced Engineering will lead the development of electrical systems for both internal Roush projects and external customers. The Senior Electrical Engineer will perform electrical architecture design, electronics hardware selection, wiring harness design and build support/troubleshooting/testing of electrical systems on the customer end product. This role is located in Livonia, MI.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will:

  • Lead project engineering and design team to design, model, and analyze electrical architecture, electronics hardware/systems, including processing, signal conditioning, sensors, actuators, and data communications systems
  • Create and review engineering work products such as electrical schematics, electrical controls cabinet designs, as well as detailed cable assembly drawing and create bill of materials (BOMs) and all other associated documentation
  • Inform and update the engineering and design team regarding relevant program information including key dates, requirements, customer reviews and deliverables
  • Lead the development and execution of electrical system or component functional and validation test requirements/procedures/documentation, and lead installation and commissioning efforts
  • Develop and capture customer and interface requirements and ensure conformance of components and systems to customer specifications
  • Research new products, technologies, and methodologies and conduct trade-off studies
  • Support hazard assessments and failure modes and effects analysis
  • Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and technical support to team members
To be considered as a Senior Electrical Engineer, you must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience in electrical and controls development
  • Experience in electrical and controls engineering in industries including automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, manufacturing automation, or theme park
  • US citizenship
  • Knowledge of industrial control design and implementation using industry standard equipment
  • Ability to read, understand, and create electrical schematics and good understanding of electrical and electronics basics
  • Superb verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey technical data to various audiences and work in a team environment
  • Able to work independently and handle several assignments simultaneously
A successful candidate may also have:
  • Experience with programmable logic control (PLC) ladder logic and PLC software languages gained through coursework or other projects
  • Experience with the development and maintenance of electrical test plans, DVP&Rs, hazard analysis and DFMEA documents
  • Experience with electrical standards such as NFPA, NEC, UL 508A, etc.
  • Experience with the following software packages: AutoCAD 2D, Solidworks, Solidworks Electrical, Microsoft Visio
  • Experience with vehicle electrification – High voltage wiring and distribution, batteries, motors, inverters, etc
  • Capable of planning, estimating, scheduling, and coordinating technical aspects of projects
  • Automotive vehicle knowledge, including hands on mechanical or electrical work
  • Themed entertainment industry knowledge of ride systems, animated figures and show action equipment
  • Working knowledge of NFPA70, UL508A standards, IPC620, Controller Area Network (CANbus), Serial, EtherCAT, and Ethernet communications
  • Ability to operate an oscilloscope and other electronics test equipment

Our full-time benefits include: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonuses, paid vacation, paid holidays, andmore.

If you share our passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, we want you on our team.

Please visit our careers page and apply by clicking on this link:https://jobs.roush.com/us/en/

Visit our website:www.roush.com

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Roush is an EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories

If you need a reasonable accommodation for our employment application process due to disability, please contact Roush Talent Acquisition at (734) 779-7087.

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