Sr Electrical Design Engineer-Transformers

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; South Boston (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled engineer to design and optimize transformer systems. This role involves creating customized designs, conducting thorough analyses, and collaborating with engineering teams to enhance productivity. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in electrical engineering, particularly in transformer design, and will be responsible for ensuring high-quality outputs while adhering to safety standards. If you are passionate about engineering and eager to contribute to innovative solutions, this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you.

Qualifications

• Master’s in Electrical engineering with 3 years experience or Bachelor's with 5 years in transformer design.
• Experience in electrical design and knowledge of design tools is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create customized designs focusing on safety and hazard control.
• Optimize designs to meet updated standards and support continuous improvement.
• Conduct economic studies and prepare specifications for contracts.

Skills

Electrical design

Creo/SolidWorks

3D CDS system

Transformer design

Technical analysis

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering

Tools

Design tools

Job description

Description

Typical duties/responsibilities for the role may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Creation of customized designs with high priority on safety design aspects and identification and control of hazards.
2. Contributes to design reviews and verification following established QA/QC process, provides feedback on design aspects and makes necessary modifications.
3. Optimize designs to meet updated standards, incorporating new products, components, and functionalities.
4. Creates or reviews engineering drawings, specifications and plans required by manufacturing.
5. Defines focus areas/priorities for design to ensure technological excellence connected with other disciplines.
6. Supports continuous improvement in design tools.
7. Design, analyze, and evaluate systems, products, or components, requiring a high degree of technical expertise.
8. Design and develop complex models or simulations and apply advanced computer programs, analytical techniques or control strategies to effectively meet requirements and resolve problems.
9. Conduct economic studies and prepare or lead the preparation of specifications, proposals for contracts, licensing and safety documents, and obtain required approvals.
10. Works with the customer to shape and deliver design solutions, seeks feedback from engineering teams to drive and deliver improvement.
11. Establish and maintain relations with key users, local and global developers, and end users to understand technical issues and set documented requirement for resolutions.
12. Support Technology implementation with in-depth testing and analysis of design tool output with respect of accuracy of calculation and reliability of new functionalities.
13. Introduce new improvements in design systems to improve the optimization to reduce cost and increase productivity to support DTV initiatives.
14. Support/Trouble shooting on bugs and fixes in Design tools related issues on end users to support revenues.
15. Document the design rules in existing design system and develop technical standards with improved functionality for next generation design systems.

Complexity of Tasks: Requires thorough knowledge of a specific engineering discipline plus an understanding of transformer design related disciplines to coordinate activities, analyze and resolve problems crossing disciplines and to develop new concepts for programs. Technical input, recommendations and decisions may impact the organization's effectiveness and customer relations. Requires ability to interface effectively, internally and with customers.

Experience in Electrical design & Creo/Solid works/3D CDS system and programming of rules and models is preferred. Experience in transformer design is preferred.

Reporting Line: Engineering Program Manager

Qualifications: Master’s degree in Electrical engineering or related field plus 3 years of experience in product/system development/Transformer Design or bachelor’s degree Electrical engineering with 5 years of experience in product/system development/Transformer Design; alternatively, a special combination of education and experience and/or demonstrated accomplishments. The experience is Large Distribution transformers is preferred.

The candidate must have an authorization to work in US.