Staff Electrical Engineer

Otis Elevator Co.; Florence (SC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in elevator and escalator manufacturing as a Staff Electrical Engineer based in Florence, SC. This role involves significant contributions to the development of new products, ensuring adherence to quality and performance goals while collaborating across various disciplines. With a focus on innovation, you'll help integrate new designs and improve existing electrical systems vital to the industry's success.

Benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Three weeks of paid vacation

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Tuition reimbursement program

Life insurance and disability coverage

Qualifications

• 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with North America electrical codes and standards.
• Hands-on lab experience with electrical architecture and embedded software designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead NPI and product support for electrical systems.
• Evaluate integration opportunities for new component designs.
• Conduct analysis and testing for EE projects/products.

Skills

Power distribution

Control systems

Electrical codes and standards

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

Cadence

PSpice

AutoCAD

Job description

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Staff Electrical Engineer

Apply remote type On-Site locations OT541: TFP - Florence, SC 1500 Otis Way, Florence, SC, 29501 USA time type Full time posted on Posted 16 Days Ago job requisition id 20131752

Date Posted:

2025-05-21

Country:

United States of America

Location:

OT541: TFP - Florence, SC 1500 Otis Way, Florence, SC, 29501 USA

Would you like to join a truly international, talent driven company that values Safety, Ethics, Quality, Innovation and Employee Opportunity? Are you ready to make a significant impact as a Staff Electrical Engineer?

This position, based in Florence, SC, is all about providing essential product support for a range of existing elevator components and electrical systems. You'll play a pivotal role in New Product Introduction and Product Support by evaluating opportunities for improvement and integrating new component designs into existing systems. While ensuring adherence to agreed-upon cost and schedule commitments, you'll be at the forefront of electrical system integration, contributing to the development of cutting-edge products that meet high-quality standards and performance goals.

On a typical day you will:

• Play a crucial role in New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Support.

• Evaluate opportunities and integrate new component designs into existing systems.

• Ensure projects meet agreed-upon cost and schedule commitments.

• Work with global and regional, multi-functional teams.

• Support NPI and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) engineering activities.

• Conduct needs analysis, functional allocation, cost-benefit analysis, architecture development, trade-off analysis, and risk assessment.

• Lead and perform Electrical Qualification Testing for EE projects/products.

• Prepare or support system-level design failure mode and effects analyses.

• Verify requirements and design using modeling, simulation, and testing.

• Read and understand schematics, wiring diagrams, mechanical assembly drawings, and building layouts.

• Analyze complex problems to identify root cause issues and develop innovative solutions.

• Collaborate across disciplines with mechanical engineers, software engineers, manufacturing personnel, and field personnel.

• Integrate, validate, verify, and troubleshoot pre-production systems and workflows.

• Support strategic plans, roadmaps, engineering tasks, and testing for electrical systems, services, and features within the Otis product framework.

• PCB updates.

What You Will Need to be Successful:

• Electrical / Electronic Engineering Bachelor’s degree + 7 years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Working knowledge of power distribution, protection, and control systems

• Experience with North America electrical codes and standards

• Understanding of power components, distribution and protection, controls theory and application

• Electrical engineering background with wiring diagrams, system analysis, motor, and control applications

• Experience working with suppliers/3rd parties, with national, local code and enforcement agencies. i.e. UL, CSA, ASME, NFPA, TSSA, NEC pr e ferred

• Experience with ECAD tools such as Cadence, PSpice, ViewLogic, AutoCAD, E3

• Experience working across disciplines with mechanical engineers, software engineers, manufacturing personnel, and field personnel

• Experienced in PCB desig

• Understanding of PCB assembly and other manufacturing processes

• Experience with test and measurement equipment

• Ability to take abstract ideas and formulate or support plans to create product requirements within existing eco-system constraints, timing pressures and customer expectations to identify a solution that achieves quality objectives

• Hands-on lab experience with electrical architecture, embedded software designs and test equipment to support test, integration, and troubleshooting

• Sound electrical engineering background (one or more of the following wiring diagrams, systems analysis)

• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work individually and with and in cross functional teams in a matrix organization to meet customer commitment. Strong analytical and logical reasoning skills

• Solid written and verbal communications skills

• Elevator systems knowledge is a plus

What we offer:

• We offer a 401(k) plan with a generous company match and an automatic retirement contribution for your future financial security from day one of your employment, you and your eligible dependents will receive comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.

• Enjoy three weeks of paid vacation, along with paid company holidays

• We provide paid sick leave, employee assistance, and wellness incentive programs to support your well-being.

• Life insurance and disability coverage to protect you and your family.

• Voluntary benefits, including options for legal, pet, home, and auto insurance.

• We offer generous birth/adoption and parental leave benefits, as well as adoption assistance, to support growing families.

• Pursue your educational goals with our tuition reimbursement program.

• Recognize and be recognized! We celebrate service anniversaries and offer spot performance bonus opportunities to show our appreciation.

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. W e move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio .

You may recognize our products in some of the world ’ s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa a nd the Petronas Twin Towers ! We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians , all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of a n innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You ’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge .

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and M ajor Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs .

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do . We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do . If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here .

Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext!

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