Prysmian Group

Cable Design Engineer

Prysmian Group$70K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related field
  • 2-4 years of experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment
  • Strong analytical, problem solving, and technical writing skills
  • Effective communication skills across all levels
  • Self-starter with the ability to work independently
  • Proficiency with Microsoft tools including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain cable designs, specifications, and data sheets
  • Translate customer requirements into manufacturable solutions
  • Utilize design systems to generate BOMs and routings for manufacturing
  • Generate accurate cost models for quotations and production
  • Work closely with manufacturing and commercial teams for efficient execution
  • Ensure all designs comply with applicable standards and regulations
  • Identify opportunities to enhance products and support new product development

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment
  • Opportunity for professional growth in a business-connected engineering role
  • Engagement in continuous improvement and innovation
  • Access to data management systems and tools
  • Involvement in cross-functional team projects
Full Job Description
Overview: Prysmian is seeking a technically strong, detail-oriented engineer with a passion for collaboration and continuous improvement to join our Specialties, Industrial & Construction design team. Reporting to the Design Engineering Manager, this role is at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing, and customer engagement. You will transform technical requirements into manufacturable cable designs balancing performance, cost, and compliance while helping drive innovation across our product portfolio. This is not just a design role. It is a business-connected engineering position that influences product capability, plant efficiency, and customer success. Principal Duties & Responsibilities:  Product Design & Execution  Develop and maintain cable designs, specifications, drawings, and data sheets  Translate customer requirements and industry standards into manufacturable solutions  Utilize in-house cable design systems (Cable Builder and/or Common Analisi) to generate BOM s and routings for manufacturing of Prysmian products at its facilities  Cost & Commercial Support  Generate accurate cost models for quotations and production  Analyze cost drivers and support benchmarking across facilities  Partner with commercial teams to deliver competitive solutions  Cross-Functional Collaboration  Work closely with manufacturing, operations, and commercial teams to ensure efficient execution  Support plant capability assessments and manufacturability decisions  Provide technical input to improve throughput, quality, and product consistency  Governance & Compliance  Maintain design systems, technical instructions (TIs), SOPs, and product data integrity  Ensure all designs comply with applicable standards (UL, CSA, ICEA, and others)  Stay current on evolving regulatory and certification requirements  Innovation & Continuous Improvement  Identify opportunities to enhance products, reduce cost, and improve performance  Support new product development and experimental trials, including documentation and execution  Maintain strong operating knowledge of appropriate industry standards and including all updates as well as ICEA, UL, CSA and other certification listings  Prepare design documentation for factory level experimental trials/product development concerning new compound implementation and associated cable products. Minimum Qualifications  Bachelor s degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related field  or equivalent experience; foundational engineering knowledge is essential for interpreting specifications, understanding cable constructions, and supporting feasibility assessments.  2 4 years of experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment  with exposure to technical problem solving, process understanding, or product related decision making.  Strong analytical, problem solving, and technical writing skills  ability to evaluate multiple specifications, determine compliance, and document conclusions clearly.  Effective communication skills across all levels  comfortable interacting with operators, engineers, product managers, and leadership to gather information and make informed decisions.  Self starter with the ability to work independently  able to proactively reach out to others, ask questions, and collaborate to resolve gray area decisions.  Proficiency with Microsoft tools  Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access; experience with ERP or database systems preferred for managing specifications and documentation. Preferred Qualifications  Programming knowledge  helpful for working with the back end of design systems; Java experience is beneficial for system programming tasks.  Experience interpreting complex specifications  ability to analyze multiple industry, customer, and internal specs, determine the most stringent requirements, and assess compliance (Specification Engineering experience).  Experience resolving specification related issues  such as evaluating whether a cable with deviations can still meet industry standards or customer requirements.  Leadership interest or experience  potential to grow into leadership roles; ability to influence decisions and collaborate across functions.  Experience in a specification engineering role  or similar background involving detailed technical documentation, feasibility assessments, and cross functional coordination. Work Environment/Physical Demands:  Works out of a normal office environment with standard office equipment available.  Will be required to sit, bend, kneel, squat, use keyboard, read, write, and speak fluently.  Employee will regularly be required to lift and carry objects of 10-25 pounds as needed.  Employee will occasionally be required to lift and carry objects of 25-30 pounds as needed.  Employee will be required to work productively and cooperatively in a high-volume, fast paced, highly pressured environment and be able to respond efficiently and courteously to unanticipated problems and crisis.  This role is not typically exposed to adverse environmental conditions, except excessive eye strain and possible lifting injuries  When travel is necessary, will be exposed to typical travel environment and surroundings ----------------------------------------- Job Offer Fraud Alert We take the security of our candidates seriously. Please be aware of job offer scams involving individuals falsely claiming to represent our company. Our company will **never**:  Ask for payment, fees, or financial information at any stage of the recruitment process  Request passwords, banking details, or copies of personal identification via email or text  Extend a job offer without a formal interview process  Communicate from non-company email addresses (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo) All legitimate communications from our recruitment team will come from an official company email domain (ending in @prysmian.com). If you believe you have been contacted regarding a fraudulent job offer or are unsure about the authenticity of a message, please contact us directly at [email protected].

About Prysmian Group

Prysmian Group is a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry. With almost 140 years of experience, sales of over €11 billion, and about 29,000 employees in over 50 countries and 112 plants, the Group is strongly positioned in high-tech markets and offers the widest possible range of products, services, technologies and know-how. It operates in the businesses of underground and submarine cables and systems for power transmission and distribution, of special cables for applications in many different industries and of medium and low voltage cables for the construction and infrastructure sectors.
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1905

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