Job Description:
JOB DESCRIPTION: Electrical Engineer
About the Role
Packsize is looking for an Electrical Engineer to join the R&D Hardware team in Louisville, KY. We are looking for someone who has an interest in industrial machine automation. You will be primarily responsible for the sustaining or lifecycle engineering of our machines’ electrical system(s) for highly automated industrial machines. You will also be doing small electrical design projects and providing critical input on the Safety requirements for the machines. You will be collaborating with other engineers, product managers, product quality, etc. in creating, building and sustaining reliable, on-demand packaging systems. We want you to come in and ask well thought out questions, carry out solid fundamental engineering, do independent research, and collaborate effectively with your peers. We have many R&D and product sustaining projects going on and look forward to new ideas and diverse, creative thinking to help solve difficult problems.
What you’ll bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience
- Low voltage DC and high voltage AC experience and qualifications
- Skill in developing electrical schematics
- Experience designing for compliance with electrical safety standards in both Europe and the US including: NFPA 79, IEC/EN 60204, IEC 61508
- Knowledge of electrical risk assessment considerations such as performance levels of components.
- Ability to design for EMC compliance, both Europe and US
- Background in working with servo drives and the design considerations needed to meet compliance.
- Experience with Eplan or equivalent
- Ability to solder and wire up test systems
- Knowledge of PLC’s and industrial automation technologies
- Selecting sensors related to machine automation and data acquisition
- Strong interpersonal skills for collaborating in team environments while maintaining individual duties effectively
- Ability to prototype and 3D print simple designs and assemble systems to test automation strategies
- Demonstrates lean and design thinking disciplines and mindsets
- Shows curiosity and likes to tinker
- Troubleshooting and finding root cause of complex electrical problems
What you’ll do:
- Support and troubleshoot existing electrical cabinet/panel designs
- Collaborate on the design and layout of new cabinet/panel designs
- Write specification documents for electrical components
- Identify and approve alternative electrical components
- Create, update and/or modify electrical schematics and wiring diagrams for industrial machines
- Maintain data in a PLM system
- Ensure conformance to applicable machine safety specifications
- Support procurement in sourcing and purchasing machine parts and assemblies
- Enable the successful transfer of new machine designs to production
- Interface with the Product Quality team to investigate issues and obtain feedback on machine performance
- Collaborate with other engineers, particularly on engineering design best practices
- Manage CAD data and machine documentation and communicate these to manufacturers and the organization
- Assist other engineers in building and testing complex automated machines and subsystems
- Provide input during design reviews
- Lead troubleshooting and debugging efforts for development, production and customer machines
- Engage in continuous improvement activities
- Work with the team to organize, clean and maintain R&D test area (5S)
- Maintain prototyping hardware and test equipment
- Use typical R&D tools and other shop equipment
- Document work in Atlassian Confluence
- Programming in various functional and object-oriented languages
A few other things:
- Up to 10% travel as needed
- Ability to do the physical work necessary to fabricate prototypes (using machine shop tools, turning wrenches etc.) and building machines
What we offer:
Packsize considers several factors when determining compensation when extending a job offer, including but not limited to, the role being offered, the associated responsibilities, the candidate's prior work experience, education/training, and any special skills. At Packsize, we’re committed to supporting the health, well-being, and financial security of our team members. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) retirement plan; Paid Time Off; Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts (HSA/FSA); and life and disability insurance. Additional voluntary benefits include critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident, and legal/ID theft protection. We also provide access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support your overall well-being.
