Electrical Design Job Description
Electrical design
provides technical guidance on systems utilizing but not limited to AC/DC power distribution, command, control and monitoring, instrumentation, lightning protection, and grounding systems.
Electrical Design Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective electrical design job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included electrical design job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Maintain or support any site specific requirements or standards, if deem necessary
Provide maintenance technical support for a manufacturing plant, when needed
Provide safety training to electricians as required
Model the proposed coil design using various software tools
Ensure that customer feedback is recorded and incorporated into the design and feasibly executed
Design and Document the development for manufacturability
Designs, modifies and manages activities for new products (meters) from product definition and planning through production and release
Manage the new product implementation process from design phase to mass production as a project
Design circuits consisting of power supplies, single chip micro-controllers and associated peripheral circuits that are cost effective and robust
Designing automated meter reading circuits, such as GPRS modem, power line carrier, radio
Electrical Design Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Electrical Design
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: EIT, RF, NAR, ROHS, PE, VOL, VCA, PWB, PCD, FAA
Education for Electrical Design
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the electrical design job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Design, Technical, Science, Education, Electrical Engineering Technology, Electronics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering
Skills for Electrical Design
Desired skills for electrical design include:
Applicable local
Regulations
State/province
DC power distribution
Especially in the areas of: operating
Federal/national statutes and guidelines
Fusing
Heavy duty commercial truck safety systems
Management
NEC
Desired experience for electrical design includes:
Basic understanding of principles of Electrical equipment like transformer, Motors
12+ years electrical design experience required
Skilled in Computer Aided Design (CAD) applications
Experience developing wiring diagrams and schematics
Adept at conduit/cable tray drawings, cable/conduit schedules, and grounding drawings
Capable of sizing and specifying cables, overcurrent protection, raceways, and enclosures
Electrical Design Examples
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Electrical Design Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of electrical design. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for electrical design
- Carries out defined and partially defined tasks
- Learns and applies basic knowledge of an engineering discipline
- Able to develop equipment specifications for 480VAC equipment such as motor control centers, variable frequency drives, induction and synchronous motors, load center unit substations
- Analog system design
- Product conception (original / self-conceived)
- Formulate initial design approach and defend proposed designs in a design review process
- Build a clinical prototype and prove feasibility, functionality and image superiority over competitive coils
- Document the development of the project
- Participate in and Lead
- Participate in activities associated with leading engineers by involvement in the development of
Qualifications for electrical design
- Experience using Microstation, Acuity Visual, and knowledge of databases are a plus
- Supports the Sales department in proposal development and engineering estimates
- Reviews vendor/shop drawings, quotes and proposals
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, biomedical engineering or electronics
- 5-8 yrs of experience in related fields
- Familiarity with simulation software like PSpice, and some Field Plotting simulators
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Electrical Design Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for an electrical design. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for electrical design
- Create CAD/BIM strategies, execution plans, management plans and working practices
- Submits Management of Change (MOC) documents to correct existing design standards or to create new ones
- The candidate will be required to interface with customers during proposal, architecture development, systems requirements reviews, design reviews, test readiness reviews and technical interchange meetings
- Design, document and assemble equipment control panels
- Provide hands-on control panel wiring and remote troubleshooting
- Understand, initialize, design, trouble shoot and repair AC and DC drives and controllers
- Tune AC and DC motors
- Understand PID control logic
- Develop electrical systems that meet compliance requirements and oversee compliance testing
- Prepare schematics using Elcad
Qualifications for electrical design
- Proficiency in using CAD-CAE Tools
- Engineer (Swedish level of "Gymnasieingenjör" and minimum some years of relevant experience or "högskoleingenjör") in electrical technology or similar knowledge from working experience
- English and Swedish as working languages, both written and spoken
- Experience in high power switching devices such as Solid State Switches, Insulated Gate Bi-Polar Transistors (IGBT), Silicon Carbide (SiC) semiconductor switches, an advantage
- Analogue and Digital mixed circuit design
- Microcontroller based hardware design
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for an electrical design. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for electrical design
- Technical review deliverables and drawings for their content, accuracy, consistency, quality and completeness
- Compile ongoing reviews, of CAD/design/engineering processes and procedures
- Manage and co-ordinate the flow of information between BBB, NNB (and their designer) and our supply chain
- Hold a HNC/HND in engineering (in relevant field, electrical or mechanical)
- Have services experience (electrical / mechanical)
- Have CAD experience 2D/3D
- Have knowledge of QA procedures and drawing standards
- Have experience working within highly regulated industries
- Design low-power, low-cost embedded systems that are optimized for volume production “cradle to grave”
- Be completely responsible for the behavior of the electrons in the system
Qualifications for electrical design
- Experience of Altium Designer schematic capture and analysis tools and Firmware programming knowledge are preferable
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline AND 5 years of applicable experience
- Bsc of Electrical Power Engineering
- Excellent understanding of the National Electrical Code
- In depth understanding of critical data center electrical equipment
- Detailed understanding of uninterruptable power sources, diesel generators, electrical switchgear, power distribution units, variable frequency drives, and automatic/static transfer switches
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Electrical Design Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of electrical design. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for electrical design
- Responsible for all electrical aspects on multi-discipline projects
- Systems will incorporate multiple areas of electrical technology
- Coordinates the activities of drafters to accomplish electrical design of projects
- Uses CAE/CAD tools to create complex detailed design drawings and documentation used for construction bid packages and for inquiring/ordering electrical equipment
- Exchanges technical information with peers, other engineering disciplines, and suppliers
- Provides engineering field support on construction projects when requested by the Owner's Representative or Business Partner
- Help resolve highly technical issues with customers, when needed
- Provide marketing and manufacturing technical support
- The Team Leader Electrical Design will be leading the electrical design team of the Converter Engineering Department
- He/ She will be responsible for the electrical design of converters and electrical cabinets
Qualifications for electrical design
- Switch mode / linear power supply design
- Basic understanding of mechanical equipment and system design
- Design For Manufacturing And Assembly - Understands the underlying principles, techniques and procedures design for manufacturing and assembly appropriately as part of work
- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent degree) in Engineering is required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering highly preferred
- Minimum 1-3 years of hand’s on Electrical Engineering experience within a Manufacturing environment is required
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Electrical Design Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for an electrical design. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for electrical design
- Analyzes components/parts in area of speciality to ensure that established layout/quality/cost/performance standards and regulatory requirements are met or exceeded and recommends cost-effective design modifications / improvements that support testing and mass production
- Works with setting up the electrical system architecture and power distribution throughout the vehicle using third party software tool
- Support solution owner with component evaluation (research alternate components based on ZPS, filter options based on key KPIs in ZPS
- Follow up with vendors on technical discussions and make sure that timelines are met)
- Support with approving design solution according to the standards
- Define requirement/solutions for grounding and lightening
- Support SOs in writing test reports
- Generate summary of tests results, focusing specifically on electrical components
- Deep knowledge of NAM standards
- Support UL/IEC Certification strategy
Qualifications for electrical design
- Thorough understanding of electrical design and experience with Autocad is required
- Electrical Engineering Degree from an accredited Canadian University (or equivalent with experience)
- You have knowledge of industrial electrical equipment, such as generators, motors, drives and switchboards
- You are familiar with MS Office and (at least 2D) electrical CAD tools (EPLAN preferred)
- You work well both independently and as a part of a team
- You seek solutions actively, instead of focusing on problems