Electrical Engineer

About the role

This is a full-time, onsite role with our Bethlehem, PA team. You’ll work with cross-functional teams, own pieces of real projects, solve problems as they happen, and create power systems for equipment that mixes and formulates liquid medicines and therapies.

You’ll have real ownership, visibility, and impact—seeing your work from concept to completion on meaningful, complex projects. ABEC is growing, offering opportunities to learn quickly and work with top talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical scope on active projects through all phases, working closely with project engineering, manufacturing, and field teams.
• Support startup, troubleshooting, and customer needs to see your work in action.
• Assume Electrical Engineering project lead to interface with customers and ensure satisfaction (travel as requested).
• Understand all project requirements, specifications, and objectives; define Electrical and Instrumentation scope of work and develop required specifications.
• Execute quality management plans in accordance with ABEC standard procedures.
• Develop and coordinate design and/or manufacturing efforts to ensure compliance.
• Assist in development of control panel layouts, electrical schematics, instrument and control loop drawings, assembly drawings, and bill of materials.
• Maintain organized project-related records.
• Develop hardware documentation, including details, setup parameters, and operations and maintenance manuals.
• Provide training to end users and technical support to customers, sales, and marketing.
• Evaluate and recommend electrical upgrades to existing equipment or systems.
• Develop control hardware design specifications.
• Support customer field service requirements, both planned and unplanned.
• Support commissioning, startup, and customer quality testing as required.
• Travel when required and play an active role in identifying and driving Continuous Improvement (CI) opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• Three years’ experience with electrical power systems, including 400/480 VAC supply and motor control circuits (preferred but not required).
• Experience with electrical sizing requirements and load calculations (short circuit, heat load, total power consumption).
• Good understanding of PLC hardware application and usage.
• Knowledge of process instrumentation.
• Knowledgeable with NEC (NFPA 70) and UL508 standards.
• Familiarity with European standards such as ATEX and IEC is preferred.
• Awareness of and prior experience with Continuous Improvement (CI) is a plus.
• Prior Lean/Six Sigma experience is a plus.

Desired Skills

• AutoCAD and Inventor (a plus).
• EPlan Software (a plus).
• Familiarity with OEM work processes and business models.
• Experience interfacing with multi-disciplined engineering groups.
• Experience with design application, specifying, and selecting electrical components and instrumentation.
• Familiarity with instrument control loop drawings and I/O lists.

Benefits

• Paid holidays and vacation time.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (benefits start day 1).
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Generous 401K plan (40% match).
• College tuition benefit program.
• Employee Referral Program.