Electrical Engineer

About The Role

Location: Houston, TX (onsite 5 days a week in the Sugarland area)

Schedule: Onsite

Type: 1-year Contract

Interview Process: 1-2 rounds will be virtual

Job Description

The Electrical Engineer is responsible for assisting in providing innovative and cost-effective solutions requiring the development or sustaining of new or improved techniques, procedures or products. The Electrical Engineer also assists in planning, conducting and evaluating approaches to meeting the project objectives in a timely fashion.

• Assist in identifying and organizing requirements
• Apply relevant usability procedures and principles
• Analyze, design, develop and maintain products and assist in their commercialization
• Build prototypes, products, and systems suitable for testing
• Set up and run lab simulations
• Design and implement tests, document results, and develop customer presentations
• Provide timely corrective actions on defects
• Produce analyses and mathematical models and draw design conclusions based on those
• Conduct or participate in technical reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, code and other artifacts
• Contribute to design standards and support design re-use
• Create and maintain product documentation
• Provide support to field and customers through InTouch
• Provide user training as required
• Assign, direct and review work of technicians and provide guidance to engineers
• With seniority, mentor junior engineers
• Continually evaluate engineering approaches and risk
• Author technical reports, papers, articles, patents, and presentations
• Share expertise via Eureka and special interest groups
• Expand informal network throughout the organization
• Keep abreast of novel technical concepts and markets
• Adopt new practices readily in order to develop innovative and low-cost products
• Maintain familiarity with company technology, organization, and business
• Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements as defined in the risk control matrix

Requirements

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in power systems design, analysis, or operation
• Education: Bachelor's degree minimum, Master's preferred

Key Responsibilities & Skills

• Power Systems Design
• Power Systems Analysis
• Electrical Product Development
• Prototype Development
• Lab Simulation & Testing
• Technical Documentation
• Customer Support & Training
• Regulatory Compliance (SOX)
• Design Standards & Reuse
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation
• Project Planning & Requirements Management
• Mentoring & Team Leadership

Technical Skills

• MATLAB / Simulink
• PSpice / SPICE
• Power System Simulation Tools
• AutoCAD Electrical
• ETAP / PSCAD
• LabVIEW
• InTouch (Wonderware)
• Microsoft Office Suite
• CAD / EDA Tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Energy Systems, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.

Preferred: Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Master's in Power Systems, Master's in Energy Engineering.

Industry Experience

• Power Generation
• Utilities
• Oil & Gas
• Industrial Automation
• Manufacturing