Design Engineer

at S&C Electric Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

As an S&C Electric team member, you'll work on projects that have real-world impact. You'll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We're big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively.
Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow's energy challenges and become an employee-owner
Hours
8:00 am - 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) Hybrid/Onsite
Competitive Monthly Pay Period
Benefit Overview
Competitive complete benefits package
Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and Employee Stock ownership plan (KSOP)
Tuition Reimbursement, Fitness reimbursement, Paid leaves
Dependent care FSA, Basic Life, Transit benefit
Annual bonus for individual and company performance
Paid vacation and 15 paid holidays, including shutdown in summer and winter
Referral Bonus program
PPE provided.
Career Advancement and Development Opportunities
Join Our Team as a Design Engineer!
Are you passionate about New Product Development and Reliability? S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to join our Reliability & Test Engineering function. As a Design Engineer, you'll be crucial in ensuring smooth operations and supporting our diverse team.
We are seeking a Design Engineer with the Reliability & Test Engineering team to lead and facilitate S&C's Design for Reliability processes for new product development and sustaining product engineering projects. A successful candidate will work with cross-functional project teams and will report to the Manager-Reliability & Test Engineering. The position is full-time, and all work takes place at our Chicago, IL campus.
Key Responsibilities:
Working with project team leadership to develop design for reliability plans.
Setting up, conducting, and troubleshooting reliability tests.
Collecting, evaluating, and reporting of reliability test results.
Understanding and applying various statistical analysis methods appropriate to the product reliability space.
Evaluating field data and generating new or adjusting existing test plans to recreate, or better understand, the root cause(s) of product malfunctions and recommending product design improvements.
Working with S&C Electronics Technologists on printed circuit assemblies to support printed circuit assembly design changes.
What you'll Need To Succeed:
Job Requirements ( To select this job at a minimum you must have the following):
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer science with a preference in power systems and/or power electronics.
A minimum of three years of hands-on experience in as an engineering role working with cross functional teams in an R&D environment.
Ability to interact with test equipment manufacturers.
Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently toward timely completion of assigned tasks and desired goals.
Possess strong verbal and written communication skills for presenting, discussing, and documenting technical information.
Ability to facilitate DfR process meetings with other engineers in the application and execution of DfR activities and tasks.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
Demonstrated ability to independently draw conclusions from technical information.
Adaptable and flexible: open to innovative ideas and able to respond to the latest information, workload changes, and/or updated priorities as they present themselves.
Creative problem solver and solution developer when presented with conflicting requirements, business demands and technical risks/issues.
Preferred:
Threeyears of applied engineering experience working with product development teams. Hands on experience with HBK Prenscia ReliaSoft is desired. Familiarity with environmental test chambers is a plus.
Major Physical Demands:
Standing: Occasional standing for work,
Lifting: Occasional loading/unloading up to twenty-five lbm test samples in environmental... For full info follow application link.

S&C has a proud and longstanding tradition of providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or marital status. Further, S&C is committed to taking affirmative action to ensure that qualified females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities can pursue equal employment opportunities. For information regarding equal employment opportunity, please see http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.