Design engineer

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) On-Site
  
  

Compensation

At S&C, we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members, and we are committed to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated annual base salary range for this position is $85580 - $113451.8. Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors, including performance, knowledge, job-related skills and experience, and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP), subject to eligibility criteria.

Join Our Team as a Design Engineer!

Are you passionate about Product Engineering? S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to join our Underground-Product Engineering department. As a Design Engineer, you’ll be crucial in ensuring smooth operations and supporting our diverse team.

S&C is the specialist in high-voltage switching, protection and control providing products for the electric power industry since 1911. Product Engineering-Underground is responsible for S&C's underground distribution products, including MPG, Vista UDS, and Vista SD. In this position you will report to the Assistant Manager-Product Engineering in the Underground group. Your primary responsibilities will be to provide engineering support to manufacturing and to external customers with regard to the manufacture and design of PMG. The position requires a basic understanding and application of both electrical power and mechanical engineering principles.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide sustaining engineering support to both internal and external customers of Vista UDS, Vista SD, and Vista Green UDS.
• Problem-solving design and manufacturing related problems through use of fundamental engineering calculations and theory.
• Creating and maintaining engineering standards.
• Create and maintain manufacturing/assembly methods to achieve cost-effective, world class manufacturing quality.
• Validate and implement design changes or develop new designs of components and subcomponents, under the direction of senior engineering personnel, either alone or collaborating with a team of engineers and designers.
• Work with product development teams to learn best practices to design for manufacture and assembly .
• Coordinate and perform product testing under limited supervision.
• Prepare reports and presentations for customers that enhances S&C’s engineering reputation.
• Interact with customers on the phone or in the field to resolve design, manufacturing, or application related problems.
  
  

Required

What you’ll Need To Succeed:

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Power Engineering, or relevant engineer undergrad.
• Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals and theory with an emphasis on power engineering.
• Ideally 2-4 years of professional engineering tenure
• Experience in the design and development of products utilizing castings, stampings, corrosion resistant coatings, and environmental seals.
• Experience with manufacturing processes, tolerance analysis, the application of GD&T, and FMEAs
• Desire to work hands-on in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience with CAD/CAM and FEA software. Experience with SolidEdge and ANSYS preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to build and grow professional relationships.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to balance multiple projects and tasks to meet milestones.
• Preferred experience with Data Analysis, Pareto Charts, Microsoft Visual Basic, and/or Power BI
  
  

Physical Requirements

Physical demands are those typically associated with an office environment, but may also include laboratory environments, factory environments, and customer/ field environments.

Frequent use of PC keyboard and mouse.

Proof of visual and aural acuity, or other physical suitability, as well as formal training and/ or testing and evaluation, may be required to enter or work in restricted-access areas.

Lifting: Occasional lifting of switchgear components, less than 40 pounds

Environmental and Hazardous Conditions

• Continuously working indoors/outdoors in an air-conditioned office/manufacturing based environment.
• Infrequently exposed to fumes/vapors/dust/gases/odors/mist/toxic chemicals/radiation/vibration/grease/oils/radiation/lasers/other etc.
• Occasionally exposed to low/moderate/high noise levels including machinery/vehicles/forklifts/office equipment/office traffic etc.
• Occasionally working around energized equipment with the risk of electrocution/scalding/burns/other etc.
• Infrequently exposed to wet humid/outdoor weather/extreme cold (non-weather)/extreme heat (non-weather) conditions/other etc.
• Infrequently working with machinery with moving parts/vehicles/forklifts/heavy machinery/sharp objects/other etc.
  
  

S&C Electric is committed to equal-opportunity employment. All employees and applicants will be considered without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to complete the application, please email us at [email protected] .

No fixed deadline

About Us

In 1909, S&C Electric Company transformed the delivery of safe, reliable electricity with the invention of the Liquid Power Fuse. Today, as the world faces extreme weather events and the demand for electricity grows, S&C continues to innovate and advance the electrical grid, ensuring reliable and resilient power for homes, communities, and critical infrastructure around the world.

With a diverse, global workforce and core values around integrity, safety, and quality, S&C is a trusted industry leader and top workplace that offers meaningful careers to more than 3,500 team members. As a people-first organization, S&C is committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative workplace where team members advance their careers through robust talent-development programs and involved leadership.

S&C’s deeply rooted belief diversity fosters greater creativity, innovation, and success guides the company to advance and sustain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture.

S&C provides a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, , Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support)
• Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave
  
  

Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic).

About The Team

In the (Engineering, Design) department, we are responsible for creatively addressing customers' needs, pioneering industry changes, and understanding each step, from R&D to production. We strive to not only solve the unique challenges our customers face today, but to create breakthrough technologies enabling them to effectively navigate the demands of the grid of tomorrow. As S&C innovates for reliability, progress, and longevity, our work continues S&C's legacy of creating game-changing technology and advancing the energy industry.