Sr. Principal Electrical Design Engineer

Shift: 1st shift

City: Solon

Swagelok, Northeast Ohio, USA

Swagelok is a global organization and one of the largest employers of manufacturing talent in Northeast Ohio. We are driven by our core values of Quality, Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Customer Focus, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement, which are demonstrated through our daily actions. For over 75 years, our dedication to our core values has been the foundation for our success. Our products have been up into space, down to the bottom of the ocean, and everywhere in between. That same dedication spans to our customers.

Throughout our organization we demonstrate a commitment to these values and those we bring onboard. Whether you want to grow in your role or explore broad opportunities and develop new skills—you’ll thrive in a culture that promotes learning and development.

We strive to be a company where we all can do our best work with a true sense of purpose and belonging.

Be Connected. Be Valued. Be You.

We hope you’ll consider joining our team.

The Senior Principal Electrical Design Engineer is responsible for assessing, defining, and implementing Swagelok electronic design and architecture standards and leading product design/definition of new and existing products. This person is a thought-leader in software and electronics design, and responsible for gathering requirements, generating specifications, and ensuring that new solutions meet process and performance requirements. A broad knowledge of system architecture, software architecture, software/firmware development, embedded systems, and hardware architecture is required. This person is an informal leader responsible for mentoring team members and verifying their work on complex engineering projects.

• Applies Engineering Principles and design practices to ensure product meets internal and industry standards.
• Key contributor to the development of the corporate software and electrical product design methodology.
• Understands software and hardware development cost implications and performs budgetary cost analysis of concepts to be developed by internal and external resources.
• Develops detailed system requirements for quote and development by 3^rd party vendors or internal development.
• Manage 3^rd party hardware and software development vendor technical relationships.
• Plans and leads sprint-based development with internal and external resources. (Agile Project Management)
• Understands and translates the needs of customer requirements and application needs into documentation of system requirements, including hardware design, component specification, hardware layout, firmware/software architecture. Leads test design, system evaluation and acceptance testing.
• Deliver technical documentation and presentations. Ensure “as-built” changes are effectively documented through the change management system.
• Coordinate electrical design team work (hardware and software) with mechanical design activities to achieve a final product that meets customer requirements.
• Apply engineering theory, practices, and principles to perform failure analysis to determine root cause of failures and conduct performance evaluations.
• Collaborate with operators, manufacturing engineers, production supervisors, engineering technicians, and maintenance technicians as needed.
• Provide guidance and assist in development of Swagelok capabilities in design of electronics and electronic products using internal and external resources. Mentor less-experienced peers and team members.

Required:

• BS degree in Engineering
• Appropriate continuous education
• 10+ years of experience in system architecture, software architecture, hardware architecture, or similar field
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Excellent computer and typical office software skills

Preferred:

• Degree in Electrical, Computer, Software, or similar engineering field
• Embedded System Design Experience
• System Architecture Experience
• Agile Project Management Experience

• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Resilience
• Enabling Change
• Influence
• Manage Complexity

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards

Swagelok provides a comprehensive package of valuable benefits called Total Rewards focused on health and wellness, compensation, retirement planning, and supplemental rewards.

To apply:

1. Click ‘Apply Now’ to the role of interest, upload your resume and complete the application.

2. Those that match our qualifications will be contacted to schedule a phone interview.

Congratulations on taking the first step to Be Connected. Be Valued. Be You.

Swagelok is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are selected without regard to race, ethnicity, creed, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, pregnancy-related medical conditions, age, national origin or ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

Swagelok will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, and Ohio state law.

This job summary is intended to be brief and does not list all the duties for this position. Nothing in this job description should be construed as an express or implied contract of employment. Swagelok is an at-will employer, which means that either party is free to terminate the employment relationship at any time, without any advanced notice, for any reason or no reason.

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