What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Engineer position at Elite?
We are seeking a highly skilled electrical engineer to join our engineering team. This role reports to the VP of Engineering. It is responsible for all electrical system design, drawings, documentation to support harness fabrication, joint system development with outside vendors, light customer service support, and support of manufacturing.
With a proud heritage of superior-quality offshore fishing boats. The company launched its in-house harness fabrication facility in 2021 and is a leader in marine electronic integration and system design.
Job Requirements and Expectations:
As a lead electrical engineer, the ideal candidate should have a thorough understanding of the following:
- ABYC marine electrical standards
- ISO CE rules for marine vessels as it pertains to marine electrical standards
- 2/24VDC systems
- 120/220V 60Hz systems and 220V 50Hz systems
- NMEA2000 and J1939 network communication protocols
- Marine electrolysis and cathodic protection systems
- Ability to quickly and efficiently troubleshoot electrical system faults in manufacturing and professionally support customers and dealers in conjunction with the in-house customer service team.
- Create electrical harness fabrication drawings.
- Create electrical ladder schematics for circuit documentation.
- Create quality assurance processes to ensure safe, sustainable systems.
- Create and maintain bills of materials.
- Collaborate with suppliers for innovative and proprietary projects.
- Provide cost estimates for upfit and new project systems.
- Utilize programmable logic controllers into system design and testing.
- Three years minimum experience in marine electrical engineering.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD is required.
- Design experience with analog and digital marine systems preferred.
- Marine HVAC and refrigeration system design experience preferred.
- Three years minimum experience in marine electrical engineering.
- Proficiency in Rhino and CREO 3d CAD preferred.
- Proficiency in ZUKEN harness design software is preferred.
- BS electrical engineering degree preferred.
Reporting Structure:
The electrical engineer position will join the engineering team as a lead engineer and report directly to the VP of engineering. The harness shop supervisor will report to the electrical engineer. The supervisor manages the harness shop and his team of harness technicians. A separate electrical engineering technician will report to the electrical engineer.
Job Duties and Roles:
The electrical engineer is responsible for design, creating, and maintaining all aspects of the electrical systems on board over a diverse range of boat models. The electrical engineer will maintain existing product systems as well as be a vital part of new product design and development.
Supplying the harness shop with timely, accurate information to maintain production schedule is vital. Table drawings, schematics, bills of material, and QA test procedures are the responsibility of the electrical engineer. The shop supervisor is responsible for scheduling, planning resources, quality control, and documentation as set forth and overseen by the electrical engineer.
Maintaining and growing market share for the business is key and largely the responsibility of engineering to innovate and lead our market with advanced designs. The electrical engineer holds a valuable role in new product development as well as upfitting existing products with new and innovative features and systems. A keen awareness of the marine space and collaboration with new and existing vendors is required to maintain the product’s lead in the industry. Simultaneously, all systems must be proven, safe, and sustainable while offering excellent ergonomic interface and control of all onboard systems.
Daily collaboration within the engineering team is to be expected with significant cross functionality encouraged to optimize design. Manufacturing floor support is frequent and often delegated to the electrical engineering technician, however, the system robustness must be ensured by the electrical engineer, hence awareness, approval, and proper documentation of all troubleshooting events, revisions and sales custom request is necessary.
We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our employees.
