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Mechanical Project Engineer - Vacuum

S&C
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 2/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/7/2025

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 in the United States can be found in the JOB INFO section below. 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 Mechanical Project Engineer-Vacuum!

Are you passionate about System Design and Innovation? S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to join our Technology Breakthrough and Innovation team. As a Mechanical Project Engineer-Vacuum, you'll be crucial in ensuring continued innovation and supporting our diverse team.

The Technology & Breakthrough Innovation (T&BI) team drives the creation of new product solutions for S&C's customers by exploiting new technologies and enabling breakthrough product development for the fast-evolving, intelligent power grid. This role supports the development and production of Vacuum Interrupter technologies using specialized prototyping and testing laboratories that lead to new S&C breakthrough products. As an experienced mechanical engineer in vacuum systems, you will have to opportunity to design devices that interrupt powerful short-circuits, collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to specify materials and manufacturing processes, and analyze assemblies that experience a dramatic range of electrical, mechanical, and environmental scenarios.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Actively collaborating with a team that conceptualizes, designs, prototypes and tests unique interrupters that meet required switchgear specifications and relevant industry standards. Proposing novel design elements that have the potential for IP protection.
  • Executing rapid design-build-test cycles with prototype parts made from stainless steel, copper alloys, and ceramic components.
  • Developing internal and external suppliers to implement robust fabrication and critical cleaning processes, ensuring components arrive ready for assembly.
  • Specifying and documenting the mechanical and manufacturing aspects of a design from conceptualization to production stability.
  • Developing, overseeing, and reporting test programs to verify the mechanical and / or electrical integrity of a design.
  • Maintaining and expanding the capability of the teams' development laboratories.
  • Support ongoing production of vacuum interrupters. Work with analytical labs and quality control to prevent and debug production issues.
  • Directing investigations to seek root causes for design performance using formal problem-solving techniques.
  • Pursuing assignments with a "can do" attitude and sense of urgency.
  • What you'll Need To Succeed :

    Job Requirements (To select this job at a minimum you must have the following) :

  • BS or higher in Engineering Physics, Aerospace Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
  • Knowledge and experience with high vacuum systems, pumps, gauges, brazing and critical parts cleaning. Knowledge of vacuum interrupters and high voltage breakdown preferred, but not a requirement.
  • Minimum 5 years of working independently in product development or research environment, as well contributing to multi-disciplinary new product teams.
  • Proven track record of substantive contributions, both analytical and conceptual, to new product development or substantive research.
  • Advanced software skills : 3D CAD and engineering drawings, Excel, Minitab or statistical analysis
  • Relevant work experience : Five plus years applying vacuum system fundamentals to new product development or research, including designing physical assemblies, prototyping designs, parts fabrication and critical cleaning, and creating customized test programs to probe the performance of a design.

    Major Physical Demands :

  • Standing : Occasional standing for work
  • Lifting : Occasional lifting
  • Walking : Frequent walking throughout the campus facility
  • Carrying : Occasional carrying of light objects for short distances
  • Bending : Occasional bending
  • Reaching : Occasional reaching
  • Environment : Standard office / desktop workspace and test laboratory space,
  • Ready to make an impact and become an employee-owner? Apply now to join our inclusive and innovative team! Explore open positions.

    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 TAsupport@sandc.com.

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    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.

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