Manager-Vacuum Interrupter Engineering

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

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 Manager-Vacuum Interrupter Engineering!

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 Manager-Vacuum Interrupter Engineering, 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 senior engineer in plasma physics, you will have the opportunity to design and test devices that interrupt powerful short-circuits, collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to design and execute robust experimental test programs, and analyze datasets to optimize practical designs that can be implemented in a manufacturing environment.

S&C Electric Company’s leadership position in electric power system innovation comes from identifying specialist opportunities and creating the products required to meet them. To continue to pursue this means we are now building our capability in vacuum interruption technology, so that we can create the unique interrupters we need to meet our highly specialized needs. As part of that effort we are seeking a leader for the vacuum interrupter engineering team, someone who can make us self-reliant in vacuum interrupting technology and build the team to support this capability for the long term. The successful candidate will report to the VP – Technology and Breakthrough Innovation and be based in Chicago.

The responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Setting and achieving design objectives which account for material and process requirements as much as interrupting performance
• Communicating with internal and external stakeholders to agree objectives and set expectations
• Ensuring the design team itself follows robust design processes, for example through design of experiments and extensive use of FEA
• Directing problem solving efforts during product design and production
• Creating validation programs, advising on the necessary methods and instrumentation throughout
• Establishing budget objectives based on the need for people and equipment in both the short and long term.

To be eligible for this position you must at least meet these requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or physics. An advanced degree is a plus
• Experience developing products for high volume manufacture
• Solid understanding of the design and application of vacuum interrupters, including the switchgear product itself
• Robust understanding of the physics of interruption and the role of electromagnetics in achieving interruption
• An aptitude for physical design and a track record of innovation in new product development
• Demonstrated experience building teams, managing performance and mentoring engineers
• At least 10 years’ experience developing new products for application in the electric power industry

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!

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