Job Role/Summary:
The Electrical Engineer is a position within Grote Industries that applies scientific and mathematical principles to the design and manufacture of Grote lighting and safety systems for use in trucks, trailers, commercial vehicles, agricultural and off-highway equipment. The ideal candidate will have 3-7 years of work experience. DC low voltage circuit design in an Automotive or Consumer Electronics environment and or candidates with LED lighting experience are heavily preferred.
Job Responsibilities:
Safety:
Responsible to follow all safety procedures and practices.
Quality:
Ensures and maintains the quality guidelines, procedures, and standards are consistently followed throughout the manufacturing operation.
Responsibility & Customer-Focused:
Use basic science and mathematics methodology or extensive experience to develop new design rules, develop new procedures, utilize specialized design techniques, develop new processes and evaluate deviations from procedures through the use of information from experimentation, published research, customer specifications, government requirements, due care, warranty, corporate needs, training and market input.
An interface with suppliers to define Grote's technological and component needs.
Provides product development information and status to NPI Proprietary Core Team.
Analyzes and verifies production process deviation requests.
Develops data and root cause verification in support of warranty improvement issues.
Mentor and motivate other employees through higher productivity of work.
Leadership through respect within teams
Ability to lead training for new processes and design rules.
The ability to be a knowledge broker, i.e. learn new skills and teach them to others.
Self-Motivated cost reduction through
Technical analysis (leading to less testing and therefore more savings)
Recognizing and catching design problems.
Learning new concepts and folding them into systems by making them standard.
New, more efficient procedures by utilizing one's skill and education to develop procedures and design rules; optimized and structured for others.
Customer Presentations
Supervises generation of mock-ups and prototypes.
Integrity:
Analyze and summarize situations for presentations, write internal technical reports, develop procedures, develop design rules, publish internal publications.
Other Functions:
Required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties as requested by supervisor.
Competencies:
Safety Awareness
Quality Driven
Respectful
Honesty
Customer Driven
Family Oriented
Responsible
Innovative
Responsible Corporate Citizen
Team Player
Positive Attitude
Detail Oriented
Effective Communication (written and verbal)
Results Oriented
Process Improvement
Cooperation with Others
Critical Thinking
Analytical
Adaptable
Leadership
Education, Experience, Training, Certifications and Licenses:
Degree or equivalent experience:
Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge in:
A recognized and proven knowledge of engineering applications within Electrical Engineering, such as circuit analysis, circuit modeling, circuit board layout, linear circuits, and other analog circuit skills.
An understanding of hand tools, Electrical test equipment, Measuring equipment, automation concepts and automated test equipment.
Skills in:
Attention to detail.
Multi-tasking
Organization
Excellent written and oral communication
Presenting
Demonstrated ability to:
Ability to construct microelectronic assemblies that include placement of small parts and soldering of components.
Ability to research technical subjects, summarize it, and teach it to others within the company.
Ability to interact with all levels of employees.
Work at a highly motivated level with a sense of urgency and dedication to accomplishing tasks.
Ability to type on computer keyboard for extended periods of time.
Adapt to frequent changes in work environment & prioritization.
Work with general or minimal supervision
Leverage existing and potential training.
Experience with:
Conflict resolution
In-depth problem identification, analysis and resolution
Prioritizing and executing multiple projects
Other:
Self-motivated continual learner (Self-Taught courses, interest in Master's programs, etc.)
Must be proficient in use of a personal computer, laptops, tablets, smartphone, printer, calculator, copier, and fax machine.
Must be proficient with Microsoft Office applications and data entry.
Extensive Excel experience and MS Project is a plus
Travel:
Less than 10%
Work Environment:
Manufacturing and/or professional environment.
Environment can be hot or cold depending on outside temperatures.
Requires flexibility to schedule and work hours.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
Physical:
Climbing Stairs: Ascending or descending stairs to gain access to a building or to move from one floor to another.
Light Carrying: Physically transporting general office items/materials from one location to another.
Fingering: Typing for extending periods of time, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
Sitting: Particularly for sustained periods of time
Visual Requirement: Able to see and read PC screens; detect color coding, read fine print, and/or normal type size print.
Bending and Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
Mental:
Ability to understand, remember, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information.
Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology.
Ability to compose letters, outlines, memoranda, and basic reports and/or to orally communicate technical information.
Ability to communicate with individuals utilizing a telephone; requires ability to hear and speak effectively on phone.
Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, communicating orally with others accurately.