About this role
US Citizenship Required
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, specialists, and technicians engaged in the development of solid-state power switching and protection technologies.
- Serve as the technical authority for solid-state circuit breaker architecture, power electronics design, system protection strategies, and product integration.
- Lead the research, innovation, and development of next-generation solid-state protection technologies, including semiconductor switching systems, gate drive circuits, sensing technologies, and protection algorithms.
- Lead cross-functional development efforts involving hardware, firmware, controls, reliability, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineering teams to ensure successful product delivery.
- Establish technical requirements, development plans, and risk mitigation strategies for SSCB development programs.
- Direct design reviews and provide technical oversight for schematic design, PCB development, simulations, thermal analysis, EMI/EMC compliance, reliability assessments, and system validation activities.
- Lead laboratory testing, prototype evaluation, fault-current testing, environmental qualification, and product validation efforts to ensure compliance with applicable industry standards.
- Collaborate with customers, utilities, research organizations, and industry partners to identify emerging requirements and guide future SSCB product development.
- Support manufacturing readiness, design-for-manufacturing initiatives, product launches, and continuous improvement activities.
- Responsible for environmental, health, and safety leadership, maintaining a safe workplace, promoting safety awareness, conducting investigations, and implementing safe work practices.
- Model, teach, and apply SEL Values, Principles of Operations, and World Class Manufacturing Principles.
- Understand. Create. Simplify.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- 7+ years of experience in power electronics, protection systems, power conversion, solid-state switching technologies, or closely related fields.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex product development programs from concept through production.
- Strong understanding of power system protection principles and fault interruption methods.
- Experience with electrical system modeling, circuit simulation, and design tools such as SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, PSCAD, or equivalent.
- Strong technical leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Strong writing, documentation, and presentation abilities.
- Ability to effectively lead multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities.
- Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
- Background check results satisfactory to SEL.
- Negative drug test result(s).
Preferred Qualifications
- MS degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in Power Electronics, Power Systems, or Controls.
- Experience developing medium-voltage or high-power switching equipment.
- Experience with solid-state circuit breakers, hybrid circuit breakers, grid protection devices, or advanced power conversion systems.
- Experience with requirements-based development and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Experience with functional safety, reliability engineering, FMEA, and fault-tree analysis.
- Familiarity with utility, industrial, aerospace, defense, microgrid, or transportation power systems.
- Supervisory or technical leadership experience in product development organizations.
Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.
People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.
- We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
- We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.
- We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.
- Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.
Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.
- We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401K options.
Pay Range: $107,600 - $161,500 annually
We set starting pay based on job-related factors such as your experience, training, knowledge, and skills. We are looking to fill this position at the Lead Hardware Engineer level, and we welcome applicants with a range of experience. Depending on your background, we may consider you for a different level, with compensation aligned accordingly.
Hardware Engineer: $89,400 - $134,100 annually
Lead Hardware Engineer: $107,600 - $161,500 annually
Communication with Applicants
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SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled.