Position: Sr. Electrical Engineer (Panel Design), Amazon Robotics
Sr. Electrical Engineer (Panel Design), Amazon Robotics
Job : | Services LLC
Amazon is seeking a partnership-focused, talented, and motivated Sr. Electrical Engineer (Panel Design) to work on the design of industrial automation electrical control panels. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing the electrical connections inside industrial electrical AC/DC and DC/DC cabinets with voltages in the 100-600
VAC and 5-60
VDC ranges. This candidate must have the ability to work well both independently and in team settings. The candidate is expected to own the entire electrical solution for our product, including specification to design, prototype, and manufacturing. This position reports directly to the Electrical Engineering Manager.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Design Industrial Electrical Control Panel schematics following industry best practices.
- Review specifications and schematics for compliance with relevant safety standards such as NFPA
79 and UL508A.
- Work with an interdisciplinary team to execute product designs from concept to production including design, prototyping, validation, testing and certification.
- Specify, integrate and deploy AC/DC and DC/DC power supplies as part of Electrical‑Control Panels in industrial automation equipment.
- Specify, integrate and deploy semi‑custom batteries in industrial automation systems.
- Ensure the specifications of the power system meet the customer needs as well as regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate all activities within the engineering discipline for the project.
- Ensure coordination with other disciplines is effective for each project.
- Thorough comprehension of technical principles and concepts in Electrical Engineering.
- Write and develop functional specifications, design verification plans and test procedures.
- Facilitate product releases to manufacturing and customer deployments.
- Execute tasks to dynamic schedules.
- Establish development processes to meet industry standards for functionally safe control systems (IEC 61508).
A Day in the Life
You will actively engage with external AC/DC, DC/DC, battery, and VFD suppliers to comprehend their products and integrate them into robotic automation systems. In learning about the products and our customers you will work with suppliers to design engineering test systems for these products. You will leverage your industry experience and deep dive customer and regulatory demands to integrate these new products into our custom automation systems.
There will be active participation within an interdisciplinary team working to iterate on the design optimizing across cost, schedule and time to market.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Maternity and Parental Leave Options
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plan
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we’d still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
Basic Qualifications
- Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
- 5+ years of experience designing the electrical connections inside industrial electrical AC/DC and DC/DC cabinets with voltages in the 100-600
VAC and 5-60
VDC ranges
- Experience with UL508A/NFPA
79/IEC
60204-1 and the impact to Electrical Panel Design
- Experience specifying COTs components for use within 100-600
VAC systems
- Breakers, relays and fuses
- Power line filters and choke design and selection
- Power factor correction
- Variable Frequency Drive specification and integration
- Energy storage and regeneration (UPS, batteries, super capacitors, etc.) design and selection
- Energy dissipation (bleeder resistors) design and selection
- Experience with electrical enclosure design including layout best practices
- Used Eplan or equivalent CAD tool for electrical hardware designs of machinery
- Extensive knowledge of European and American design standards
- Ability to lead a technical team
- Experience executing design reviews in front of interdisciplinary teams
- Demon…