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Job Summary
Job Description Summary
Nidec is the world’s leading manufacturer of electric motors, drives, and controls, powering nearly everything that spins and moves, from smartphones and household appliances to electric vehicles, factories, data centers, aircraft, and critical infrastructure.
Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, Nidec operates more than 300 group companies across 40+ countries, with over 100,000 employees worldwide. Rooted in Japanese craftsmanship and continuous improvement, we combine global capability with local expertise to solve complex challenges and keep the world moving.
Job Description
Role Overview
The Senior Electrical Engineer is a seasoned engineering professional responsible for leading the design, development, implementation, testing, and commissioning of complex electrical and automation systems. Operating with limited supervision, this role applies extensive technical expertise in industrial controls, power systems, automation, electrical engineering, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and power distribution infrastructure to deliver innovative solutions that support customer, operational, and business objectives.
This position independently manages significant project scopes, develops hardware and software control solutions, performs advanced electrical analyses, and provides technical leadership for complex engineering initiatives. The Senior Electrical Engineer collaborates closely with customers, project teams, manufacturing, operations, and commercial partners to ensure safe, reliable, and high-performing system designs throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities and Duties
Electrical Design & Engineering Execution
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of complex electrical and automation systems.
- Develop electrical schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, bills of material, and engineering documentation utilizing AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, and related engineering design tools.
- Design and configure industrial control systems, including PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, motor controls, instrumentation, and related automation technologies.
- Perform electrical system calculations, equipment sizing, load analysis, and power distribution design, including the specification and sizing of power transformers, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, medium-voltage reclosers, utility metering equipment, and auxiliary power systems supporting BESS applications.
- Conduct Short Circuit, Coordination, and Arc Flash studies to ensure system safety and compliance.
- Ensure designs comply with applicable electrical codes, industry standards, and customer specifications, including NEC, NFPA 70, UL 508A, UL 1741, and UL 9540 standards where applicable.
- Review and approve technical designs, calculations, and engineering deliverables.
Controls Programming, Testing & Commissioning
- Develop, program, test, and troubleshoot PLC, HMI, SCADA, and industrial automation solutions.
- Lead simulation, verification, and validation activities for electrical and controls systems.
- Commission systems at customer facilities and support startup activities.
- Diagnose and resolve complex technical, controls, and electrical performance issues.
- Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective actions to improve reliability and system performance.
Project Leadership & Technical Direction
- Independently manage significant engineering workstreams, project scopes, or complete system solutions.
- Establish technical approaches, design strategies, and engineering trade-offs for assigned projects.
- Provide technical leadership through project execution, implementation, and field deployment.
- Communicate technical risks, recommendations, and project status to stakeholders and project teams.
- Support project planning, scheduling, and execution activities to meet business objectives.
Customer & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as a technical resource for customers, project managers, sales teams, operations, manufacturing, and service personnel.
- Participate in customer meetings to understand technical requirements and provide engineering expertise.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve technical challenges and optimize system performance.
- Provide technical support during installation, commissioning, startup, and operational phases.
Technical Leadership & Continuous Improvement
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and engineering team members.
- Serve as a technical escalation point and subject matter expert for complex controls, automation, and electrical engineering issues.
- Review engineering work products for technical accuracy, quality, and compliance.
- Support development and improvement of engineering standards, processes, and best practices.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance engineering effectiveness, safety, quality, and customer satisfaction.
Travel and Working Conditions
- Domestic and international travel up to 25% to customer locations, project sites, manufacturing facilities, and company locations as required.
- Must be able to support commissioning activities, startup events, troubleshooting efforts, and customer project schedules that may require work outside of normal business hours, including occasional evenings or weekends.
- Work performed in office, manufacturing, warehouse, logistics, port, mining, BESS project sites, and customer industrial environments, including industrial manufacturing plants, ports, above- and below-ground mining operations, warehouses, and logistics centers. Must be able to work in both indoor and outdoor conditions and wear required PPE in accordance with facility and regulatory safety requirements.
Required Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 7 years of experience designing, implementing, and commissioning industrial control systems utilizing PLCs, HMIs, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), and related automation technologies.
- Minimum 7 years of experience programming PLC and HMI platforms and utilizing AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, or similar electrical design software for industrial control system design.
- Minimum 3 years of experience developing and reviewing electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and panel layouts.
- Experience performing electrical equipment selection and sizing for transformers, UPS systems, medium-voltage distribution equipment, utility metering systems, and auxiliary power systems.
- Experience commissioning, troubleshooting, and supporting industrial automation and control systems within manufacturing or industrial environments.
- Experience leading complex engineering projects or significant technical workstreams with limited supervision.
- Experience working directly with customers, contractors, suppliers, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver engineering solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Master's degree in a closely related engineering discipline is a plus; equivalent experience may be considered.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Experience performing Arc Flash, Short Circuit, and Coordination Studies.
- Experience with Rockwell, GE, Siemens, and Schneider Electric PLC platforms, including design, programming, commissioning, and troubleshooting of industrial automation systems.
- Experience with industrial networking and communications protocols.
- Experience supporting renewable energy, power conversion, energy storage, or advanced industrial automation applications.
- Knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70, UL 508A, UL 1741, and UL 9540 standards applicable to industrial controls, electrical power systems, and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) installations.
- Project management experience supporting complex engineering projects.
Core Competencies
- Advanced knowledge of electrical engineering principles, industrial controls, and automation systems.
- Advanced knowledge of electrical power distribution systems, transformer applications, UPS systems, medium-voltage equipment, utility metering, and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) infrastructure.
- Knowledge of applicable electrical codes, standards, and regulations, including NEC, NFPA 70, UL 508A, UL 1741, UL 9540, and related industrial control, power distribution, and energy storage requirements.
- Ability to independently lead complex engineering work and exercise sound engineering judgment.
- Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to evaluate technical risks, alternatives, and system-level design trade-offs.
- Ability to influence technical direction and collaborate effectively across functional teams.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to customers and stakeholders.
- Ability to mentor and develop engineers through technical leadership and knowledge sharing.
- Strong project planning, organization, and execution skills.
- Commitment to quality, safety, continuous improvement, and ethical engineering practices.
Additional Job Details
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
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No Soliciting
Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.
