Electrical Application Engineer

This position will be responsible for all electrical application activities, hardware selection, program development, and implementation of control systems on electric overhead cranes and portal cranes. Emphasis will be on electrical components including motors, brakes, controls, switches, PLC's, pendants, radio systems, weigh systems, camera systems, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Quoting crane control systems.
• Perform application tasks using established procedures and develop improvements to existing procedures as needed. These include but are not limited to component selection, preliminary schematic design, preliminary system layout, and preliminary automation component selection.
• Interpret customer specifications to determine scope of work.
• Ability to search company archives to find records of legacy equipment. Must be proficient in reading legacy equipment schematics.
• Provide phone support and technical assistance on our electric products for product selection.
• Perform optimization of components by working in an interactive Team environment to reduce costs and improve delivery schedules.

Qualifications:

• BS in Electrical Engineering is preferred or BS in a related field with a minimum of 3 years of experience as an Electrical or Automation engineer working with motion and motor control products. Related experience with overhead electric cranes or similar industrial equipment will be taken into consideration.