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TMEIC Corporation Americas

Associate Engineer - Engineering Excellence Program

Power Systems Engineering +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRoanoke, VA, USA$60.7k - $91.1k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, or a related degree.
  • Classes, labs, and projects with concentration in some combination of electrical power systems, control system theory, supervisory software development, database design or management, software engineering, robotics, or mechatronics.
  • Personal computer hardware and software skill proficiency.
  • Demonstrated problem-solving skills in employment and/or educational settings.
  • Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts.
  • Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills.
  • Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
  • Availability to travel domestically and internationally, sometimes with limited notice, with duration dependent on job assignment.

Responsibilities

  • Complete the Engineering Excellence Program curriculum during the 24-month program period, including successive work rotations in a variety of business units and/or client projects of approximately 4–6 months each, and an 8-week classroom-based New Engineer Development Program.
  • Perform rotation-specific accountabilities, which depend on role assignment and may include the following.
  • Prepare technical specifications for electrical and electro-mechanical power conversion equipment that meet applicable global and local standards.
  • Prepare technical specifications for sensors and automation equipment suppliers.
  • Conduct power system studies to ensure existing or proposed systems can meet new equipment requirements and applicable global and local utility standards.
  • Evaluate supplier proposals to determine the best technical and most cost-effective solution for an application.
  • Ensure shipped systems meet client requirements defined in project contracts, including system specifications and performance guarantees, while achieving business goals and objectives.
  • Manage equipment costs and recommend cost reductions when feasible.
  • Gather information from authorized sources to assess project requirements for the assigned scope of work.
  • Support technical project review meetings with clients as required.
  • Design industrial controller and/or computer-based software modules to meet control functionality and work progress targets at prescribed engineering checkpoints.
  • Design Human Machine Interface software to meet control functionality and work progress targets at prescribed engineering checkpoints.
  • Provide regular, accurate, and considered status reports to appropriate parties.
  • Interpret client specifications and apply industry codes and standards to products supplied to meet project requirements.
  • Create equipment specifications, bills of materials, and drawings using company-approved tools to reflect project equipment and product needs and meet project requirements and quality standards.
  • Prepare purchase specifications and Enterprise Resource Planning requisitions in a timely manner to achieve project schedules.
  • Track revisions to specifications and drawings in compliance with established change-control procedures.
  • Edit project drawings to reflect preliminary, manufacturing, shipped, and final as-installed configurations.
  • Identify new technologies that may address unmet client needs or create demand through significant performance improvements that benefit clients and differentiate the company from competitors.
  • Evaluate the feasibility, cost, and benefits of incorporating new technologies into company systems and products.
  • Incorporate selected technologies into company power products in cooperation with company, parent-company, and third-party development teams.
  • Define modifications to existing tools and features of new tools needed to engineer and commission products incorporating selected technologies.
  • Commission AC and DC drive systems and/or control software, or DC-to-AC inverter/skid and control software, to meet design performance criteria.
  • Tune AC and DC drive system closed-loop regulators or solar photovoltaic inverter products to optimize equipment performance and meet design parameters.
  • Troubleshoot and correct performance problems in complex control systems.
  • Design, configure, and test system software and hardware to meet contractual requirements for the assigned scope.
  • Provide regular, accurate, and considered commissioning status reports to appropriate parties.
  • Prepare technical specifications for drive and automation systems that meet client request-for-quote requirements and communicate requirements to clients and internal engineering teams.
  • Define project solutions, including hardware and software requirements, in collaboration with clients and original equipment manufacturers.
  • Prepare detailed cost elements for technical specifications.
  • Identify enhanced product or service feature needs by soliciting client feedback.
  • Design competitive and viable technical approaches to resolve client issues.
  • Bring full effort to tasks assigned by the manager.
  • Give the manager best advice and provide earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified.
  • Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact across the organization as directed by the manager.
  • Comply with company policies, practices, and procedures, as well as applicable regulations and laws.
  • Proactively recommend viable improvements.
  • Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes.

Desired Qualifications

  • Research project or thesis in control system theory, software engineering, robotics, mechatronics, electrical power systems, or AC/DC motor drives.
  • Co-op, internship, or other work experience.
  • Work experience as a research assistant, intern, or co-op in the listed areas.

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