Development Specialist - Power Magnetics (EE23093)

Job # EE23093

Job Title Development Specialist

Office Location Southeast US, Texas, Washington, Roanoke, VA preferred

Business/Department Technology/Product Development

Sales Territory, if applicable N/A

General Role Description

Provide technical leadership and direction for the application, design, and manufacturing of high-power transformers and magnetics primarily in the renewable energy market

Role Accountabilities

-   Analyze the magnetics market to identify potential new transformer vendors

-   Create and execute supplier audit practices for magnetics purchases

-   Provide technical input to the sourcing department to reduce cost of magnetics

-   Lead design reviews with vendors to identify design weakness or cost savings opportunities

-   Provide supplier quality audit reports for the qualification of potential vendors and on-going audits of existing vendors

-   Provide technical oversight to field activities involving magnetics including review of processes, execution of system changes, maintenance, or repairs

-   Provide technical oversight and input into the management of the Company’s suppliers of transformers and inductors

-   Provide root cause analysis reports with respect to field issues for Company management, suppliers, and clients

-   Prepare and communicate specifications to ensure vendors have necessary information to provide accurate cost quotations

-   Prepare documentation for clients which articulates the benefits of the Company’s solution and propose competitive options applicable to the clients’ individual needs

-   Promote consistent application engineering practices and improved response times by establishing and maintaining effective working relationships and productive communication with parent company personnel

-   Present the Company’s technical solutions to management, employees, clients and others at technical meetings, conferences and via technical articles or professional society publications

-   Lead technical discussions with parent company design teams during the product specification and development process

    Provide technical consulting, coaching, and training to company and vendor engineering team members to transfer

    knowledge of the Company’s process and product solutions and ensure successful project execution, as directed by

    management

General Employee Accountabilities

-    Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager

-    Give manager best advice

-    Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified

-    Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager

-    Exemplify Company Core Values:  Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment

-    Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws

-    Recommend viable improvements proactively

-    Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Minimum Qualifications

-   Bachelor of science degree in power systems, electrical, mechanical, or related engineering field or equivalent via education and/or work experience

-   5 years’ experience in large transformer and inductor design, application, and manufacturing.

-   Demonstrated experience in transformer procurement, service and repair.

-   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 [enter specific MS Office programs or other software/applications required]

-   Availability to travel, [domestically and internationally, up to xx%,] sometimes with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

-         Master of science degree in power systems, electrical, mechanical, or related engineering field

-         Proficiency in computer modeling techniques, such as, but not limited to, Altair Magsoft

-         Demonstrated experience in MV transformer design for solar applications.

-         Demonstrated knowledge of oil cooled transformer design methods.

-         Demonstrated experience in procurement of magnetics with a major utility

-         Demonstrated experience with custom MW scale power magnetics for industrial applications.

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website:  https://www.tmeic.com/.  To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting.  A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application.  Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.

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