Principal Electrical Engineer

The Global Edge is an international staffing firm connecting projects worldwide with the industry’s most talented project professionals. We work with high level technical and commercial personnel across multiple industries including Oil and Gas, Energy, Renewables, Infrastructure, Automotive and Motorsports, IT, Marine, Mining, and more. With offices strategically located worldwide, the Global Edge is known for the highest level of delivery for our clients and contractors.

Position Summary

The Principal Electrical Engineer serves as the U.S. technical lead for electrical engineering activities supporting centrifugal chillers and other complex industrial equipment. This role acts as the bridge between customers, certification authorities, suppliers, and global engineering teams, ensuring designs meet U.S. regulatory, safety, and performance requirements.

The position provides leadership throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements definition, quotation support, design execution, compliance verification, change management, factory and site testing, commissioning support, and issue resolution. The successful candidate will drive efficient execution by translating customer and regulatory requirements into actionable engineering specifications and maintaining alignment across cross-functional and international teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate U.S. electrical and safety standards (UL, NEC, IEEE, and related codes) into engineering specifications and design requirements.
• Lead electrical engineering activities from customer requirements through quotation, design execution, and change management.
• Develop technical specifications for proposals and coordinate detailed electrical design with internal and external engineering teams.
• Establish and maintain electrical interface definitions, scope boundaries, and subsystem responsibilities.
• Manage electrical change control processes to ensure design integrity and configuration management.
• Integrate certification, compliance, verification, and validation requirements into engineering deliverables and testing documentation.
• Serve as the primary technical electrical contact for customers, system integrators, suppliers, and key stakeholders.
• Support certification and regulatory approval efforts, including technical submissions, compliance reviews, and corrective actions.
• Provide technical leadership during factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), installation, commissioning, and field issue resolution.
• Lead root-cause investigations and coordinate implementation of corrective design changes.
• Contribute to the development of standard electrical architectures, design guidelines, and best practices.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and other assigned engineering responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience

• Minimum 12 years of relevant electrical engineering experience.
• At least 7 years leading electrical engineering scope across quotation, design execution, and change management for industrial or packaged equipment.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of U.S. electrical codes, standards, and compliance requirements, including UL, NEC, IEEE, and related regulations.
• Experience translating regulatory requirements into engineering specifications, design documentation, and proposal inputs.
• Hands-on expertise with:
• Industrial power distribution systems
• Protection and control systems
• Control panels
• Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
• Instrumentation and controls
• Ability to review and evaluate single-line diagrams, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, and I/O documentation.
• Strong understanding of engineering processes, requirements management, risk assessment, technical decision-making, and configuration control.
• Experience working directly with customers and coordinating across global engineering organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting UL certification, NEC compliance, and interactions with certification agencies and regulatory authorities.
• Background in centrifugal chillers, large HVAC systems, rotating equipment, or other complex industrial machinery.
• Experience supporting proposal development, engineering execution, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and field support activities.
• Experience developing standard electrical architectures, configurable product options, and reusable design frameworks.
• Familiarity with manufacturing, production readiness, and testing processes.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent professional certification.

Compensation & Relocation

• Base Salary: $171,000 - $192,000 annually, commensurate with experience, qualifications, and overall fit for the role.
• Relocation Assistance: Up to $25,000 relocation payment available for eligible candidates.

Global Edge Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Global Edge Group, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.