Senior Electrical Engineer

Johnson Controls Senior Electrical Engineer European Air-Cooled Chiller Engineering | Dublin, Ireland What You Will Do Johnson Controls has an exciting Senior Electrical Engineer opportunity based at our Dublin, Ireland location, supporting our new European air-cooled chiller engineering organization. If you enjoy leading electrical analysis, detailed design, and control, this could be the right position for you.

In this senior role you will own the electrical performance of air-cooled chiller components and systems engineered for the European market, working under minimal supervision to drive design solutions into the product. You will provide technical direction and support to production, laboratory, service, applications, and marketing teams across Europe, mentor less-experienced engineers, and take a leading role in new and exciting product development programs.

How You Will Do It

• Investigates, analyzes, and owns the design of electrical power panels, control panels, variable speed drives, and wire harnesses in accordance with CE marking requirements and applicable European directives – including the Low Voltage Directive, EMC Directive, and Machinery Directive – and harmonized standards such as EN/IEC 61439 and EN/IEC 60204-1
• Works under minimal supervision, independently determining the approach to electrical design solutions and conceptualizing and implementing design ideas into the product
• Defines, plans, and promotes electrical engineering project work; owns the electrical design of one or more features or products from concept through release
• Defines electrical specifications for features and products, and prepares, checks, and coordinates the release of documentation to support designs
• Provides technical direction to, and mentors, less-experienced electrical engineers, application engineers, designers, factory operations, product marketing, and product technical service
• Represents the electrical engineering team within Engineering and in cross-functional activities – able to speak for the team technically, with excellent written and verbal communication
• Coordinates and helps execute test programs to validate the electrical performance and reliability of chiller systems and components; analyzes, modifies, and troubleshoots sub-components and sub-systems based on test data
• Responsible for the accurate and on-time completion of projects, regularly reporting on the status of programs
• Proficient at selecting the most suitable electrical components, balancing cost, performance, and reliability
• Continuously increases expertise across chiller electrical design, theory, construction, operation, and applications; leads and participates in process improvement
• Uses standard and advanced technical and mathematical principles, theories, concepts, and best-practice methodologies in the field
• Responsible for engineering drawings, including electrical schematics and bills of materials
• Adheres to the Company’s Code of Conduct and Business Ethics standards

Required What we look for

• BS in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Minimum 4 years of electrical design and project experience
• Working knowledge of European electrical directives and standards (CE marking, Low Voltage Directive, EMC Directive, Machinery Directive) and harmonized IEC/EN standards
• Proficient in electrical design, able to conceptualize and implement design ideas into the product
• Proficient at organizing and processing large amounts of data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent the team technically
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, schedule-driven, team-oriented environment
• Ability to travel up to 10%, primarily within Europe

Preferred

• Experience engineering industrial products in engineer-to-order, applied, or made-to-order environments
• Understanding of chiller controls and variable speed drives (VSDs)
• Familiarity with HVAC systems and motor-driven mechanical engineering design and test
• Experience with product development and sustaining of configurable systems
• Experience with ERP / material resource planning (MRP) software
• Experience applying European regulatory standards such as EN/IEC 61439, EN/IEC 60204-1, etc.