Electrical Design Engineer

Valmont Industries, Inc.

Electrical Design Engineer designing and developing new technology products at Valmont. Leading product development processes and maintaining relationships with stakeholders to ensure efficiency.

Posted 7/3/2026full-timeValley • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The primary responsibility of the Electrical Design Engineer is the design and development of new technology products as an integral part of the new product development team.
The incumbent will be responsible for the design, development, and testing of new technology products including embedded control systems, embedded user interfaces (UI), or remote communication products as defined by the Product Management Team and the customer.
The Electrical Design Engineer is responsible for supporting the development of “engineering best practice” procedures and design validation standards.
The Electrical Design Engineer leads technical design review meetings and provides technical design inputs and direction when needed.
To provide the end results required by this position, the incumbent follows design and development procedures and recommends updates to these procedures when needed and should continually acquire an increasing knowledge of existing assemblies, stay up to date on manufacturing capabilities, and develop an awareness of the field usage of the products.
Lead the new product development process for small projects
Maintain positive relationships with customers, field personnel and other Valmont departments to ensure the most efficient working environment
Provide detailed project documentation as defined by Product Development procedures
Maintain appropriate professional competencies to ensure innovative solutions are utilized on new designs
Follow established design and development procedures and recommend updates to improve efficiency and effectiveness
Provide technical design inputs for design reviews as needed

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5+ years relevant experience
Hardware design experience for control panels with embedded control system, remote communications and high voltage power
Proficient troubleshooting capabilities for analog, digital, communications and power circuits
Extensive experience using PLM system preferably Windchill
Ability to read firmware application code for purposes of trouble shooting embedded systems
Knowledge of communication standards for TCP, USB, RS-232, RS-485 and Wi-Fi
Familiarity with Test Equipment such as emulators, oscilloscopes, multimeters, spectrum analyzer, RF communications monitor, Ethernet sniffer, and serial protocol analyzer
Basic understanding of electrical codes for UL, CE, NEC and IEC
Technical leadership of an electrical engineering project
Expected to provide input for design reviews of peers
Expert level experience writing hardware requirements for new products
Ability to accurately estimate effort required for design tasks
Expectation to support the service team and customers with troubleshooting technical issues
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams
Ability to resolve complex problems and large challenges
Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with internal customers and peers
Passion and integrity with the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
401k retirement plan with company match
Paid time off
Employer paid life insurance
Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
Work Life Support
Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

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Hard Skills & Tools

Embedded Control SystemsAnalog Circuit TroubleshootingDigital Circuit TroubleshootingCommunications Circuit TroubleshootingHigh Voltage Power DesignFirmware Application Code ReadingHardware Requirements WritingDesign Review InputEffort Estimation For Design TasksElectrical Code Knowledge (UL, CE, NEC, IEC)

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingRelationship BuildingCommunication SkillsIntegrityPassion For Excellence