Experienced Electrical CAD Engineer

Zem is experiencing a strong increase in demand for our solutions for marine battery systems and electric and hybrid powertrains.

We therefore want to strengthen our technical staff with a senior electrical design engineer.

As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer at ZEM, you will have technical responsibility through all stages of our projects including detailed design decisions in the team, collaboration with suppliers and the shipyard during the installation phase, final commissioning, sea trial and sign-off, as well as handover of the entire system to the end customer.

You will work with system architects and software engineers to specify and develop a cohesive system design based on industry standards, best-practice solutions, and existing designs.

You will be responsible for electrical cabinet design and technical documentation such as wiring diagrams, bills of materials, electrical calculations, and final acceptance procedures and records.

Tasks:

• Designing and developing electrical system solutions
• Perform electrical installation calculations
• Write technical documentation
• Release drawing document packs for production and yard installation
• Enable continuous quality improvement through design reuse
• Degree in Electrical or Automation Systems
• 10+ years relevant experience working with electrical system design
• Experience with E3 drawing package
• Experience and knowledge in setting up and using component databases, version control and release processes

The candidate we are looking for has experience, and can contribute with, the following:

• Develop cohesive and reliable solutions
• Understand and interpret electrical standards
• Practical knowledge and experience in risk analysis
• Analysis of electrical system characteristics such as 3-phase and DC load, as well as short circuit calculations
• Troubleshooting in PLC-based systems
• Interpreting and diagnosing both electrical and protocol faults
• Writing Formal Documents for Class Approval
• Understanding of electrical design and component selection
• Experience in the design of analogue, digital and electromechanical PLC interface circuits

Desired qualifications:

• Education at Bachelor's or Master's level
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in electrical or automation engineering
• Experience with Electrical CAD software (E3) for wiring diagrams and system setup
• Understanding of motor control theory and power electrical design, as well as experience with electrical energy storage systems is a plus
• Experience in the design and maintenance of projects and component databases for efficient reuse of components and designs is a plus, but not a requirement

Personal qualities:

We believe it is an advantage to have the following qualities for this position:

• Self-propelled and forward-leaning with good work capacity
• Result-oriented problem solver with attention to detail
• Be able to work well in a small team
• Possess good communication skills

It is an absolute requirement that the candidate is fluent in both Norwegian and English (written and oral).

We can offer:

• A leading professional environment
• Personal development opportunities in a fast-growing company
• Good working environment in bright and modern offices
• Competitive conditions