Job Details:
Job Title: Design Engineer
Location: Longmont, CO 80501
Duration: 12+ months (could go beyond)
Essential
Responsibilities:
- The types of exciters being replaced include potential source, bus fed, brushless, DC rotating, and partial / full compound.
- The replacement EX2100e excitation system sizes range from 35A voltage regulators to 8000A full static multi-bridges.
- Strong technical management and customer communication skills are essential. A strong understanding of power electronics and generator applications are essential.
- The Lead Engineer/Technologist will be responsible for providing technical support to sales and to own the technical execution of the system engineering, hardware generation, and software generation from order hand-off until the completion of commissioning. This includes providing technical support to the commissioning team.
- This is a global business with regional engineering teams supporting the factory based team.
- In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership and interfacing with the regional engineering resources on a daily basis to coordinate gathering of field data, support phone meetings with customers, and phone support during commissioning.
In addition you will:
- Provide technical direction to less experienced engineers within the global team
- Collaborate with product development and sustainment engineers for continuous improvement
- Provide direct support for customer issue resolution and critical technical support
- Participate in internal and customer meetings (usually via phone) as the technical owner / leader
- Review projects, identify technical risks, and execute risk remediation plans
- Develop excitation and HMI requisition software including communication interfaces
- Conduct customer witnessed Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), as required
- Provide technical support to global field services during commissioning
- Have the ability to own projects and meet agreed goals with minimum supervision
- Have the ability to work in a team environment
- Have the ability and desire to be the technical owner of the excitation project
- Proven ability to deal with varied and multiple project assignments simultaneously
- Have excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited university or college
- Minimum of 3 years of engineering experience with hardware and/or software control systems
Eligibility
Requirements:
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 15% of time, as required
Desired:
- BSEE or MSEE, Formal Electrical Engineering Discipline
- Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent quality certification
- Experience with Client’s Steam Turbine or Gas Turbine systems
- Experience with integrating multiple discipline client’s software systems
- Experience with the commissioning of client EX2100/EX2100e Exciters
- Experience with the commissioning of client LS2100/LS2100e Static Starters
- Experience with EX2000/Generrex/Alterrex Exciters and MKV/MKVI/MKVIe Turbine Controllers
- Familiarity with generator protection philosophies
- Experience with Non-client excitation applications
- Experience with SAP, ControlST, Cimplicity, Creo Parametric, and other client tools
To know more about this opportunity, please contact:
Ujjwal Mane
973-805-7557
ujjwal.mane(at)collabera.com