Latitude, Inc.
Electrical Controls Design Engineer
Cape Canaveral, FL - Full Time
Electrical Controls Design Engineer
Primary Job Functions:
- Create schematics and cable harness drawings using AutoCAD Electrical
- Select power and instrumentation components to be used in the electrical system and create a bill of materials
- Create purchase requisitions for power and instrumentation components
- Design control systems including but not limited to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), thermocouples, pressure transducers, proportional valves and variable frequency drives
- Design DC power distribution systems (DC-DC converter selection experience, battery power experience, circuit breaker selection experience, wire sizing experience)
- Design AC power distribution systems (480V/277V and 208V/120V systems)
- Design Ethernet and serial networks.
- Write procedures describing how to operate and test controls equipment
- Troubleshoot and coordinate with the team in order to determine problems and implement solutions
- Consistently research, test, and analyze ideas for the system and provide process improvement ideas
Skills and Requirements:
- Experience with AutoCAD Electrical
- Experience drawing schematics showing analog I/O, digital I/O, power and network connections to controllers
- Experience drawing cable harness assembly drawings
- Experience with battery management systems
- Experience with Ethernet, RS232, RS485 and CAN bus networks
- Experience with power distribution system design
- Experience in selecting components that will be subjected to extreme conditions (high/low pressure, high/low temperature, corrosion, vibration, etc.)
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering preferred. Not required if experience is in excess of 10 years
- Experience with space rated systems is a plus
