Senior Electrical Design Engineer

As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, you will play a critical role collaborating across electrical, mechanical, process, and controls teams to design and review electrical control systems and infrastructure for Redwood Materials' cutting-edge facilities. In this role, you will help define standards and best practices across Redwood's sites, lead cross-functional design reviews, mentor junior engineers, and drive continuous improvements in design processes and system reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design high-performance electrical control systems, industrial control panels, motion control systems, wiring harnesses, network layouts, and I/O interfaces aligned with company goals.

• Develop specifications, standards, design philosophies, symbol libraries, templates, and QA procedures to support scalable automation.

• Lead cross-functional design reviews and mentor junior engineers across the team.

• Interpret P&IDs to generate I/O lists, define system requirements, and design panels and loop diagrams for plant construction.

• Create schematics, assemblies, and layouts using CAD tools while performing necessary engineering calculations.

• Support equipment commissioning, system validation, failure analysis, and hands-on troubleshooting/wiring in lab and field settings.

• Evaluate and qualify electrical components and technologies with external vendors.

Basic Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in industrial controls or control system design.

• Proficiency in electrical CAD tools (SolidWorks Electrical preferred; experience with other major platforms welcome).

• Strong background in motion controls, motor drives, power electronics, signal transmission, cable design standards, and TTL/signal processing electronics.

• Demonstrated experience with industrial control panel design and familiarity with Hazardous Area electrical requirements.

• Solid understanding of relevant industry standards, including NEC, NFPA 79, UL 508A, UL 698A, IEC 61511, and ISO 13849.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work with calm, collaborative urgency in a fast-paced environment.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform the essential job functions consistent, safely, and successfully with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.

• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.

Working Conditions

• Environment: Office and industrial/manufacturing facility environment (indoors/outdoors).

• Ability to work in challenging working conditions, which may include exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, and temperature extremes while protected by PPE for extended periods.

• Essential physical requirements such as climbing, standing, stooping, or typing.

• Occasional work weekends, nights, or on-call availability as part of regular operations.

• Occasional travel requirements.