Integrity, enthusiasm, sustained energy. These are the traits that S&C has always looked for and found when seeking people to join our 100% employee-owned team. S&C supports these qualities with a strong package of pay and benefits, excellent education and training programs, a challenging work environment, and broad opportunities for advancement.
Location:Chicago
Address of Location:6601 N Ridge Blvd , IL , Chicago60626
Education Requirements:Bachelor's Required
Relevant Work Experience Requirements:Less than 1 year
Job SummaryS&C Electric Company is a global provider of equipment and services for electric power systems. Founded in 1911, the Chicago based company designs and manufactures switching and protection products for electric power transmission and distribution. Among those products are Automation Controls and Automated Switching Controls. The job of the Electrical Engineer will be to help develop electronic products and assemblies. Team member will perform a variety of tasks involving analysis, development, testing and production implementation of components and assemblies. Team member must be able to perform duties requiring creativity, judgment and initiative with supervision by senior engineers and project managers. This position reports to the Manager-Product Engineering.
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:- Assist in confirming component and system capability through feasibility study, analysis and testing.
- Help assure that methods and results comply with company and industry standards, specifications and procedures.
- Help develop test methods and product specifications.
- Interpret, analyze and summarize data, identify trends, prepare reports and formulate conclusions.
- Investigate product performance issues, develop, recommend and implement solutions.
- Investigate product field issues related to Returned Material Authorizations (RMA’s), Write detailed reports with root cause analysis, recommend and implement solutions.
- Maintain product data and continuity in design team by documenting and communicating pertinent information about components, tests, analytical data, actions, irregularities and continuing needs.
- Participate in planning to achieve prescribed objectives.
- Effectively communicate to clearly present ideas in a variety of forums.
- Utilize sound problem-solving skills.
To select this job as one of interest to you, at a minimum, you must have the following:- BS degree in electrical engineering from an accredited college or university.
- Experience and creativity in solving electrical and mechanical problems by application of engineering principles.
- Experience working as part of an engineering team within a manufacturing environment.
- Understanding of product test methodologies.
Relevant Experience RequiredExperience in design and development of components or products.MAJOR PHYSICAL DEMANDS- Standing: Occasional, during testing, sample preparation or process observation.
- Lifting: Occasional light lifting, infrequent lifting up to 50 lbs. for mock-up or test sample preparation.
- Walking: Occasional walking up to 1 mile within the company facility.
- Carrying: Occasional carrying of light objects for short distances.
- Pushing: Infrequent use of manual hand truck to move samples or mock-ups.
- Pulling: Infrequent use of manual hand truck to move samples or mock-ups.
- Bending: Occasional bending during mock-up assembly or test sample preparation.
- Reaching: Occasional reaching during mock-up assembly or test sample preparation.
- Handling: Occasional handling of parts and tools during mock-up assembly or test sample preparation.
- Environment: Physical demands are those mostly associated with a regular office environment.
Number of Openings: 1.00
Employment Status: Exempt
Employment Classification: Full Time
Shift: 1
Core Working Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Company Overview
S&C Electric Company is a global provider of equipment and services for electric power systems. Founded in 1911, the Chicago-based company designs and manufactures switching and protection products for electric power transmission and distribution.
S&C's products help deliver electric power efficiently and reliably. Some are used to switch circuits. Others minimize damage to equipment in the event of a fault or reduce the area of an outage by automatically rerouting power flow; S&C's sophisticated power-quality products can deliver uninterrupted power for an entire facility, for crucial process industries.
In addition, S&C offers a wide range of engineering, laboratory, and testing services for electric utilities and commercial, industrial, and institutional power systems.
S&C provides solutions for customers worldwide. The company has engineering offices and manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Illinois; Franklin, Wisconsin; Alameda, California; Duvall, Washington; Rockville, Maryland; and Orlando, Florida. S&C subsidiaries operate in Toronto, Canada; Curitiba, Brazil; Mexico City and Aguascalientes, Mexico; Wales, United Kingdom; South Yarra, Australia; and Suzhou, China.
Thank you for your interest in S&C Electric Company. S&C has a proud and longstanding tradition of providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or marital status. Further, S&C is committed to taking affirmative action to ensure that qualified females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities can pursue equal employment opportunities. For information regarding equal employment opportunity, please see
