• Senior Engineer - Electrical

    WESCO (Austin, TX)


    As a Senior Engineer - Electrical, you will be responsible for the design, application and technology support for a wide portfolio of Wesco clients using industry best practices and in compliance with regulatory guidelines. You will collaborate with the sales organization and other business development resources on the technical aspects of assigned client products. You will be responsible for working primarily with our client’s engineering teams to recommend, co-design and execute technological solutions during new product development, product retrofits or troubleshooting cycles. You will recruit, coordinate and facilitate technical support and the deployment of supplier technical sales resources to drive demand to our clients.

    Responsibilities:

    + Provide technical leadership and support for the most complex new product designs, legacy product retrofits and upgrades

    + Collaborates regularly with design, electrical, mechanical, automation, electronic, engineers etc. to design, recommend and execute the appropriate technology solutions or value add solutions for our clients

    + Collaborate with supplier engineering/technical resources to educate, train, specify, create demand for application solutions

    + Serves as the SME on supplier, industry, and client emerging technologies and trends

    + Leads technical application training for assigned Wesco sales team when necessary

    + Provides technical support and expertise for assigned Wesco sales team(s)

    + Works with sales organization and other Wesco specialized support teams to identify, sell and integrate Wesco value-add solutions

    + Provides post-sales engineering and technical support when applicable

    Qualifications:

    + Bachelors Degree – Engineering, Technology, Automation, Robotics or related field or equivalent education or work experience required

    + Master Degree - Engineering or related technology field preferred

    + 5 years required, 7 years preferred, of Electrical, Automation, Mechanical or Electronic design, application and/or technical sales experience

    + Experience of leadership responsibility managing project teams and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders.

    + Proven track record in project managements

    + Excellent co-ordination skills with attention to detail and ability to effectively manage projects as well as support tasks and enhancements including the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously

    + Excellent communication skills with ability to interact at all levels both internally and externally.

    + Strong project management / time management skills

    + Strong product knowledge and application knowledge

    + PLC and HMI programming skills

    + Panel design and layout

    + Proficient in solid works or similar software

    + Excellent writing and verbal communication skills

    + Strong analytical and technical skills

    + Ability to travel 25% - 50%