Electrical Systems Lead Engineer

Job Number: 11845

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About This Role

The Staff Electrical Engineer will lead the design, development, validation, and integration of electrical power systems for transport refrigeration units (TRUs) used in heavy-duty trucks, trailers, and commercial vehicle applications. This role requires deep expertise in automotive and heavy-truck electrical architectures, power distribution, Electrical safety, and integration of power electronics converters. The engineer will serve as a technical leader, driving system architecture decisions from concept through production while ensuring compliance with reliability, safety, regulatory, and customer requirements. The role supports Carrier’s transport refrigeration business.

Key Responsibilities

System Architecture & Design

• Lead development of Transport refrigeration electrical system architectures.
• Design low-voltage and high-voltage electrical power distribution systems.
• Define electrical interfaces between:
  • Refrigeration unit
  • Battery systems
  • Alternators and charging systems
  • Inverters and converters
  • Controllers and telematics devices
• Develop wiring harnesses, power distribution modules, and control panels.
• Create electrical schematics, system block diagrams, and interface control documents.

Product Development

• Lead electrical design activities through concept, prototype, validation, and launch.
• Perform electrical load analysis, power budget calculations, and fault analysis.
• Evaluate and select electrical components, sensors, relays, contactors, connectors, and protection devices.
• Drive design-for-manufacturing and design-for-serviceability improvements.

Validation & Compliance

• Develop and execute electrical validation plans.
• Support EMC/EMI, environmental, durability, and reliability testing.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards and regulations, including:
• Investigate and resolve field quality issues using root cause analysis methodologies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• 8+ years of electrical engineering experience.
• 5+ years designing automotive, commercial vehicle, or heavy-truck electrical systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with transport refrigeration systems, auxiliary power units, mobile HVAC systems, or electrified vehicle systems preferred.

• 12V, 24V, and high-voltage DC electrical systems.
• Battery technology and power management systems.
• CAN communication networks.
• Electrical protection strategies and fault management.
• Wiring harness and connector system design.
• EMC/EMI design and mitigation.
• Electrical diagnostics and troubleshooting. 

Job Number: 30219727

Community / Marketing Title: Electrical Systems Lead Engineer

Location_formattedLocationLong: New York, US