Electrical Engineer II

About Us

Inventus Power is a global leader in advanced battery systems that specializes in designing and manufacturing high-quality, reliable, and innovative power systems for a broad range of portable, motive, and stationary applications. We are a US based company headquartered in Woodridge, Illinois and have a global presence that extends across four continents with five manufacturing facilities, three engineering technical centers, a multi-tiered sales service channel, and 3,000+ employees. For over 60 years, Inventus Power has been addressing the rapidly expanding power demands of a changing world through technology and engineered solutions. We continue to invest in our people and processes, while enhancing our products and capabilities in order to create a safer, smarter, and more sustainable battery-powered world.

We are an ITAR facility and hire only U.S. persons who are defined as U.S. citizens or green card holders.

What You’ll Do

The Electrical Engineer II will be responsible for designing and conducting analysis to support development of battery packs, chargers, and safety systems. The engineer leads concept phase, design activities, reviews, and reports design’s progress with limited supervision. Assignments are broad in nature, requiring appreciable initiative, originality, ingenuity, and excellent problem-solving skills. This engineer will be responsible for technical support of some mature electronic products currently in production. Work environment will be team based, with the engineer supporting development through test verification and manufacturing. The engineer will also be expected to travel domestically and internationally with our global engineering team.

Responsibilities (Including other duties as assigned)

• Complete ownership of the electrical design for the project with limited supervision from senior level engineers. This includes performing the complete electrical design, creating schematics, layout, DFM with the PCBA supplier, and BOM generation.
• Perform worst case circuit analysis.
• Perform de-ratings for the entire electrical design.
• Design and document robust hardware architecture and structure suitable for use in high reliability applications.
• Lead electrical hardware component selection/optimization for microcontrollers and battery/charger management devices.
• Provide necessary sustaining support to existing products, and work in a cross-functional team environment to assure electrical system level integration and design for manufacturability.
• Be familiar with Electrical DFMEAs to ensure products conform to customer specifications and requirements.
• Construct prototypes; evaluate and document their performance; identify possible improvements.
• Explore new and existing circuit designs and methods to solve design challenges.
• Maintain an awareness of customer requirements and any complaints to identify any areas that may need development or improvement.
• Be able to work with various design sites globally.
• Prepare technical reports.
• Establish a culture of learning, openness and accountability.

What You Will Need

• Minimum of bachelor's in electrical engineering degree.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in electronics manufacturing in the consumer, telecom, automotive, and/or military industries.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products required.
• Experience with electrical CAD modeling systems (i.e. Altium, OrCAD/Cadence) required.
• Must be able to perform electrical schematic capture and conduct PCB layout.
• Strong quantitative, design, analytical, and problem-solving skills required.
• Must have a strong understanding of digital and analog circuitry; experience with system interfaces such as I2C, SPI, CAN, RS-232, USB and/or Ethernet is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of DC power electronics is required.
• Battery Experience required.

Inventus Power is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.