Lead Engineer Low Voltage Switchgear Electrical Jabil · Prince George, VA 10/06/2026

Lead Engineer Low Voltage Switchgear Electrical

Jabil

Prince George, VA Full Time Engineering Posted 10/06/2026

Key Responsibilities

• Own the electrical design and architecture of LV switchgear, including protection, control, metering, communications, and monitoring systems.
• Translate customer requirements into engineering specifications and design deliverables.
• Contribute to system architecture development and lead the design of protection systems, control systems, metering, power monitoring, communication networks, and power distribution schemes in alignment with system requirements.
• Contribute to and support communication architectures utilizing IEC 61850, Modbus RTU/TCP, Ethernet/IP, BACnet, and other customer-required industrial communication standards.
• Lead development and validation of protection and coordination philosophies, relay setting requirements, arc-flash mitigation strategies, and system selectivity objectives, including approval of short-circuit, coordination, load-flow, and arc-flash studies.
• Lead concept development, prototype builds, design verification, pilot production, and production release activities.
• Drive engineering decisions that optimize product cost, performance, manufacturability, schedule, and quality.
• Lead design transfer, support manufacturing readiness reviews, provide production ramp support, and conduct engineering change implementation across global manufacturing sites.
• Serve as the primary electrical engineering interface for customers during design reviews, issue resolution, and product development activities.
• Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Test (DFT), Design for Reliability (DFR), and Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE).
• Oversee electrical validation and qualification testing including dielectric, temperature-rise, short-circuit, relay protection, controls validation, and arc-flash evaluations.
• Lead technical support for FAT activities and provide engineering support for SAT, commissioning, startup, and field troubleshooting activities.
• Lead technical risk reviews, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Ensure compliance with UL 891, UL 1558, UL 508A, UL 845, NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE 1584, applicable ANSI/IEEE standards, and customer-specific requirements
• Collaborate with global engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and regulatory teams.

Qualifications & Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (Power Systems preferred) or related field.
• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience, including 5+ years in low-voltage switchgear, switchboards, MCCs, or power distribution products.
• Demonstrated technical leadership on multiple NPI programs and successful product launches.
• Expert knowledge of UL 891, UL 1558, UL 508A, UL 845, NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE 1584, and applicable ANSI/IEEE standards governing low-voltage switchgear, switchboards, MCCs, and power distribution equipment.
• Strong knowledge of power distribution systems, protection relays, circuit breakers, metering systems, and LV switchgear applications.
• Experience integrating intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), PLCs, HMIs, protection relays, power quality meters, and gateway devices.
• Experience with IEC 61850 and Modbus RTU/TCP communications, device integration, and interoperability within switchgear, protection, metering, and power monitoring systems.
• Advanced proficiency with EPLAN and/or AutoCAD Electrical, including electrical schematics, panel layouts, wiring documentation, and configuration management.
• Experience with PLM systems such as Windchill or equivalent.
• Experience working with NRTLs (UL, ETL, CSA, TÜV) and supporting product certification, compliance testing, and listing activities.
• Familiarity with OSHA electrical safety requirements, lockout/tagout (LOTO), and electrical safe work practices.
• Experience with ETAP, SKM PowerTools, EasyPower, or equivalent power system analysis tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean/Six Sigma experience.
• Experience integrating intelligent switchgear with SCADA, EMS, BMS, DCIM, microgrid, and remote asset management systems.
• Experience supporting global manufacturing operations and design transfers.
• Experience in data centers, industrial, utility, renewable energy, or critical power markets.
• Knowledge of industrial control panel and machine-control standards including NFPA 79 and IEC 60204-1, particularly for integrated control systems, PLC-based automation, and MCC applications.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.

Leadership Expectations

• Lead switchgear electrical design reviews, technical risk assessments, and engineering governance activities throughout the product lifecycle.
• Mentor engineers and establish electrical engineering standards, best practices, and governance processes.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• NPI milestone achievement and on-time product launch.
• First-pass qualification and certification success.
• Design-related field quality and warranty performance.
• Product cost competitiveness and margin improvement.
• Manufacturing readiness and production ramp effectiveness.
• Customer satisfaction and issue closure responsiveness.

Working Conditions

• Standard full-time position with a typical work schedule of 40 hours per week.
• Employees are expected to work on-site for a minimum of three (3) days per week.
• Collaboration with global teams may occasionally require flexibility in working hours to accommodate different time zones.
• Travel up to 20% domestic and international as required.
• Office, laboratory, manufacturing, supplier, and customer-site environment exposure may be required.