Control Panel Design Engineer

Founded in 1961, WEG is recognized as one of the largest electric machine manufacturers in the world. WEG employs over 47,000 people around the globe and offers a diversified and integrated product line, with sales to more than 135 countries worldwide. Our U.S. operations are growing at an impressive rate and we're looking for talented individuals to help us move forward with this aggressive growth plan.

WEG offers competitive compensation, challenging and exciting career options, as well as great benefits, including paid vacation, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and disability. Read about our career opportunities below and inquire about being a member of our first-class team.

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WEG Electric Corp. has an excellent opportunity for a EPLAN Control Panel Design Engineer. Key responsibilities include the implementation and ongoing maintenance of EPLAN software, with a focus on design standardization, project structures, templates, reports, macros and rules, library creation and maintenance, SAP connector integration, and factory automation. The role also includes developing comprehensive documentation packages—such as electrical schematics, panel layouts, manufacturing instructions, and bills of materials—to support efficient and accurate production.

You will be responsible for creating designs and documentation for industrial motor control panels that meet customer requirements while ensuring compliance with applicable standards and manufacturing procedures.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain EPLAN software. This position plays a key role in the ongoing EPLAN implementation project, working in close collaboration with the company’s headquarters and various U.S. departments to ensure successful deployment, integration, and adoption of the platform.
• Develops schematics, bill of materials and assembly drawings using EPLAN.
• Provide guidance and support to manufacturing and other areas, regarding product requirements (drive collaboration).
• Participates in and sometimes provides training for other engineering team members.
• Study/analyze projects technical documents and specifications.
• Preventing electrical hazards is a top priority for electrical designers, thus, they need a thorough understanding of relevant standards.
• Designers have to keep colleagues, managers, and clients in the loop as to progress and deviations from schedule or budget so as not to disturb the workflow of the whole.
• Designers estimate the time, cost, labor, and materials that are needed to produce a real version of their ideas. They reformulate plans along the way based on unexpected circumstances or client changes.
• Adhere to best practices for documentation and version control.
• Define design approach for new products and platforms and generate design specifications.
• Ability to take neat and accurate field notes, sketches and single lines for use in preparing construction documents.
• Ability to make design decisions based on specific job requirements and prepare a complete design package.
• Release panels and prints to operations. Release critical materials for purchasing.
• Ensure product design meets requirements, quality expectations and timelines (think customer).
• Markup schematics, generate revisions or additions to existing drawing sets.
• Process markups affecting multiple drawings.
• Ensure consistency across drawing sets (encourage feedback).
• Check for practicality of mark-ups and for obstructions & using multi layers (mimic panels).
• Create, revise and maintain routings and work centers in the system.
• Update metrics to improve routings and production planning accuracy.
• Maintain revision control.
• SAP tasks execution.
• Drives cost reduction.

Education:

• Engineering degree or equivalent related work experience.

Knowledge / training:

• Proficiency with EPLAN Software.
• AutoCAD required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.
• Basic familiarity with 3-phase and sine-phase power design required.
• VFD and Soft Starter’s principles preferred.
• Industrial standards and how they are applied.…