Electrical Systems Lead Engineer

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.

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $96,000.00 - $192,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Employees are eligible for benefits, including

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.