AIRCO
Energy & UtilitiesDirect Greenhouse career site

Principal Electrical Engineer

Location
New Britain, PA · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Executive
Experience
10+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
30 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • electrical panel layout
  • E-STOP safety circuits
  • AutoCAD

Also useful

  • grounding system design
  • bill of materials
  • NEC code compliance

Stated benefits & perks

  • Health
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k match

What you get to do

  • Develop single line and three line diagrams for new and existing systems
  • Design and lay out electrical panels
  • Perform electrical load calculations and size electrical equipment, and write equipment specifications
  • Perform cable sizing, routing design, and calculations, and write cable specifications
  • Design grounding systems
  • Design safety systems, including emergency stop (E-STOP) circuits
  • Generate bills of materials to support procurement and fabrication
  • Partner closely with mechanical, process, and controls engineers to integrate electrical design across the full system

What you bring to AIRCO

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
  • 10 years of experience in electrical design and panel layout for machine building applications (OEMs)
  • Hands-on experience designing safety systems, including E-STOP circuits
  • Solid understanding of control and instrumentation engineering fundamentals
  • Proficiency in AutoCAD or equivalent electrical design software
  • Comfortable in a dynamic startup environment where priorities shift and you own the outcome
  • Strong commitment to personal and process safety
  • Ability to work onsite in New Britain, PA at least three days per week

Bonus points

  • Chemical industry and/or hazardous environment experience
  • Understanding of state and federal code selection and regulations
  • Plant troubleshooting or maintenance experience

Working at AIRCO - In addition to standard medical and dental benefits, that kick in Day 1, we provide:

Comprehensive Health Benefits

  • Full coverage for employee base premiums on health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 70% coverage for spouse and dependent base premiums.
  • Choose between base plans or enhanced options to fit your needs.

Health Savings & Flexibility

  • Access company-sponsored HSA and FSA accounts to save on healthcare and dependent care expenses.

Income Protection & Insurance

  • Company-paid Short-Term Disability insurance.
  • Optional Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance plans.

Time Off & Leave

  • Flexible and generous paid time off, with opportunities to carry over unused PTO.
  • Paid family leave to support you during important life moments.

Retirement Savings

  • Tax-deferred 401(k) plan with a 3% company match to help you invest in your future.

Lifestyle & Commuter Benefits

  • Monthly Lifestyle Spending Account: Company-funded monthly benefit that can be used toward eligible work-from-home and commuting expenses, including gas, parking, and public transit.
  • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits: Access to pre-tax savings through Navia for eligible transit and parking expenses.

Additional Perks

  • Ancillary benefits through Sequoia, including pet insurance and financial wellness programs.
  • Employee wellness program to support your well-being. Inclusive of Wellhub & One Medical.
  • Company-sponsored events and programs that promote an inclusive and values-driven workplace.
  • Weekly company-funded meal stipend that can be used toward meals from restaurants and food delivery services.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, marginalized genders and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At AIRCO we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles

This position requires access to technology, software and other information that is subject to governmental access control restrictions, due to export controls, security classification and/or designation as Controlled Unclassified Information. Employment in this position is conditioned on the candidate's ability to obtain and maintain appropriate government authorization to access technology or information, to the extent required, including without limitation a security clearance, export license, or other documentation required to establish authorization to receive access to such items technology or information.

We may delay commencement of employment, rescind an offer of employment, terminate employment, and/or modify job responsibilities, compensation, benefits, and/or access to Company facilities and information systems, as we deem appropriate, in order to ensure compliance with applicable government access control restrictions.

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About AIRCO

AIRCO™ develops advanced technologies for energy security and global resiliency. The company makes drop-in e-fuels that can power transportation across air, land, sea and space. Its modular MAD Fuel System™ combines the company's proprietary catalysts, compact hardware, and locally available power to produce fuels to spec wherever they're needed, turning distributed energy into ready-to-use fuel.

Led by co-founder and CEO Gregory Constantine (a 2026 EY Entrepreneur of the Year), the company has been awarded government contracts, including from the U.S. Department of War, NASA and the Department of Energy (DoE), and has investment and commercial partners with groups such as In-Q-Tel, GE Aerospace, Toyota Ventures, Virgin Atlantic, JetBlue and Alaska Airlines among others.

Read the original posting

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