Electrical System Designer

As electrical designer you are responsible for the specification and design of electrical modules and architectures to be used worldwide in our logistic systems. Your design is implemented by a team of engineers with whom you closely cooperate. You will be a partner of the multidisciplinary design team and together with other experts you are carrying the responsibility for the final release(s) of your electrical module or architecture and it’s desired functionality.

Within the Parcel our client is moving to a standard platform and have to transfer customer specific solutions to this platform. Together with the architect, integrator and system designers you assure an optimal electrical design based on the electrical architecture. We have different functionalities like: infeeding, merging, gapping, transporting, synchronizing and sorting that need to be modularized.

For this role a more productizing mindset is needed since we are building standard modules and not one off’s. These solution will be used by customer like Fedex, DHL, Amazon and many others all over the world and have to meet our quality standards. The main challenge is that we have to handle many different parcel on a high speed with many parameter variations (Size, Weight, Shape, Friction etc.).

Tasks and responsibilities

• Responsible for an electrical design from initial requirements set by the architect or system designer until the delivery to the integrator
• Translating concepts into designs that can be used as a basis for producing a set of deliverables (such as E-plan drawings, product design specifications, technical requirements);
• Familiar with power distribution, power supplies, cabinets, ASi bus, industrial ethernet, sensors, encoders, vision systems, embedded controllers and motor driver (frequency controllers), etc. an their further development and optimization;
• Apply Norm & Standards like UL and CE including EMC and ESD
• Broad knowledge on electro-mechanical component
• Organizing and conducting tests in our Innovation Centre;
• Requirements Management. Write requirement specifications, design specification, test plans, specifications and report in the clients requirement tooling (e.g. DOORS, HP Test Centre, Enterprise Architect)
• Applies methodologies and techniques for example: PSDM, 8D, DFMEA, Design for Six Sigma, Simulations, Numerical Calculations etc.) to solves problems and make structured designs.

You have a pragmatic and result-drive attitude. You are eager to learn and curious about the new 

• You have a relevant bachelor or master’s degree in a technical area e.g. Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a proven track record indicating a comparable knowledge and abstraction level
• You have +/- 3-6 years of relevant working experience in designing and engineering multidisciplinary industrial systems
• You are able to keep the overview and to operate on various abstraction levels
• Able to define a suitable electrical architecture is pre
• Have gone through the V-cycle of a product development in relevant domain
• It is important that you can convince others of a particular point of view to obtain an agreement with your stakeholders
• You have solid knowledge with CAD system for electrical design (Eplan etc.)
• You master the English and Dutich language, both orally and in writing
• You are currently live in the Netherlands.

Working at DPA means being a part of a stable and financially healty organisation. DPA focuses on consulting technical specialists. They stand for quality, long term relationships and respect for candidates and clients. If you join DPA we offer you excellent terms of employment consisting of:

• A full-time employment contract
• Bonus arrangement
• 25 days of holiday
• Talent development coaching with a personal training budget
• Possibility to work from home
• Lease car or mobility allowance