Electrical Design Engineer

Omaha NE - Valmont Plaza

Valley NE - Main Campus

Full time

R27922

15000 Valmont Plaza Omaha Nebraska 68154

Why Valmont

We’re Here to Move the World Forward.

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce . Are you ready to move the world forward? Apply now.

Location: Valley, NE Facility (onsite)

Position Summary

We're seeking an experienced Electrical Design Engineer to design, develop, test, and support technology-based products including embedded control systems, user interfaces, and remote communication solutions. This role partners closely with product management and customers to drive new product development, technical design reviews, troubleshooting efforts, and engineering best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead small-scale new product development projects from concept through validation

• Design and troubleshoot embedded control, communications, and power systems

• Create and maintain technical documentation and design standards

• Participate in and provide input during technical design reviews

• Support customers and service teams with technical issue resolution

• Collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, and field teams

• Occasional travel up to 10%

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

• 5+ years of relevant electrical product development experience

• Experience with control panel design, embedded systems, communications, and power circuits

• Strong troubleshooting skills across analog, digital, and communication systems

• Experience with PLM systems, preferably Windchill

• Knowledge of TCP/IP, USB, RS-232, RS-485, and Wi-Fi communications

• Familiarity with engineering test equipment and electrical standards (UL, CE, NEC, IEC)

• Proven technical leadership and design review experience

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

• Experience with Agile product development

• Knowledge of National Instruments hardware and LabVIEW

• Experience with irrigation equipment or related agricultural technology

Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)

• 401k retirement plan with company match

• Paid time off

• Employer paid life insurance

• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave

• Work Life Support

• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email [email protected].

Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology.

Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries.

That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world.

• That’s the value we add.