
Electrical Systems Lead Engineer
East Syracuse, NYJob$96–192K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Staff Electrical Engineer will lead the design, development, validation, and integration of electrical power systems for transport refrigeration units used in heavy-duty trucks, trailers, and commercial vehicles. The role drives electrical system architecture from concept through production, with a focus on power distribution, electrical safety, power electronics integration, and compliance with reliability, safety, regulatory, and customer requirements.
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About Carrier
Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.
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
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Lead development of Transport refrigeration electrical system architectures.
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Design low-voltage and high-voltage electrical power distribution systems.
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Define electrical interfaces between:
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Refrigeration unit
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Battery systems
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Alternators and charging systems
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Inverters and converters
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Controllers and telematics devices
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Develop wiring harnesses, power distribution modules, and control panels.
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Create electrical schematics, system block diagrams, and interface control documents.
Product Development
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Lead electrical design activities through concept, prototype, validation, and launch.
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Perform electrical load analysis, power budget calculations, and fault analysis.
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Evaluate and select electrical components, sensors, relays, contactors, connectors, and protection devices.
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Drive design-for-manufacturing and design-for-serviceability improvements.
Validation & Compliance
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Develop and execute electrical validation plans.
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Support EMC/EMI, environmental, durability, and reliability testing.
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Ensure compliance with applicable standards and regulations, including:
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Investigate and resolve field quality issues using root cause analysis methodologies.
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
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8+ years of electrical engineering experience.
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5+ years designing automotive, commercial vehicle, or heavy-truck electrical systems.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with transport refrigeration systems, auxiliary power units, mobile HVAC systems, or electrified vehicle systems preferred.
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12V, 24V, and high-voltage DC electrical systems.
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Battery technology and power management systems.
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CAN communication networks.
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Electrical protection strategies and fault management.
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Wiring harness and connector system design.
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EMC/EMI design and mitigation.
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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.
Benefits
Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
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Health Care Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
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Retirement Benefits
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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
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Disability : Short-term and long-term disability
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Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
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Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
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Tuition Assistance
To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate (https://www.corporate.carrier.com/careers/work-with-us/) . 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.
Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process
Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected] . We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.
Application Deadline
Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date: 13 October 2026
Job Applicant's Privacy Notice
Please click on the link to review the Job Applicant Privacy Notice (https://www.corporate.carrier.com/legal/privacy-notice-job-applicant/) .
Use of AI
Technology-enabled tools may support parts of the recruitment process, with oversight by people.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,925 open Electrical Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$96–192K/yr
- New York median$106–150K/yr84 salary ranges
- US median$129–193K/yr1,748 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $144K, is 9% above the New York median midpoint ($132K) — in the middle half of Electrical Engineering salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 122 open Electrical Engineering jobs in New York and 2,925 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Avangrid Service Company9 open
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- GE Vernova6 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Electrical Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (1,944 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,386 of the 2,925 open Electrical Engineering jobs (47%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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