Project Engineer, Application

About Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better. We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work.

About the Role

Step into a role where you can apply deep electrical design expertise to build high‑quality, application‑specific solutions. As a Project Engineer, Application, you'll design circuits, control systems, and power architectures for VFD‑based products, ensuring compliance with UL, IEC, and EMC standards while optimizing for cost and performance. You'll support prototype development, validation testing, manufacturing troubleshooting, and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle. If you're energized by hands‑on engineering and solving complex power and control challenges, this position gives you the platform to innovate and contribute to the reliability of products used worldwide.

You will work a hybrid schedule out of the Mequon, WI facility and report to the Integrated Drives Business Hardware Development Manager.

Your Responsibilities

• Under the direction of managers or project leaders, analyze customer and product requirements and design ETO orders and NPI products for VFD application solutions including electrical and electro-mechanical circuits using advanced knowledge of digital, analog, and power circuits.
• Optimize designs for a balance of cost and performance by incorporating standard and custom power and control components, cables, enclosures, and thermal management solutions and other automation controls into a packaged product.
• Assist Product Management in preparing ETO project proposals and NPI proposals including scope definition, resource estimates, project schedules, and costs.
• Cross-functional collaboration during development of conceptual designs through final fabrication and production implementation. Includes interfacing with global customers, suppliers, IDB engineering, LV Drives Development Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Assurance, Product Management, Business Management, and the Operations Planning and Production functions.
• Develop products and design documentation as specified by the development process.
• Solve common and complex electrical design challenges within established specifications and recommend appropriate alternatives.
• Maintain a working knowledge with regulatory standards (UL, IEC) and requirements for product design and compliance including EMC susceptibility and emissions from power conversion products.
• Lead conversations with customers to discuss solutions and demonstrate organizational value-add engineering capabilities.
• Develop and implement test plans for new designs and maintenance of existing designs.
• Participate in prototype validation testing and product qualification testing.
• Specify and procure prototype and proof of concept parts.
• Support the Operations and Quality Assurance teams to resolve product manufacturing and test issues.
• Support field service and customers with resolution of post-shipment issues.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities for products and processes.
• Maintain designs of released products and support Continuing Engineering efforts throughout the product life cycle.
• May function as a team or project leader providing direction for team activities.
• Support company and IDB goals, objectives, and profitability, and foster an environment of teamwork in support of our cultural principles.
• Ensures thorough familiarity with company policies and procedures including Standards of Business Conduct, Intellectual Property, Control Environment, Information Protection, ISO 9000 & 14001, and government regulations (e.g., health, safety, quality and environmental).

The Essentials

• You Will Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Relevant Field.

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

The Preferred

• You Might Also Have

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience.

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering.

• 8+ years of experience with power and control applications.

• Proficiency with AutoCAD Electrical.

• Experience designing products to U.L. 508A, UL 61800-5-1, CE, and other global standards.

• Knowledge of U.L. 508A, UL 61800-5-1, CE, and other global standards.

• Experience designing solutions incorporating VFDs, especially Allen-Bradley Low Voltage Drives.

• Proficiency in design using EPLAN software.

• Experience with instrumentation (Ex. oscilloscopes, digital multi-meters, power supplies) and high voltage lab test stands (< 600V AC)

• Experience with EMC measurements and best design practices for compliance.

• Experience with voltage and current harmonic mitigation techniques.

What We Offer

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.

To learn more about our benefits package, please visit www.raquickfind.com.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the person for this or other roles.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans. If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at +1 (844) 404-7247.

Work Schedule

Rockwell Automation's hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.

About Rockwell Automation, Inc.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 28,000 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.