PrincipalEngineer

**Job Title:** Principal Engineer **Department:** Engineering **Work Location:** US/Canada **Reports To:** Director of Engineering **FLSA Status:** Exempt **Position Description:** The Principal Engineer will play a key role in the design and development of distribution transformers in compliance with IEEE, CSA, and customer specifications. This role requires technical expertise and a deep understanding of transformer electrical design theory and principles, materials, and associated industry standards. The ideal candidate will be a subject matter expert and provide strategic leadership to improve product design, production, and testing, ensuring goals for performance, cost, and reliability are met. **Key Responsibilities:** Technical Leadership · Lead the electrical design and development of distribution transformers, ensuring compliance with IEEE, CSA, DOE, IEC, utility, and customer specifications. · Serve as the technical authority and subject matter expert for transformer electrical design, providing guidance and decision-making support across engineering, manufacturing, quality, testing, and commercial teams. · Establish and maintain engineering design practices, technical standards, and design methodologies to support product performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost objectives. Design & Development: · Design, develop and review electrical specifications for distribution transformers, ensuring compliance with IEEE, CSA, DOE, and customer requirements. · Develop and review electrical designs for distribution transformers including core type and sizing, coil designs, switch and tap selector components and connections, etc. as needed for custom and non-standard configurations. · Perform electrical calculations, including impedance, losses, efficiency, insulation and fuse coordination, and short-circuit strength. · Utilize engineering software (proprietary transformer design tools and in specific cases software like ANSYS, MATLAB, or similar) for elec