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Senior Electrical Engineer

OTIS
Full-time
On-site
Bloomfield, Connecticut, United States
$114,400 - $171,600 USD yearly

Date Posted:

2025-03-18

Country:

United States of America

Location:

OT325: NSP - BLOOMFIELD, CT 212 WEST NEWBERRY RD, BLOOMFIELD, CT, 06002 USA

Role Overview:

Join our dynamic team at the Otis Service Center in Bloomfield, CT, where we are seeking an enthusiastic, innovative, and results-oriented Senior Electrical Engineer to leverage your expertise in electrical and embedded software technology to enhance our service parts and upgrade businesses.


On a typical day you will:

  • Design: Develop hardware and software for elevator control systems, such as human-machine interfaces, power electronics (drives), and door operators.

  • Test: Design and maintain test processes, including hardware, software, and documentation, to evaluate electrical hardware performance. Conduct calculations, estimations, and lab tests to verify designs. Assist in creating manufacturing drawings for new parts and products.

  • Quality: Lead investigations into field issues and conduct root cause failure analysis for electrical and electronic components. Collaborate with the electronics repair shop to provide feedback to engineering, ensuring a robust feedback loop for design improvements. Advocate for customer needs in new product development to drive continuous improvement.

  • Supply Chain: Ensure parts availability, quality, and sourcing for internal and contract manufacturers. Drive dual sourcing and cost-saving initiatives. Prepare specifications, design functional test equipment, and support related initiatives.

  • Support/Sustainment/Upgrades: Develop replacement solutions for obsolete or hard-to-find components. Research legacy designs and listen to customer feedback to determine new design requirements that ensure backwards compatibility, improved quality, and enhanced features.

  • Parts/Information Management: Create and update spare parts information and documents to support field operations and OSC Customer Service.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or related field

  • Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or related field

  • 3+ years of demonstrated experience in Embedded Hardware, Software and Firmware design

  • Internships/CO-OP's

  • Proficient in analog/digital design, power electronics, and serial communication interfaces (RS422/RS485/CAN). Skilled in signal integrity, sensor signal conditioning, and battery backup/UPS systems.

  • Experienced in embedded design languages such as C, VB.NET, C#, C++, Assembly, and MATLAB. Deep understanding of communication protocols like SPI, I2C, I2S, UART, CAN, and USB.

  • Direct experience designing custom microprocessor/DSP-based boards for interfaces like buttons, touch screens, and LCD TFT displays.

  • Fluent in electrical engineering CAD tools such as Altium, OrCAD, KiCAD, or EAGLE

  • In-depth familiarity with lab instruments and test equipment, including oscilloscopes, curve tracers, and logic analyzers.

  • Capable of mentoring junior engineers, leading critical design reviews, and improving departmental processes.​

  • Strong verbal and written communication abilities

Additional Comments:

Given the nature of the position, Otis Elevator does not support sponsorship, e.g. H-1B or TN petitions/applications, for this position. 

Perks & Benefits:

  • We offer a 401(k) plan with a generous company match and an automatic retirement contribution for your future financial security from day one of your employment, you and your eligible dependents will receive comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage. 

  • Enjoy three weeks of paid vacation, along with paid company holidays 

  • We provide paid sick leave, employee assistance, and wellness incentive programs to support your well-being. 

  • Life insurance and disability coverage to protect you and your family. 

  •  Voluntary benefits, including options for legal, pet, home, and auto insurance. 

  • We offer generous birth/adoption and parental leave benefits, as well as adoption assistance, to support growing families. 

  • Pursue your educational goals with our tuition reimbursement program. 

  • Recognize and be recognized! We celebrate service anniversaries and offer spot performance bonus opportunities to show our appreciation. 

The salary range for this role is $114,400-$171,600. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may change in the future.  Pay within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.  

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day. 

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio 

You may recognize our products in some of the worlds most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.  

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.  

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs  

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do.  We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here 

Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext! 

Otis is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at careers@otis.com.

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