Job Title: Electrical Designer / Project Engineer (Electrical Focus)Job Description
This role focuses on supporting engine electrical routing and harness design with a strong emphasis on hands-on troubleshooting and design implementation. You will work closely with manufacturing, quality, and offshore design partners to review, refine, and implement electrical harness layouts and related components. The position is ideal for an early- to mid-career engineer who takes initiative, thinks critically, and thrives in a collaborative engineering environment. While you will perform some direct CAD design, most of your time will be dedicated to reviewing designs, marking up changes, and coordinating updates based on factory and field feedback.
Responsibilities
Support engine electrical routing and harness design, including the layout and integration of brackets, clips, and related hardware.
Perform hands-on troubleshooting of hardware issues such as harnesses rubbing, interfering with components, or presenting routing conflicts.
Evaluate electrical routing issues, identify root causes, and propose practical rerouting options or design fixes.
Develop and support the reasoning for corrective actions and ensure effective implementation of design changes.
Translate electrical schematics into accurate and manufacturable physical harness designs.
Review and mark up design models and drawings based on feedback from factory operations and field performance.
Coordinate design updates and changes with offshore design teams to ensure timely and accurate implementation.
Support NPS partial design work and New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, contributing to new and updated product designs.
Collaborate closely with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to align designs with performance, reliability, and production requirements.
Participate in BIQs, Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), and quality audits to ensure design compliance and continuous improvement.
Contribute to CIP/NPO workloads, partnering with offshore teams to complete design activities and resolve open design issues.
Allocate approximately 10% of time to direct design work and 90% to design reviews, markups, coordination, and implementation activities.
Essential Skills
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
2-3 years of relevant engineering experience preferred, with consideration for standout entry-level candidates who demonstrate strong initiative.
Strong electrical background, with electrical experience preferred over mechanical.
Experience with electrical harness design and routing in an industrial or product environment.
Ability to perform physical design and implementation of electrical routing and harness components.
Proficiency in reading and interpreting electrical schematics and translating them into physical designs.
Ability to work hands-on with hardware to troubleshoot and resolve routing and interference issues.
Proficiency with Creo for reviewing and supporting 3D design work.
Experience using AutoCAD for reviewing and supporting 2D design documentation.
Familiarity with Teamcenter or similar Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems for managing design data and revisions.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, and Word, for documentation, analysis, and communication.
Ability to collaborate effectively using Microsoft Teams and other digital communication tools.
Strong critical-thinking skills and the ability to propose practical, data-driven design solutions.
Effective communication skills to work with cross-functional and offshore teams.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) or similar product launch activities.
background in working with manufacturing and quality teams to refine designs based on production and field feedback.
Experience participating in BIQs, ECRs, and quality audits.
Prior involvement in Continuous Improvement (CIP) or New Product Options (NPO) workloads.
Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision while contributing to a collaborative team.
Strong initiative and ownership mindset, particularly valuable for early-career candidates.
Work Environment
This position is fully onsite in Lafayette, working in close proximity to the products and manufacturing operations you support. You will be part of a local immediate team of approximately three to four coworkers, with additional dotted-line team members located both in Lafayette and in Illinois. The work involves frequent collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and offshore design partners, using tools such as Creo, AutoCAD, Teamcenter, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Teams. The environment combines office-based design review and coordination work with hands-on engagement on the shop floor or in test areas to troubleshoot and validate electrical harness routing and implementation.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lafayette, IN.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $34.00 - $51.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Lafayette,IN.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on May 4, 2026.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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Hiring diverse talent
Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.
About Actalent
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Our Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai delivery centers are hubs of engineering expertise, with core capabilities in mechanical and electrical engineering, systems and software, and manufacturing engineering. Our teams deliver work across multiple industries including transportation, consumer and industrial products, and life sciences. We serve more than 4,500 clients, including many Fortune 500 brands. Learn more about how we can work together at actalentservices.com.
