Chief Engineer of Power & Grounding (5019)

Panduit Corporation,(www.panduit.com) is a world-class developer and provider of innovative electrical and networking solutions and services. Established in 1955, Panduit has grown steadily, becoming an industry leader with annual sales over $675 million (10% of net sales invested back into R&D), 4000 employees, 12 manufacturing facilities and more than three million square feet of facilities.

Panduit is a global manufacturer of products for the networking and communications industry and has an exciting opportunity for a Chief Engineer of Grounding at our Terminals Division located in New Lenox, Illinois. This position will work in the Research and Development department to specify, design, and implement new products for the Power Connector / Grounding Solutions product line. This position will work with the engineering, product management, marketing and sales groups to understand customer requirements, develop innovative solutions and implement the solutions into our chosen vertical markets (service provider and enterprise).
REQUIREMENTS
.BSEE required, MSEE preferred

.Minimum 5-10 years related experience

· Expert in Telecommunications equipment (switches, routers, optical transport, etc.) grounding requirements for both the Central Office and Enterprise (Data Center) environments.

· Expert knowledge of complete grounding infrastructure including installation and test practices in the environments listed above.

·Sound understanding of groundings' contribution to proper equipment performance (and it’s damaging effects if executed improperly) and the ability to translate that understanding into best-in-class grounding systems and innovative new product designs.

· Knows and uses specs such as:
NEC, J-STD-607-A, BICSI TDM manual, GR-1275-Core, GR-1089-Core, TR-NWT-000295, NFPA780, ANSI I.313-1997, ANSI/TIA/EIA 222-F

· Must have good theory background in grounding (high frequency grounds, etc.)

· Must be able to identify significant problems and opportunities.

· Must be able to generate new/creative approaches to problems or original modifications to established approaches

· Must be able to relate and compare data from different sources and sort out information to determine the root causes and subtle relationships among data from various sources.

· Earn a reputation for leading peers toward support of what is best for the total company

· Writes clear, precise well organized communication pieces using appropriate vocabulary, grammar and word usage.