Technician, Senior

Full job description

Location

Ithaca, NY.

About us

BorgWarner is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for the vehicle market. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work and amazing technology in a unique environment. At BorgWarner we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy-efficient world.

Our Culture

We believe health and safety of our employees are a top priority, we care about our local communities and the global environment. BorgWarner promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive environment, honors integrity, strives for excellence, commits to responsibility for our communities and the environment, and builds on the power of collaboration.

Career Opportunities

We manage talent as seriously as we manage our businesses and encourage you to learn about our proud history, strong culture, technologies and future vision. We offer a strong local presence and interesting global opportunities. Start your future with BorgWarner now!

Job purpose

The Technician is responsible for providing sound electrical engineering and control systems with related software on equipment, both productive and non-productive to suit the Unit's processes for all products. The Technician makes decisions with guidance from Engineering based on available information, uses creative/innovative approaches to problem solving, and uses good judgment.

Key responsibilities

• Plans, designs, evaluates, implements and documents all electrical requirements of Unit's assets.

• Develops electrical projects that are justifiable to improve machine safety, product quality and quantity, and machine FTT and OEE.

• Assists maintenance with everyday electrical problems to ensure that production machines are running at required capacities.

• Debug and prepare final documentation of software programs by reviewing to assure completeness and acceptability.

• Ensures that equipment is in compliance with all local, state, and national codes, as well as to the BorgWarner specifications for Machinery and Industrial Equipment Manual.

• Develops and maintains electrical standards of design and documentation to ensure that electrical technician and manufacturing engineering departments adhere to the developed standards. This applies to new machine builds as well as machine rebuilds.

• Conceives and/or reviews the design of components, parts, or systems to meet existing or future machine requirements.

Visa language

BorgWarner does provide sponsorship for employment visa status based on business need. However, for this position, please only apply if you DO NOT need sponsorship to work in the Unites States now or in the future. We are unable to consider candidates who require sponsorship.

What we are looking for

• High school diploma required; two-year technical degree preferred.

• Minimum 10 years related experience in a technical environment required; experience in the automotive industry or a global manufacturing company preferred.

• Must have considerable problem solving skills including troubleshooting ability and be able to make decisions without having all of the information available.

• Must have professional interpersonal communication skills.