Jobs at Southern States, LLC

Supports technical development, design, quotation, and execution of medium- and high-voltage power quality solutions. Reviews customer specifications, develops preliminary equipment designs, performs electrical calculations, prepares bills of material and proposal documents, evaluates vendor bids, and coordinates with sales, engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and customers. Solutions include capacitor banks, harmonic filters, reactors, STATCOMs, and transfer switches.

Designs, develops, simulates, prototypes, and optimizes high-power multilevel converter systems for renewable energy, grid infrastructure, and high-voltage applications. Responsibilities include selecting power semiconductors, thermal and electromagnetic analysis, hardware integration, troubleshooting, compliance with IEEE/IEC/UL standards, root cause analysis, documentation, and component obsolescence management. Collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams, supports audits, leads prototyping activities, and mentors junior engineers.

Leads organization-wide talent acquisition strategy and full-cycle recruiting. Partners with HR and business leaders on workforce planning, talent pipelines, candidate assessment, selection, employer branding, recruiting analytics, and process improvement. Provides consultative guidance, ensures legal and policy compliance, represents the organization at recruiting events, and may coach designated team members. Develops proactive sourcing strategies for critical and future workforce needs while connecting recruitment with internal mobility, employee development, and organizational growth.

Drive strategic revenue growth across utility and heavy industrial markets by identifying capital projects, developing executive relationships, influencing specifications, positioning electrical power solutions, and managing long-term sales pipelines. Lead technical and commercial solution development for reactive power, substation, and grid modernization products. Support proposals, negotiations, forecasting, competitive intelligence, and account expansion while managing complex utility procurement processes and multi-million-dollar equipment deals.

Leads Switch Division production operations, supervising employees and coordinating staffing, schedules, materials, equipment, quality, safety, and customer deadlines. Develops production plans and layouts, improves processes and equipment performance, maintains records, resolves operational issues, and supports continuous improvement. Manages training, performance, labor relations, union grievances, and compliance with company policies, OSHA, EPA, and safety regulations.

Lead and supervise assembly and testing teams for medium/high-voltage electrical products. Ensure safety, quality, on-time delivery, efficiency, training, and production reporting. Read prints and troubleshoot using wiring diagrams; plan material flow and staffing; drive continuous improvement and compliance.

Lead design and optimization of multilevel high-voltage converters, drive prototyping and hardware integration, perform simulation and testing (MATLAB/Simulink, LTSpice, PLECS), ensure EMI/thermal compliance, mentor junior engineers, manage component obsolescence, and produce technical documentation for renewable energy and grid applications.

Design and prepare detailed drawings, layouts, and bills of material for high-voltage switch products; perform related electrical, mechanical, and structural calculations; process production orders; implement assigned drawing changes; assist with product erection and testing as needed.

Create and peer-review 2D/3D drawing packages for high-voltage switchgear using SolidWorks/AutoCAD, perform static analysis and mechanical/structural/electrical calculations, apply GD&T, support customers, participate in design reviews, maintain product knowledge, manage project records, and provide site startup/integration/training (travel <10%).

Lead development of mechanical and electrical drawing packages for medium/high-voltage substation equipment. Ensure compliance with industry standards, coordinate structural and electrical integration, mentor junior designers, support proposals, drive standardization, troubleshoot fabrication/installation issues, and maintain schedules and quality deliverables.

Provide administrative and operational HR support in a unionized manufacturing facility, managing employee lifecycle activities, onboarding, HRIS and timekeeping, compliance, employee and labor relations support, temporary workforce coordination, reporting, and employee engagement initiatives. Ensure accurate HR processes, confidentiality, and alignment with collective bargaining agreements and employment laws.

Design and develop embedded hardware from prototype to production: create schematics and PCB layouts, build and test embedded systems and board-test firmware, troubleshoot EMI/EMC and environmental issues, and coordinate with manufacturers and team members.

Entry-level product design engineer supporting sustaining activities: create 3D models and 2D drawings, specifications, and BOMs using AutoCAD/SolidWorks; support manufacturing and field installation; perform supervised lab tests; improve product usability and revise documents through Value Improvement processes.

Perform mid-level mechanical/electrical product design using AutoCAD and SolidWorks. Create 3D models, 2D drawings, BOMs, support manufacturing/installation, perform supervised lab tests, and improve product usability and documentation.

Support marketing operations by maintaining Salesforce data, creating reports and dashboards, managing document control and marketing assets, coordinating vendor/invoice processes, preparing presentations, and improving departmental processes to ensure efficient execution of campaigns and projects.