Join our Mazomanie, Wisconsin team as a Rigging Systems Engineer and help design, test, and support custom rigging and control systems for projects around the world. This is a great opportunity for an early-career engineer with strong electrical knowledge who enjoys solving technical challenges and working closely with manufacturing, project management, and customers.
The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree in engineering, knowledge of electrical systems and basic networking, strong problem-solving skills, and an interest in rigging, automation, or entertainment technology. If you're ready to turn innovative ideas into real-world solutions, we'd love to hear from you.
Please contact Kennedy Kitelinger at [email protected] or 608.824.5318 if you have questions about the position or application process
Representative Responsibilities
• Performs assigned project tasks under direct supervision of higher-level engineers
• Participates in product development efforts under the direction of management and higher-level team members
• Makes design modifications or improvements to process development projects with supervision
• Maintains project reference documentation
• Develops test and verification procedures
• May be involved in continuing engineering maintenance and manufacturing floor support of existing products
• Provides task completion time estimates
• Attends identified training classes
• Participates as a team member, works effectively in a team environment
• Becomes familiar with tools and applications utilized by department
• Learns department and corporate policies, procedures, and plans
Position Specific Duties:
• Design and fully test custom products to project specification
• Generates bills of material and electricals for non-standard products
• Informs Manufacturing of the most current project specifications
• Acts as a custom product resource for customers and ETC employees
• Provides engineering support to Project Management, Tech Services, and Manufacturing
• Trains internal personnel on the proper use of ETC custom products as required
• Researches and implements solutions to engineering and/or production issues
• Assists Systems Engineer II/Senior Systems Engineer on various tasks
• Software configuration of ETC and third-party equipment to meet the needs of the project
• Provide assistance to R&D in development of new product as required
• Engineers international projects
Minimum Qualifications:
• Technical Bachelor’s Degree
• 0-3 years of job-related experience
• Demonstrates good written/verbal skills
• Has good grasp of grammar and sentence structure for technical writing
• Listens, gives constructive feedback
• Good group interaction skills
• Ability to follow directions and project plans
• Demonstrates ability to solve problems of limited scope and perform root cause analysis
• Analyzes data using standard, straightforward methods
• Grasps technical concepts and asks for clarification and direction when needed
• Ability to implement designs for well-defined blocks
• Understands and applies accepted engineering principles and practices
• Assists with design or modification of a product, service, or process
• Knowledge of electrical systems, electrical standards, and codes
• Knowledge of basic electronics
• Familiar with network topology
• Basic AutoCAD skills
• Able to use small hand, power, and testing tools
• Knowledge of rigging systems, rigging standards, and codes a plus
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to travel
• Must maintain an acceptable driving record and valid license
• Able to lift up to 65 lbs
• Eligible to work in the US without sponsorship
Skills Required
- Technical bachelor's degree in engineering
- 0-3 years of job-related experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Technical writing proficiency, including grammar and sentence structure
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Ability to follow directions and project plans
- Problem-solving and root cause analysis skills
- Ability to analyze data using standard methods
- Ability to understand technical concepts and seek clarification
- Ability to implement designs for well-defined blocks
- Understanding of accepted engineering principles and practices
- Knowledge of electrical systems, standards, and codes
- Knowledge of basic electronics
- Familiarity with network topology
- Basic AutoCAD skills
- Ability to use hand, power, and testing tools
- Strong attention to detail
- Basic computer skills
- Ability to travel
- Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record
- Ability to lift up to 65 pounds
- Eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Knowledge of rigging systems, rigging standards, and codes
What We Do
A global leader in the manufacturing of lighting and rigging technology, ETC employs nearly 1400 people in 13 corporate offices around the world. ETC is proud of its industry reputation for unmatched technical and customer service, 24/7/365. And with a family of over 300 authorized service centers throughout the world, staffed by hundreds of certified technicians, customers are never far from an ETC resource with a face and a name. ETC develops professional tools and makes them accessible to everyone. Their products are found in small and large venues worldwide, such as theatres, churches, restaurants, hotels, schools, television studios, casinos, theme parks, and opera houses. Founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1975, ETC was begun with the passionate belief that there was a better way to make a lighting control console. A small group of university students challenged themselves by creating a microprocessor-based console that outdid other boards on the market at the time. That entrepreneurial spirit grew into an award-winning business. To learn more about ETC and our history of innovation, visit www.etcconnect.com.
