Senior Electrical Designer (51709)

Gradian is an engineering-led, full-line thermal solutions partner serving data center and other mission-critical, commercial, and industrial markets. Headquartered in Maple Grove, MN, with additional facilities across North America, we design and manufacture liquid cooling systems, air handling equipment, heat rejection units, and modular, factory-assembled thermal management solutions.

Gradian was founded through the unification of four complementary, established brands: MAS HVAC, Daedex, DeepCoolAI, and EcoChillers. Together, we act as a single-source provider, deploying cooling technologies as scalable systems optimized for efficiency, spatial constraints, and overall performance. With a vertically integrated engineering and manufacturing model, we pair rapid design turnaround with precision fabrication, so customers can move faster on complex projects where reliability, timeline, and quality all matter.

Why work here

At Gradian, you'll work alongside others who get genuinely fired up by complex problems, see your work go from first sketch to job site in weeks, not years, and know that while we're developing the technologies critical for AI infrastructure to scale, our culture remains people-first by design.

It is core to our identity that we operate as one team - driving to win together, energizing others, and building lasting relationships that make the work fun and rewarding.

Position Summary:

The Senior Electrical Designer owns complex detailed electrical design and documentation packages for Gradian liquid cooling products within engineer-approved architectures. The role leads production-ready electrical schematics, control-panel layouts, harness documentation, and bills of materials; reviews and mentors Electrical Designers; and provides day-to-day leadership for electrical CAD standards, libraries, and documentation quality.

Essential Responsibilities

• Own complex electrical drawing and documentation packages end-to-end, including electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, control-panel layouts, field-wiring drawings, harness and cable drawings, cable schedules, I/O documentation, bills of materials, release records, redlines, and as-built documentation.
• Translate engineering requirements, Controls Engineering inputs, mechanical constraints, approved component selections, and established standards into complete, consistent, production-ready detailed designs.
• Make independent routine detailed-design decisions within approved architecture, including drawing structure, terminal-block arrangement, wire and cable routing, wire numbering, connector and pin assignments, harness breakout details, panel component placement, labeling, identification, and selection among previously approved parts.
• Own documentation and detailed-design workstreams for assigned products or projects by planning package activities, identifying required inputs, tracking open items, coordinating completion, and escalating incomplete, conflicting, or technically risky inputs.
• Lead small electrical-design projects when architecture and technical requirements have been established by Electrical Engineering.
• Independently review work completed by Electrical Designers for quality, completeness, standards compliance, cross-document consistency, BOM accuracy, manufacturability, and revision control; return incomplete or noncompliant packages for correction.
• Review and release routine drawing and documentation changes within established limits. Engineering approval remains required for architecture, new components, protection, safety circuits, calculations, regulatory interpretation, certification decisions, and deviations from standards.
• Recommend CAD and documentation-standard improvements for engineering approval and coordinate implementation across templates, libraries, user settings, and active projects.
• Mentor Electrical Designers in CAD tools, electrical drafting practices, schematic development, panel layouts, harness documentation, BOM practices, design for manufacturing, and revision and release processes.
• Coordinate directly with panel builders, component suppliers, and certification partners regarding drawing clarifications, documentation requirements, part records, manufacturer data, redlines, as-built changes, and package corrections; escalate technical decisions to engineers.
• Apply established Gradian requirements and working familiarity with NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, UL 508A, NFPA 79, IEC 60204-1, applicable CSA requirements, and related product requirements while escalating code interpretation and certification decisions.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Electrical Technology, Electrical Design, Engineering Technology, Drafting/Design Technology, or a related technical field; an equivalent combination of technical education and relevant electrical drafting experience may be considered.
• 7+ years of relevant electrical design and drafting experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing UL 508A control-panel layouts, including component placement, spacing, wire routing, terminal arrangements, labeling, and manufacturable panel documentation.
• Ability to create accurate, organized, manufacturable, and traceable electrical documentation.
• Ability to work hands-on around control panels, prototypes, manufacturing equipment, and test systems while following safe work practices.
• Demonstrated proficiency with AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, SolidWorks Electrical, or a comparable electrical CAD platform.
• Demonstrated ability to independently own complex electrical drawing packages and detailed-design workstreams within engineer-approved architecture.
• Experience reviewing electrical documentation, maintaining CAD standards or libraries, and coordinating work with engineers, panel builders, or suppliers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying UL 508A panel-layout practices to industrial control panels, including harness and cable design, equipment wiring, instrumentation, sensors, motors, VFDs, pumps, and safety circuits.
• Experience administering electrical CAD libraries, templates, title blocks, component databases, reports, BOM configurations, or automated drawing checks.
• Experience supporting prototype and pilot builds, engineering change control, certification documentation, panel builders, and component suppliers.
• Experience with liquid cooling equipment, HVAC equipment, data center infrastructure, or related engineered industrial products.

Core Competencies

• End-to-end documentation ownership: Drives complex detailed-design packages from inputs through review, release, build support, and as-built completion.
• Detailed-design judgment: Makes sound decisions within approved architecture while recognizing and escalating engineering-level risks and decisions.
• Documentation leadership: Raises drawing and BOM quality through standards, reviews, mentoring, and disciplined configuration control.
• CAD systems leadership: Maintains effective libraries, templates, databases, workflows, and practical documentation standards.
• Planning and coordination: Organizes documentation workstreams, identifies dependencies, and communicates schedule or input risks early.
• Communication and collaboration: Builds alignment with engineers, designers, panel builders, suppliers, and certification partners.

Measures of Success

• Complex electrical schematics, panel layouts, harness documentation, bills of materials, and release packages are complete, accurate, manufacturable, and delivered on schedule.
• Released documentation requires few corrections and remains consistent across drawings, BOMs, part records, and revisions.
• CAD libraries, templates, component data, reports, and drawing workflows remain accurate, controlled, and useful to the engineering organization.
• Electrical Designers receive effective reviews and mentoring and demonstrate improved quality, proficiency, and ownership.
• Panel-builder, supplier, and certification documentation issues are coordinated efficiently while technical decisions remain with engineering.
• The role demonstrates readiness for broader specialist or design-lead responsibilities without implying progression into an engineering title.

Benefits:

• Medical, vision, and dental plans
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Group term life insurance coverage
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care plans available
• 8 paid holidays, 4 floating holidays, and generous PTO policy
• 401k matching
• Company paid events
• Annual safety shoe allowance
• Education assistance program

EEO Statement:

Gradian is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, political affiliation, or any other legally protected status.

Employment decisions at Gradian are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind and actively promote a culture of fairness, equity, and opportunity.

We also provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, practices, or observances, in accordance with applicable laws.