# R&D Engineer

Position Summary Powell’s products include class-leading vacuum circuit breakers, monitoring, sensing and control electronics, communications and software systems, switchgear, motor control, and safety-focused enclosure systems. Powell’s 80-year leadership in vacuum switching technology and arc-flash safety is widely known and in use globally, while being designed and manufactured in multiple facilities in the US, Canada and the UK. One of our three Houston-area manufacturing facilities also includes a prototyping shop and UL-certified high voltage and high current lab, where you will be able to model and validate the performance of your designs in real time. Posted position does not allow for sponsorship. Essential Responsibilities Propose concepts and develop complex level designs for both existing and new product lines. Develop innovative designs that meet profit, cost, quality, and time-to-market metrics. Determine and specify design parameters, validate according to standards, and prepare documentation. Investigate patentable concepts. Participate in validation and testing of components/system or assemblies in the development and validation process. Develop test plans based on

- **Id**: 4047916
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/powell-industries-rd-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Houston, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T19:19:20Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T22:00:27Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4189
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Power Supplies & Power Electronics, Electrical Equipment & Cables

## Company

- **Id**: 2287220
- **Name**: Powell Industries
- **Domain**: powellind.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/powellind-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 18
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.667
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **FMEA** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Project** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T00:44:19Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.602
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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