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Senior Staff Transformer Design Engineer

Entergy

Posted 12/23/25

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639 Loyola Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113

Full-Time
Experienced
Energy and Utilities
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Job Description

This is an onsite role based out of our offices in Little Rock, AR. Those outside the area will need to relocate for this role, relocation assistance is a available for this posting.

Job Summary/Purpose The Senior Staff Transformer Design Engineer is an individual contributor, responsible for preparing the electrical design of transformers as well as achieving design innovations and the optimization of the end products in compliance with IEEE design rules, quality standards, cost position, and time schedule. The candidate will be responsible for Electrical Design (Calculations) for order execution (detailed design) as well as for offer calculations/preparation of transformers of all types. This position acts in a lead capacity in a program or system role among peers within a department in a technical discipline, short of a supervisor, but with responsibilities of some level of coordination and/or review. Working in conjunction with other engineering disciplines, this individual will be responsible for system functions such as system planning, asset management, developing design/construction standards, and/or distribution field device automation.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

  • Actively promote strong safety behaviors and ensure the team and suppliers always puts safety first.
  • Perform electrical calculations for overhead and underground transformers and prepare electrical design documents.
  • Prepare Technical Specifications for ordering of components like Tap changer, Bushings, current transformers, Winding conductors, & Winding assembly insulation components and various accessories.
  • Design the parameters & dimensions of active part of transformer to meet the customer specifications like losses, impedances, noise levels, Short Circuit forces, temperature limits, loading capabilities etc. by performing analysis on High voltage Transients, dielectric, Magnetic, Short Circuit forces, temperature, noise level etc.
  • Understand customer specifications, project requirements, guaranteed technical particulars, prepare design review documents, technical reports, and justifications for the customers.
  • Collaborate with other departments like sales, mechanical design, manufacturing, quality, testing & service departments on technical topics related to electrical design. Effectively communicate among multi-functional teams and participate in various internal and external technical forums, including with Procurement & Supply Chain Lead Team and company executives
  • Perform incident response/storm duties as assigned.

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Entergy exists to grow a world-class energy business that creates sustainable value for our four stakeholders.

• For our customers, we create value by constantly striving for reasonable costs and providing safe, reliable products and services.

• For our employees, we create value by achieving top-quartile organizational health, providing a safe, rewarding, engaging, diverse and inclusive work environment, fair compensation and benefits, and opportunities to advance their careers. 

• For our communities, we create value through economic development, philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy, and by operating our business safely and in a socially and environmentally responsible way. 

• For our owners, we create value by aspiring to provide top-quartile returns through the relentless pursuit of opportunities to optimize our business.