Electrical Engineer

The Principal Electrical Engineer leads and manages hardware aspects of products throughout their entire lifecycle from architecture, planning, design through verification and validation. Provides electrical-design technical leadership for teams in cross-functional new product development and sustaining engineering projects. Hardware design development is for products based on different sensing technologies (e.g. Optical, Electrochemical) and communication technologies (wired and wireless).

Key Responsibilities

Lead hardware strategic planning, concept generation, architecture definition and translation to system/subsystem/component definitions, with a focus on reliability, safety, and sustainability.

Provide technical leadership to other electrical engineering and project team members.

Develop and write engineering requirements and rationales that align with customer requirements and regulatory standards.

Work closely with Embedded Firmware Engineers to develop and execute strategies for Hardware/Firmware integration and diagnostic coverage.

Implement new or updated electronic designs that meet or exceed all customer, marketing, and regulatory requirements.

Assess the impact of making changes to electrical components, subcircuits, PCBs, and PCBAs.

Author and lead through to implementation engineering change requests, manufacturing and engineering change orders.

Complete computer assisted design (CAD) modeling & simulation, risk analyses (e.g. DFMEA), schematic capture, and board layouts of designs.

Develop or support development of test cases and traceability from requirements.

Build and test designs from bench-level to formal verification and validation level using in-house test setups or at 3rd party test facilities.

Support product quality investigations and perform root cause analyses.

Follow development processes, lead technical reviews, and properly document, test, and control work deliverables.

Provide work breakdown plans and task estimates in support of project estimates and management.

Use Agile methodology for hardware development with clear communication to project stakeholders with metrics to track and report progress.

Identify project risks and provide practical proposals to close gaps and mitigate risks.

Participate in roadmap and resource planning.

Support multiple product development programs at a given time.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering.

10+ years of professional work experience.

6+ years developing PCBAs designs.

Microcontroller (MCU) experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Analog circuit design experience strongly preferred.

Embedded programming experience.

Experience with Design for Manufacturability and Design for Test.

Led the hardware development of at least one product from inception through market launch.

Platformed product development experience.

Regulated product experience (medical, automotive, Industrial Life Safety, SIL2).

Agile methodology experience.

Experience across all phases of the program development lifecycle, from requirements capture through design, implementation, and test.

Experienced with FMEAs and developing control techniques to mitigate risks.

Excellent team leadership, communication and organizational skills.

Self-motivated and demonstrated ability to lead process improvement activities.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $65.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Minneapolis,MN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 24, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

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