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Electrical Engineer

Actalent
Overland Park, KS Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/1/2026
Job Title: Senior Electrical Engineer
Job Description

The Senior Electrical Engineer provides broad ownership and technical leadership across electrical design, compliance strategy, and hands-on implementation.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a core team member in the development of compliant products for global markets.
  • Lead architectural direction while remaining actively engaged in hands-on circuit design, prototyping, and validation.
  • Generate schematic design, PCB layout design, Bills-Of-Materials, and other documentation to provide a complete electronic design description.
  • Execute and manage internal product testing, evaluating products for compliance design criteria and communicating with third-party test laboratories like UL and FM.
  • Own projects end-to-end and drive engineering solutions with minimal oversight.
  • Conduct product validation and verification testing to ensure products meet required standards (FCC, CE, CSA, UL/cUL, ATEX) and revise designs as needed.
  • Perform design cost optimization and part library maintenance.
  • Exhibit in-depth knowledge of PCB layout design, multi-layer stack-up (including flex and flex-rigid), component footprint creation, and fabrication process.
  • Use design constraints to develop a robust design, such as techniques of DFM, DFA, and DFT, methods of ESD mitigation, and requirements for compliance with EMI/EMC and safety testing.
  • Design production test fixtures and processes that interface with the product.
  • Conduct analysis to find the root cause of hardware or low-level software design issues in existing or new products and generate detailed reports to document the findings and resolutions.
Essential Skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 10 years of electrical engineering experience.
  • Experience with compliance standards for hazardous locations, CE, UL508A preferred.
  • Experience with RF module design and compliance testing preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with engineering tools: multi-meter, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, JTAG debuggers, logic analyzer, RF power meter, signal generator, load tester, data logger.
  • Hands-on experience with microcontrollers, including 8051 or ARM X architecture.
  • Proficiency with interfaces such as I2C, SPI, USB, SDRAM/FLASH, JTAG, RS-232, RS-485, CAN, Modbus, Ethernet, LVDS, GPIO.
  • Development experience with wireless design using NBIoT/LTE modem, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.
  • Design experience with ESD, EMI, and EMC consideration, signal integrity analysis, and circuit simulation.
  • Hands-on experience with IoT system design.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
  • Experience in design cost optimization and part library maintenance.
  • Experience with design constraints and techniques such as DFM, DFA, DFT, ESD mitigation, and compliance with EMI/EMC and safety testing.
Work Environment

This position is fully in-office in a fairly new facility located in Lenexa, KS. The team offers flexibility for start and end times based on individual needs.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Overland Park, KS.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $100000.00 - $125000.00/yr.

Health, Vision, Dental, 401K, PTO, Holiday Pay.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Overland Park,KS.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 14, 2026.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I is embedded into our culture through:

  • Hiring diverse talent
  • Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
  • Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
  • Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services. For more than 40 years, we’ve helped visionary companies advance their goals. Headquartered in the United States, our teams span 150 offices across North America, EMEA, and APAC—with four delivery centers in India led by 1,000 extraordinary employees who connect their passion with purpose every day.

Our Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai delivery centers are hubs of engineering expertise, with core capabilities in mechanical and electrical engineering, systems and software, and manufacturing engineering. Our teams deliver work across multiple industries including transportation, consumer and industrial products, and life sciences. We serve more than 4,500 clients, including many Fortune 500 brands. Learn more about how we can work together at actalentservices.com.

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