What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Electrical Engineer position at BuzzClan?
Title: Principal Electrical Engineer
Location: Burlington, MA/ Saint Joseph, Michigan
Duration: Fulltime
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-end ownership of PCBA design, test, and debug for appliances
- Architect system-level electrical solutions aligned with product and business goals
- Analyze trade-offs between performance, manufacturability, and cost
- Participate in design reviews, project meetings, and time/cost budgeting events
- Lead DFM, DFT, and DFMEA reviews; general failure analysis; and fault remediation and corrective action plans
- Perform detailed technical analysis and work with interdisciplinary teams to bridge the technology gap between theory and implementable hardware
- Establish performance metrics and requirements through careful use of theory, models, and experiments across devices, circuits, and human perception
- Collaborating with others to facilitate qualification testing to ensure compliance with electrical, regulatory (EMI, UL, FCC, CSA, etc.), thermal, mechanical, and environmental requirements
- Meeting project schedules, deadlines, and budgets
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Requirements:
- BE in Electrical Engineering with 10 years of relevant industry experience OR
- MS in Electrical Engineering with 8 years of relevant industry experience
- Sound knowledge of designing for reliability and manufacturing
- Experience with simulating circuits & building prototypes to validate design
- Familiarity with UL & FCC regulatory requirements
- Previous experience with MCU-based PCBA design, utilizing connectivity devices (Wi-Fi, Cellular, Bluetooth), UI devices (OLED, LED, LCD), and general sensing circuits
- Some embedded programming is desirable
- Creative and self-driven with very strong analytical skills and the ability to learn new things
- Strong communication with senior stakeholders and external partners
Preferred Skills
- Holds US patents in consumer electronics
- Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent