Electrical Engineer

Sr. Assoc EE, Design Engineer

Minneapolis, MN

Contract

Job Description & Skill Requirement:

• Develop and write engineering subsystem requirements and rationales that align with customer requirements, system, and regulatory standards.

• Provide electronic assembly project schedules for individual tasks performed by EE resources in support of the overall project development schedule.

• Develop mixed signal circuits that meet requirements verified through analysis, simulation, and/or breadboards.

• Use of ECAD tools for schematic capture.

• Direct the efforts of PCB/PCBA designers through parts placement, routing, and board layout of designs.

• Participate in product roadmap and resource planning.

• Implement new or updated mixed-signal electronic designs that meet or exceed all customer, system, and regulatory 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.

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

• Assess the impact of making changes to electrical components related to obsolescence issues affecting impacted subcircuits, PCBs, and PCBAs.

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

• Participate in the development of test cases against individual requirements.

• Support product quality investigations and perform root cause analyses.

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

• Support multiple product development programs at a given time.

Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.

• 5 years of professional work experience.

• 2 years developing mixed signal PCB/PCBA designs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Analog circuit design experience.

• Experience in developing electronics to meet high levels of EMC performance.

• Participation in the development of at least one product development effort from inception through market launch.

• Product development experience in a regulated market segment (medical, automotive, aviation, Industrial Life Safety, SIL2).

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

• Experience using Altium for schematic capture and PCB/PCBA design preferred.

• Experienced with FMEAs and developing control techniques to mitigate risks.

• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

• Self-motivated and demonstrated ability to effectively deliver PCB/PCBA designs.