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Senior Systems Engineer - Electrical Engineering

Milwaukee Tool
Brookfield, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 9/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/7/2026
Job Description

INNOVATE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success – so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to create disruptive new technologies and solutions on our electrical engineering teams. Our Engineering Team is responsible for giving life to the batteries, motors, and electronics that power solutions changing the lives of our users. Every developmental phase of these critical components happens in-house under the watch of this team. We continue to invest in electrical engineering resources to design and develop leadership in electronic capabilities; something unique within the industry. And we’re pushing the limits in firmware engineering, power electronics, embedded systems, machine learning, and the use of artificial intelligence.

Behind our doors you’ll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to design and develop the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you’ll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen.

Year after year, our team continues to make significant breakthroughs in the industry. We’re just getting started. To learn more about our story click HERE.

You’ll also be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:

  • Lead the impact analysis, development and strategy for company-wide challenges across multiple domains and product lines. Independently develop, decompose, and maintain system-level requirements, ensuring alignment between business objectives, platform strategies, and implementation across multiple engineering domains.
  • Lead the escalation of challenges to leaders in Milwaukee Tool and drive changes to address them.
  • Lead the definition of electronic/electromechanical system and sub-system requirements and architectures, including driving trade-offs between product marketing, engineering, and other stakeholders.
  • Create and maintain systems collateral, including block diagrams, definition of hardware/firmware interfaces, configuration management, risk assessments, etc.
  • Support the development, integration and refinement of tools and processes used in the execution of system engineering practices within an agile, high-velocity product development environment.
  • Collaborate on the development and execution of system verification and validation strategies.
  • Provide candid and effective communications up, down and across the organization on progress, barrier removal, and escalations of business risks/opportunities. Demonstrate Milwaukee Tool’s culture of high performance and agility by independently creating Work Breakdown Structures for your work and driving to critical milestones.
  • Drive urgency in project schedules and accountability for establishing and achieving key project metrics that meet the organization’s needs.
  • Serve as a role model for Milwaukee Tool’s culture while mentoring, guiding, and coaching junior engineers.
  • Use laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, e-loads, and data acquisition systems.
  • Flow down specific requirements to multiple domains to ensure designs meet applicable regulatory requirements (UL, CEC, CE, and ANSI)

What TOOLS You’ll Bring With You

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • 5 years of experience in systems engineering, embedded systems, energy storage systems, power electronics or related field.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in the application of systems thinking and systems engineering methodologies in mechatronic systems.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in translating asks from internal and external stakeholders into product requirements.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in identification and mitigation of risks in a development setting.
  • Experience collecting and analyzing test data from electromechanical systems.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, exercises independent judgement and works well under pressure in a dynamic environment.
  • Ability to travel 10% of the time (domestic and international).

Other TOOLS We Prefer You To Have

  • Experience analyzing and mitigating system risks using structured risk analyses such as FMEA, FTA or STPA.
  • Experience with functional and/or physical architecture development of multi-domain systems.
  • Experience with systems thinking and applying the systems approach to battery-powered embedded electronics systems.
  • Experience with model-based systems engineering, Universal Modeling Language (UML), and/or Systems Modeling Language (SysML).

We Provide These Great Perks And Benefits

  • Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans.
  • Generous 401 (K) savings plan.
  • Education assistance.
  • On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service.
  • And many more, check out our benefits site HERE.

Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.

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