Electrical Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Engineer

Job Description

This role focuses on engineering and product development for an existing electronic device that has been manufactured for the past 10–15 years. The Electrical Engineer will lead circuit design and PCB layout efforts, refresh and modernize existing board schematics to eliminate obsolete components, and contribute to a redesign of the overall device.

Responsibilities

• Redesign and enhance an existing electronic device that has been in production for 10–15 years, with a focus on improving performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Perform circuit design for new and updated electronic boards, ensuring robust, safe, and efficient operation.
• Develop and update PCB layouts using Altium, adhering to best practices for signal integrity, manufacturability, and serviceability.
• Review current schematics for all existing boards and refresh them to replace obsolete components and technologies.
• Collaborate with product development stakeholders to translate functional requirements into detailed electrical designs.
• Support the redesign of the device’s user interface hardware, including work related to transitioning from a 7-inch to a 5-inch LCD controller.
• Ensure that all electrical designs comply with relevant standards and can be effectively transferred to manufacturing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve design issues identified during prototyping, testing, or production.
• Prepare and maintain accurate documentation for schematics, layouts, and design changes to support ongoing product lifecycle management.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience in electrical engineering with a focus on circuit design and hardware development.
• Strong proficiency in PCB design and layout, specifically using Altium design tools.
• Ability to design and modify Altium-based boards, including creating and updating schematics and layouts.
• Solid understanding of electronic components, board-level design, and best practices for long-term product support.
• Experience working with existing products and refreshing designs to address component obsolescence and modern requirements.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with user interface hardware design, particularly LCD controllers and related display electronics.
• Background in hardware product development, working closely with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with redesigning or updating mature products that have been in the market for many years.
• Formal education in electrical engineering or a closely related field is preferred.

Work Environment

The role is centered on hardware and electrical engineering work, using Altium and related PCB design tools to update and redesign existing boards. You will work with established schematics and device architectures, focusing on modernizing components and user interface hardware, including LCD controllers. The environment supports detailed design work, documentation, and collaboration with product development stakeholders to bring updated designs into production.

This is a Contract position based out of Maple Grove, MN.

The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $65.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

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)

This is a hybrid position in Maple Grove,MN.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 8, 2026.

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 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.