Principal Electrical Engineer

Design For Excellence (DfX) Electrical Engineer

At HiArc, we believe clients don't need another vendor; they need a strategic partner who gets it. One who listens harder, thinks deeper, and builds smarter—around their needs, products, and goals. HiArc engineers and manufactures complex medical technologies with one goal in mind: creating the perfect fit for our clients. No off-the-shelf thinking. No compromises. Just a tailored, high-performance solution our clients need, the way they need it. That's why HiArc is the most client-centered partner in the market. We fuse design, engineering, and manufacturing into a seamless, collaborative process—crafted entirely around our clients. We operate as an extension of our clients' teams, de-risking their processes and accelerating their path to market. And the result is a solution you won't find anywhere else.

Join our team! We hire experts in hardware and software design, robotics, optics, fluidics, chemistry integration, motion and thermal control, risk management, supply chain management, performance testing, advanced manufacturing techniques, finance, human resources, sales, and marketing.

The Design for Excellence (DfX) Electrical Engineer is a technical leader responsible for ensuring that electrical, electronic, and electro-mechanical system designs are optimized for manufacturability, testability, reliability, scalability, serviceability, and cost. This role directly influences architecture and design decisions from concept through market release and plays a key leadership role in preparing analytical and medical instruments for production volume, highly reliable production. Operating with minimal supervision, the Principal DfX Electrical Engineer partners across R&D, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to drive best-in-class design practices, lead complex design reviews, guide root-cause investigations, and define DfX strategy for new and legacy products.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary DfX electrical engineering authority on cross-functional product development teams, influencing system architecture and electrical design decisions to ensure manufacturable and robust solutions.
• Drive early-phase architecture reviews to minimize electrical complexity, reduce component count, and enhance modularity and scalability.
• Champion standardization of electrical modules, interconnects, cables, and PCBA strategies across platforms.
• Provide principal-level, specialized guidance on schematic design, PCB layout best practices, grounding strategies, EMC/EMI mitigation, power distribution, and high-reliability interconnects.
• Lead manufacturability assessments for PCBAs, wiring harnesses, power systems, sensor interfaces, RF/analog circuits, and mixed-signal designs.
• Define and enforce design guidelines that improve yield, assembly efficiency, reliability, and serviceability.
• Develop advanced test strategies including ICT, boundary-scan/JTAG, functional test, continuity test, and PCBA-level diagnostics.
• Partner with manufacturing sites to define robust electrical test access, fixture designs, and automated test solutions.
• Lead DfX review cycles and process capability assessments for electrical components and assemblies.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and suppliers to select cost-effective, high-reliability components with long-term availability.
• Assess supplier DFM packages, manufacturing methods, and electrical process controls to ensure design intent is met globally.
• Resolve complex supplier-related electrical issues and drive qualification activities.

Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (Master's preferred) with 8+ years (10 preferred) of relevant electrical design and manufacturing engineering experience. Strong expertise with:

• Schematic capture and PCB layout tools
• PCBA manufacturing processes (SMT, wave, reflow, AOI/AXI, ICT)
• Cable and harness design, connectors, shielding, strain relief
• Electrical test equipment and test methodology
• Demonstrated experience influencing design architecture and driving cross-functional decision making
• Experience working in regulated environments (medical, aerospace, defense, or similar)
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Experience with electrical reliability engineering, HALT/HASS, DFMEA, PFMEA
• Working knowledge of system-level integration of electronics with mechanical, firmware, and optical subsystems
• Experience with manufacturing transfer and global supply chain engagement
• Familiarity with automation, robotics, motion control, or power electronics

Here Are Some of the Great Benefits We Offer:

• Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off
• Competitive compensation & 401(k) program to plan for your future
• Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
• Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
• Flexible Vacation & PTO
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous Employee Referral Program
• Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identify Theft, Pet Insurance, and more
• Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not an employment contract. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. HiArc, an Elbit America company, is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.