Senior Project Engineer, Electrical

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Project Engineer, Electrical

Direct Hire | Madison, WI

Base Salary: $100K–$150K , depending on relevant experience and technical expertise, plus annual bonus eligibility.

Kelly Engineering is partnering with an innovative medical technology manufacturer to identify a Senior Project Engineer, Electrical to lead technical product development projects from concept through commercialization.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced Electrical Engineer who enjoys combining hands-on engineering with technical project leadership. Rather than serving as a traditional Project Manager, you'll remain actively involved in engineering while leading cross-functional product development efforts and helping bring innovative electromechanical products to market.

If you're looking for an opportunity to take ownership of challenging engineering projects while continuing to grow as a technical leader, we'd love to hear from you.

Position Summary

The Senior Project Engineer, Electrical is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing electromechanical product development, sustaining engineering, and manufacturing process improvement projects.

This role serves as the electrical engineering technical lead while collaborating closely with engineering, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and external design partners throughout the product lifecycle.

The successful candidate will balance technical engineering responsibilities with project leadership, ensuring projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead multiple electromechanical product development and sustaining engineering projects simultaneously.
• Serve as the electrical engineering technical lead throughout product development.
• Evaluate and define electrical components and systems.
• Support electrical design, documentation, prototyping, design verification, and validation activities.
• Participate in technical design reviews and review engineering deliverables from external design partners.
• Coordinate cross-functional engineering activities to ensure projects remain on schedule and within budget.
• Develop project schedules, technical documentation, project estimates, and risk mitigation plans.
• Support supplier identification and qualification activities.
• Drive manufacturing process improvements and fixture development.
• Ensure compliance with FDA, ISO, GMP, and internal quality system requirements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across engineering and manufacturing.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years of electrical engineering experience.
• Experience developing electromechanical products.
• Experience leading technical product development projects from concept through commercialization.
• Strong understanding of engineering product development processes.
• Experience with Altium or similar electrical design software.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple engineering projects simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Medical device or regulated manufacturing experience.
• Experience working within FDA and ISO regulated environments.
• Knowledge of GMP requirements.
• Experience with Product Data Management systems (Agile, MasterControl, or similar).
• Experience working with outsourced design partners.
• Supplier qualification experience.
• Project estimation and scheduling experience.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $112,800–$137,900 , depending on relevant experience and qualifications.
• Annual performance bonus opportunity.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Hybrid work schedule (4 days onsite / 1 day remote).
• Direct hire opportunity.
• Professional development and career growth.
• Up to 10% travel.

Why Join?

This opportunity offers the chance to remain hands-on with engineering while taking ownership of highly visible product development projects. You'll collaborate with talented cross-functional teams, influence technical decisions, and help deliver innovative electromechanical products from concept through commercialization.

If you're an Electrical Engineer looking to grow as a technical leader without stepping away from engineering, we'd love to connect.

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