Senior Electrical Engineer

The Senior Electrical Engineer defines product requirements, translate requirements to implementable architectures, perform detailed design work and ensure the end product is optimized for manufacturability.

• Reports to: Senior Manager of Engineering
• Location: Eden Prairie, MN office
• This role has no direct supervisory responsibilities but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department
• The candidate must meet the definition of “US Person” under ITAR/EAR regulations
• Translate product requirements into implementable architectures
• Conduct design analysis on components and/or assemblies ensuring designs meet technical requirements and are cost efficient, manufacturable, and reliable
• Perform detailed electronic design of microcontroller and microprocessor based platforms and related analog/digital circuits such as power supplies, sensors, ADCs and DACs. This will include drawing of circuits using a schematic CAD tool (Cadence OrCAD or Altium) along with simulation as appropriate using tools such as SPICE or HyperLynx.
• Conduct design analysis on electrical circuits ensuring designs will operate reliably across the required range of operating conditions
• Gather technical data and prepare technical documents such as design verification test reports, written rework instructions, PCB placement and routing guidelines and Analysis of Alternatives documents
• Maintain organized history of design artifacts utilizing a version control system and/or like tools
• Complete assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines
• Communicate with other engineers and supervising project managers to coordinate and assure project completion
• Prepare proposal documentation based on customer specifications
• Contribute to electrical design best practices
• Mentor electrical engineers and finding suitable alternates
• Assist in developing ECOs and route them for needed approvals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• 4+ years experience in product design, pay and title commensurate with experience
• Experience with embedded systems and microprocessor based design
• Experience with functional aspects of product design including: requirements understanding, general electrical design analysis and documentation creation, design for manufacturing/design for test, and design verification
• Experience working in teams including engineers from multiple engineering disciplines
• Working knowledge of oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and vector network analyzers
• Protocol-level knowledge of serial interfaces including SPI, I2C, CAN and UART
• Experience with MS Office products
• Ability to work with both internal and external (customer) resources
• Able to work in a fast paced environment with quickly changing priorities to ensure superior customer satisfaction
• High-speed digital interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, SATA, etc.
• RF communications such as Bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g/n, Zigbee, GSM, CDMA or similar
• Experience with RFID systems using either active or passive tags
• Exposure to medical device design, aerospace design or other regulated industries is an added advantage
• Analog design concepts and design tools such as SPICE and HyperLynx