Electrical Engineer II - Electroacoustic Engineering

Starkey Canada•Eden Prairie, MN

About The Position

Join a high-impact engineering team where you’ll design and deliver cutting-edge electroacoustic hardware for advanced hearing technologies—from RIC and CIC devices to next-generation hearing protection and accessories. This role offers end-to-end ownership, combining concept development, simulation, and prototyping with cross-functional collaboration to bring innovative, life-changing products from idea to production. Starkey is a world leader in the manufacturing and distribution of advanced hearing technologies, focused on connecting people and changing lives by ensuring access to products and services for better hearing. Founded in 1967 by Bill Austin, Starkey is known for its cutting-edge hearing health innovations, industry-leading research and development. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Starkey has over 5,000 employees in 29 facilities globally, operating in more than 100 markets worldwide. This position operates under minimal manager/senior engineering supervision, receives guidance on tasks, and works with cross-functional engineering teams, along with external customers and/or suppliers. The role is responsible for concepting, prototyping, component selection, designing, verifying, and documenting printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) and other electronic packaging for Starkey’s products, covering analog, digital, mixed signal, RF, magnetic, and electromagnetic domains. This includes fulfilling product requirements, implementing design guidelines, enforcing design specifications, and creating design processes/procedures in close collaboration with Signal Integrity, Electroacoustic, and Acoustic engineers. Finally, the position guides design, research, and/or operation groups in problem-solving for product-related issues to ensure successful design transfer to production and sustained production.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering or related field OR Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering or related field
Minimum 4 years of relevant design, test, and transfer experience in a product development environment required with BS
Minimum 2 years of relevant design, test, and transfer experience in a product development environment required with MS
ECAD PCB and PCBA layout
Gerber and ODB++ review
Schematic capture and review
Design life cycle documentation and design transfer
Electronic lab correlation measurement
Intermediate to advanced proficiency with prototyping and component selection
Intermediate to advanced proficiency with schematic and layout CAD packages (e.g. Siemens Xpedition, Alitum, Cadence Allegro)
Intermediate knowledge of relevant industry standards (e.g. IPC, MIL, JEDEC, IEC, ETSI, IEEE)
Intermediate working knowledge of DSP, SoC, and PMIC technologies
Intermediate working knowledge of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog circuits
General to intermediate proficiency with circuit simulation tools (e.g. SPICE, Q3D, HFSS, SIWave, Maxwell)
Intermediate knowledge of product development best practices (e.g. DFM, DOE, DFMEA, gNPI)
General to intermediate knowledge of acoustics and hearing aid design
Strong design, troubleshooting, and documentation skills
Proven ability to perform complex engineering analyses and calculations
Excellent attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy and precision
Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
Proven proficiency with electronic measurement equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes, power supplies, function generators, vector network analyzers)
Proven ability to collaborate effectively and work well in team environments

Responsibilities

Create novel designs and integration of new platforms/chipsets
Create breadboards and fast-turn prototype evaluation of new concepts
Create decision analyses and document component selection
Support business initiatives throughout all design and release phases
Create schematic capture and execute component placement
Execute layout and create fabrication documentation
Create fabrication and performance specifications, and verification plans
Troubleshoot issues throughout the design and release phases
Support documentation and knowledge sharing of novel findings
Decompose product-level requirements and verify at the subsystem and component level
Perform formal product life cycle management (PLM) releases of designs to production
Enforce of specifications and constraints for design and fabrication (internal/external)
Execute failure analysis of product design, testing, processes, and field issues
Create design and test processes, procedure documentation, and improvement updates
Enhance competence of available tools and stay abreast of industry trends
Support seeking and maturing PCBA miniaturization and modularization technologies for implementation into hearing aid products.