Electrical Engineer II - Embedded Systems Hardware

Milwaukee Tool • Brookfield, WI

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About The Position

The Electrical Engineer II - Embedded Systems Hardware designs, develops, tests, and validates MCU-based embedded hardware platforms, with a strong focus on circuit design, hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, and reference design delivery. The position collaborates with hardware, firmware, systems, test, product development, architecture, and reliability engineers to address hardware and system-level challenges. Working knowledge of embedded firmware supports MCU configuration, hardware validation, and hardware/firmware integration and debugging.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• Approximately 2+ years of relevant hands-on experience.
• Strong fundamentals in analog and digital circuit design.
• Hands-on experience designing, bringing up, testing, and troubleshooting MCU-based embedded hardware.
• Proficiency using laboratory instrumentation, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and power supplies.
• Experience with schematic capture and the PCB design and layout process using ECAD tools.
• Experience applying circuit simulation and engineering analysis to guide and validate hardware designs.
• Working knowledge of MCU peripherals, including GPIO, timers, ADCs, and serial communication interfaces.
• Demonstrated ability to systematically troubleshoot hardware and perform root-cause analysis.
• Authorization to work in the U.S.; sponsorship is not available for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Experience performing PCB rework and circuit modifications to support prototype bring-up, debugging, and design validation.
• Experience using embedded C/C++ to configure MCU peripherals and support hardware bring-up, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting EMC/EMI testing, troubleshooting results, and implementing design improvements.
• Experience with embedded communication interfaces such as UART, I²C, SPI, USB, or CAN.
• Experience evaluating and selecting MCUs, sensors, analog devices, communication ICs, or other semiconductor components.

Responsibilities

• Contribute as a hardware electrical engineer on a multidisciplinary team designing, prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, and documenting embedded electronics platforms.
• Develop embedded hardware from concept and schematic through bring-up, validation, and documentation, including test plans, procedures, and test cases.
• Design and validate MCU interface circuitry, including analog and digital signal conditioning, filtering, communication interfaces, control circuits, and protection circuitry.
• Understand and troubleshoot MCU peripherals and interfaces, including GPIO, timers, ADCs, and communication peripherals, in partnership with firmware engineers.
• Troubleshoot embedded hardware and system-level interactions, using hardware modifications and embedded firmware as needed to isolate root causes.
• Evaluate critical electronic components, conduct technical tradeoff analyses, and recommend design or requirement changes based on performance, cost, risk, and project needs.
• Apply engineering best practices, including circuit simulation, derating analysis, PCB design and layout, instrumentation, root-cause analysis, validation, and technical documentation.
• Own assigned deliverables against project schedules and work breakdown structures, and proactively communicate technical risks, opportunities, recommendations, and required escalations.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, systems, test, reliability, and product-development teams, as well as external semiconductor and component suppliers.

Benefits

• Robust health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• Generous 401(k) savings plan.
• Education assistance.
• On-site wellness amenities, including a fitness center, food, and coffee service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level