Principal Electrical Design Engineer

Detector Electronics•Minneapolis, MN

About The Position

The Principal Electrical Engineer leads and manages hardware aspects of products throughout their entire lifecycle, from architecture and planning through design, verification, and validation. The role provides electrical-design technical leadership to cross-functional teams working on new product development and sustaining engineering. Hardware development supports products using complex sensing technologies, such as optical and electrochemical sensing, and wired and wireless communications. The position contributes to strategic product and resource planning, supports multiple development programs, and applies Agile methods to hardware development. It works closely with embedded firmware engineers and other project stakeholders to deliver reliable, safe, sustainable products that meet customer, marketing, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
At least 10 years of professional work experience.
At least 6 years developing mixed-signal PCBA designs.
Experience leading hardware development of at least one product through market launch using a structured development process.
MCU experience.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.
Analog circuit design experience strongly preferred.
FPGA design experience.
Expertise in electrical circuit design and layout implementation that meet high levels of EMC performance.
Embedded systems design using MCUs/MPUs connected to peripheral components for sensing technologies, communication interfaces, and user interfaces such as displays, snap domes, touchscreens, and LEDs.
Experience with Design for Manufacturability and Design for Test of circuit assemblies.
Platformed product-development experience.
Regulated product experience, such as medical, automotive, Industrial Life Safety, or SIL2.
Experience with FMEAs and developing control techniques to mitigate risks.
Excellent team leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
Self-motivation and demonstrated ability to lead process-improvement activities.

Responsibilities

Lead hardware strategic planning, concept generation, architecture definition, and translation into system, subsystem, and component definitions, focusing on reliability, safety, and sustainability.
Provide technical leadership to electrical engineering and project team members.
Develop subsystem engineering requirements and rationales aligned with customer and system requirements and regulatory standards.
Work with Embedded Firmware Engineers to develop and execute Hardware/Firmware integration and diagnostic-coverage strategies.
Develop or update electronic designs to meet or exceed customer, marketing, and regulatory requirements.
Assess the impact of changes to existing electrical components, subcircuits, PCBs, and PCBAs.
Author engineering change requests and lead them through implementation, along with engineering and manufacturing change orders.
Complete CAD modeling and simulation, risk analyses such as DFMEA, subsystem requirements capture, schematic capture, board layouts, and board mechanical-fit analyses.
Develop or support test cases and requirements traceability.
Build and test designs from bench-level testing through formal verification and validation, using in-house test setups or third-party test facilities.
Support product quality investigations and root-cause analyses.
Follow development processes; lead and document technical reviews; and properly document, test, and control work deliverables.
Provide work-breakdown plans and task estimates for project estimates and management.
Use Agile methodology for hardware development, communicate clearly with project stakeholders, and use metrics to track and report progress.
Identify project risks and propose practical ways to close gaps and mitigate risks.
Participate in roadmap and resource planning.
Support multiple product-development programs simultaneously.
Perform other duties as assigned.