Sr Electrical Engineer - (Hybrid - Hopkins, MN)

Digi International•Hopkins, MN

2d•$95,000 - $149,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Digi International is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join its Wireless Design Services team as a hands-on hardware designer. The role focuses on electrical hardware design for embedded products, many of which incorporate wireless technologies. The engineer owns the electrical design of customer products and carries designs from concept through verification, certification, and production release. This is an individual-contributor position for an experienced engineer who can deliver independently and serve as a reliable technical reference for the team. The role is based at Digi International’s global headquarters in Hopkins, Minnesota, with a hybrid work environment. The Wireless Design Services team partners with customers to develop reliable, production-ready connected products and provides end-to-end expertise in architecture, hardware and firmware design, testing, certification, and manufacturing support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 5 years of progressive experience designing commercial electronic products, or a master’s degree with at least 3 years of experience.
Experience taking a hardware design from concept through manufacturing and production release.
Hands-on experience across the hardware design cycle, including circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout direction and review, board bring-up, testing, and troubleshooting.
Experience designing embedded hardware using microcontrollers, processors, sensors, power supplies, and digital communication interfaces.
Working understanding of signal integrity, thermal mitigation, power analysis, and impedance matching in real designs.
Ability to articulate circuit and architecture tradeoffs clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and ability to deliver technical work independently while managing multiple priorities.
Must have valid work authorization in the United States at the time of application; visa or residency sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing connected or wireless products from concept through production.
Working knowledge of RF fundamentals and wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE, Zigbee, cellular, GNSS/GPS, or LoRa.
Experience leading or supporting regulatory and product certification activities, such as FCC, UL, ETL, ETSI, PTCRB, or other applicable standards.
Experience in product development consulting, design services, or another customer-facing engineering environment.
Systems engineering exposure, including requirements definition, architecture, verification and validation, and product lifecycle management.
Familiarity with Digi System-on-Modules (SOMs), Single-Board Computers (SBCs), or XBee products.
Experience using scripting or automation to improve engineering development, testing, or analysis.

Responsibilities

Own electrical design of embedded and wireless products from concept through production, selecting appropriate approaches and making defensible design decisions.
Design electronic circuits, select components, create and review schematics, and direct PCB layout.
Build, bring up, test, troubleshoot, and improve electronic circuits and embedded hardware platforms with minimal oversight.
Evaluate and explain tradeoffs involving performance, reliability, power, cost, manufacturability, component availability, and product lifecycle.
Participate in customer discussions to understand requirements, clarify technical challenges, and present practical design recommendations.
Translate customer and system needs into electrical requirements, interfaces, design specifications, and verification plans.
Collaborate with firmware, RF, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and project management teams throughout product development.
Lead hardware integration, verification, validation, and certification activities within the electrical design scope, and support production and sustaining engineering.
Identify technical risks early, propose mitigations, and communicate clearly with internal stakeholders and customers.
Mentor entry-level engineers, contribute to team best practices, and drive continuous improvement in design quality.