Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer

Whirlpool • Benton Harbor, MI

45d

About The Position

The Hardware Engineering position is responsible for designing electronics for Whirlpool appliances, from requirements through production release. The role executes engineering work within cross-functional new product development teams, contributing to concept development, requirements, design, analysis, and testing. Its focus is the design, analysis, and testing of electronic controls across a wide range of operating environments, markets, and feature sets.

The engineer develops and validates embedded hardware applications, creates hardware solutions to optimize systems and improve module and component design and product reliability, and works with system architects and integrators to review and consolidate application requirements. The role also selects and integrates hardware modules, designs and simulates electronic circuits and PCB layouts, selects components, and assembles, brings up, debugs, and verifies prototypes.

The position includes collaboration with suppliers and manufacturing partners, participation in technical design reviews and project change management, and delivery of projects at the system level at the design completion milestone. The engineer is expected to use Whirlpool processes and tools appropriately.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• At least 5 years of experience analyzing and resolving system hardware issues.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• At least 6 years of experience with industry-standard hardware and PCB layout development tools, such as PADS, Altium Designer, and OrCAD.
• Master of Science in Engineering, in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
• Experience with Altium.
• Ability to work with global and regional groups within SES and across platforms, positively influencing the organization vertically and horizontally.
• Effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Familiarity with Six Sigma methodology and EMC and EMI theory.
• Experience designing high-volume products and working with contract manufacturers.
• Mixed-signal and embedded board-level design experience, including up to 32-bit microcontrollers.
• Project assessment and risk management experience.
• Hands-on experience building prototype electronics, including assembly, board bring-up, debugging, functional verification, and modification of mechanical housings.
• Knowledge of semiconductor theory and manufacturing, digital and analog design, power supplies, transmission lines, and other electronics and semiconductor fundamentals.
• Strong documentation writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate embedded hardware applications.
• Design hardware solutions to optimize systems, improve module and component design, and enhance product reliability.
• Work with system architects and integrators to review and consolidate application requirements.
• Select and integrate hardware modules to build embedded hardware applications.
• Perform electronic/electrical circuit modeling and simulation, including PSPICE work.
• Design PCB layouts, apply simulation, and select components for hardware execution.
• Assemble prototypes; perform bring-up, debugging, and functional verification.
• Work with and manage suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Participate in technical design reviews to help ensure projects deliver according to architecture.
• Contribute to project change management.
• Complete project delivery at a system level at the design completion milestone.
• Use Whirlpool processes and tools appropriately.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package.
• Whirlpool employee discount.
• Fitness and educational reimbursement programs.
• Kitchenettes.
• At Saint Joseph/Benton Harbor locations: recently renovated office space, free coffee, biking and walking trails, and access to The Eddy Early Childhood Center, subject to availability and additional costs.
• Always On Flexibility to manage personal, family, and outside-of-work commitments.
• Two weeks of work-from-anywhere time per year, in minimum one-week increments.
• Four weeks of paid sabbatical leave after every five years of service.

What This Job Offers

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