Staff Electrical Engineer

Kohler Co. • Kohler, WI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you an engineer looking to accelerate your career with a world‑class, privately held company?

Do you thrive on innovation and enjoy working on breakthrough products and transformative technologies?

We are seeking a visionary engineer with a passion for developing category‑defining solutions. As a Staff Engineer, Transformative Innovation, you will play a critical role in identifying, evaluating, and developing next‑generation products and technologies that will reshape the Kitchen & Bath industry. This is your opportunity to influence the future—and build what comes next.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electronics/Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of industry experience in new product development.
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Solid understanding of analog and digital electronics.
• Proven experience delivering hardware and firmware for consumer products.
• Expertise in real‑time embedded firmware for microcontroller platforms (e.g., ARM).
• Proficiency in schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium, ORCad, or similar).
• Strong skills in embedded C, object‑oriented design, and bare‑metal development.
• Deep understanding of EMC and PCB design rules for compliance (CE, FCC, UL).
• Experience with design validation techniques (FMEA, DFMEA, DFM).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with failure analysis of consumer products.
• Strong knowledge of power electronics and signal processing.
• Experience designing products with BLE, Wi‑Fi, MQTT, or Matter.
• Familiarity with Zephyr or comparable RTOS ecosystems.
• Exposure to machine learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Support Transformative Innovation projects from concept through completion, engineering highly innovative products.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing, Industrial Design, and cross‑functional teams to develop new technologies and solutions that meet customer needs.
• Own electronics and firmware development for first‑to‑market consumer products, including requirements definition, design, implementation, integration, compliance testing, and deployment—primarily focused on control systems, sensing, and user interfaces.
• Assess technical feasibility of new products and technologies; create requirements, risk mitigation strategies, test plans, schedule estimates, and cost analyses.
• Partner with Kohler legal teams to identify, evaluate, generate, and protect intellectual property.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking and stay informed on industry and technology trends.
• Communicate technical recommendations clearly and concisely, providing well‑reasoned guidance to stakeholders.

Benefits

• We believe in supporting you from the moment you join us, which is why Kohler offers day 1 benefits. This means you’ll have access to your applicable benefit programs from your first day on the job, with no waiting period.
• The salary range for this position is $101,350 - $156,150.
• In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation.
• We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation.

What This Job Offers

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