The Principal Electrical Engineer defines product requirements, translates requirements to implementable architecture, performs detailed design work, and ensures the end product is optimized for manufacturability.

 
 
location: Eden Prairie, Minnesota
job type: Permanent
salary: $100,000 - 120,000 per year
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:

• Lead electrical design projects and contribute to electrical design best practices
• Instruct, mentor, direct, and check the work of other design engineers
• Translate product requirements into implementable architectures
• Perform detailed electronic design of microprocessor-based platforms and related analog/digital circuits. This will include drawing of circuits themselves after basic analysis and paper design activity using a schematic CAD tool (Cadence OrCAD or Altium) along with simulation as appropriate using tools such as SPICE or HyperLynx.
• Conduct design analysis on components and/or assemblies to assist in the development process by ensuring designs are cost efficient, manufacturable, customer focused, and reliable
• Gather technical data and prepare technical documents such as design verification test reports, written rework instructions, PCB placement and routing guidelines and Analysis of Alternatives documents
• Maintain organized history of design artifacts utilizing a version control system
• Complete assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines
• Communicate with other engineers and may serve as a project manager to coordinate and assure project completion
• Mentor other engineers as they work through day-to-day technical challenges
• Assist or lead in preparing proposal documentation and integrate into customer specifications
• Assist in preparing compliance reports for REACH, RoHS, PFAS etc.
• Monitor for component obsolescence using Silicon Expert reports and finding suitable alternates
• Assist in developing ECOs and route them for needed approvals.

Essential Responsibilities Of All Beacon EmbeddedWorks Employees

• Support, demonstrate and drive our core values
  • Lead, don't follow
  • Consistently deliver
  • Never stand still
  • Create relationships not transactions
• Interact positively and professionally with all employees and customers
• Maintain reliable attendance
• Perform work safely and adhere to all safety requirements
• Complete required training as scheduled
• Perform other duties as assigned

 
qualifications:
Required Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent

10+ years of experience in product design

Experience with embedded systems and microprocessor-based design

Experience with functional aspects of product design including understanding of requirements, general electrical design analysis and documentation creation, design for manufacturing/design for test, and design verification

Experience with leading teams including engineers from multiple engineering disciplines

Working knowledge of oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers and vector network analyzers

Protocol-level knowledge of serial interfaces including SPI, I2C and UART

Experience with analog design concepts and design tools such as SPICE and HyperLynx preferred

Experience with RF communications such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (802.11), and cellular

Experience with high-speed digital interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, SATA, etc. preferred

Experience in medical device design or other regulated industries preferred

Experience with MS Office products including MS Project

Ability to work with both internal and external (customer) resources

Ability to analyze customer requirements for feasibility, cost and development timeline

Strong communication skills including the ability to write technical specifications and design documentation, create and author templates for engineering documents, create project proposals with technical details, present verbally in one-on-one or group settings

Able to work in a fast-paced environment with quickly changing priorities to ensure superior customer satisfaction