Job Details

Position is located in Brainerd, MN.

Job Purpose and Impact:

Responsible for electrical design and support of new products - ensuring they meet customer, project, quality, testing, and manufacturability requirements. Support existing and derivative products and manufacturing processes by investigating, designing, testing, and implementing fixes/improvements. Support proprietary manufacturing test equipment by implementing and supporting firmware and software. Work closely with all departments to deliver industry leading products and achieving quality, performance, schedule, and cost goals. Opportunity for this position to expand into management/leadership for the right individual.

Key Accountabilities:

· Circuit design and troubleshooting

· Schematic development

· Electronic component selection

· Printed circuit board design and layout (or assist external PCB layout resource)

· Develop, review and edit product documentation and specifications

· Develop and maintain factory test equipment and programmers, hardware, firmware and software

· Management of new product development and sustaining engineering projects

· Other duties as required or assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4-year degree in Electrical, Software, or Computer Engineering required
• 5+ years relevant experience in hardware/software/firmware development
• Interest and willingness to assume electrical and software responsibilities at a small company poised for future growth
• Strong understanding of digital and analog circuit design principles
• Ability to create schematics and perform PCB design
• Troubleshooting analog and digital circuits
• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio development environment
• Experience with C/C++, Visual Basic .NET, C#
• Microsoft Access, Oracle, and SQL
• Comfortable leading technical discussions with customers, prospects, etc
• Familiarity with FCC, CE, IC testing and requirements
• Project management

Desirable Experience:

• Embedded systems
• Driver development and signing
• Linux
• USB design
• Microchip CryptoAuthentication products
• Ability to author white papers
• Engineering leadership / cross-functional project management