Senior Electrical Engineer - 180 Engineering : Job Details

Senior Electrical Engineer (Direct Hire)

Greater Oak Brook Area, IL (hybrid, onsite Tuesdays and Thursdays)

Job Requisition: 7296

Description for Senior Electrical Engineer:

Our client was founded about 35 years ago in Greater Chicagoland, they are a fast-growing, dynamic, energetic and innovative company with 200+ patents. As the world is determined to reduce carbon emissions and improve vehicle safety, the rapid evolution of the transportation industry – from electrification and connectivity to autonomous vehicles, they are a committed partner in developing superior battery management solutions to meet those exciting challenges in the years ahead.

The Platform Team is responsible for creation and maintenance of automotive battery and electrical system test equipment platforms.

Responsibilities for Senior Electrical Engineer:

• Electronics hardware design and development that delivers a high-quality, reliable, on-time product that meets our customers' needs and complies with regulatory standards
• 60-80% - design and development work
• New designs and NPD
• Technical ownership/leadership
• Create and maintain product technical documentation – specification, design documents.
• Designing and troubleshooting microcontrollers and embedded mixed-signal systems at the component level.
• Perform schematic capture, work with layout resources, and perform board bring-up and development validation on designs.
• Initiate and participate in hardware/platform design reviews.
• Work closely with other departments (mechanical, software, production, etc.) on NPD and support of ongoing tasks and projects.
• Work with Supply Chain and suppliers in component selection, approval and manufacturing.
• Work closely with customers and internal teams to understand business use cases/needs/problems and develop designs and solutions to solve these problems.
• Estimate work effort and perform to those estimations.
• Continually improving hardware engineering process by working on improvement initiatives.
• Be proactive in designs and architectures for future platform development decisions to maximize reuse and cost efficiencies.
• Maintain and use hardware engineering standards.
• Resolve technical questions and issues post-delivery.
• 20-40% - Maintenance, troubleshooting support

Requirements for Senior Electrical Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
• 5+ years' experience in product design for commercial and/or industrial devices a plus
• Demonstrated work experience with complex mixed signal, digital and analog design - expertise in design, development, testing and debugging
• Ability to provide technical assessment and leadership to other project team members and departments
• Experience with UL, IEC, EN, CB Scheme, etc. would be a plus

Benefits for Senior Electrical Engineer:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits
• Life & Disability Insurance at no Additional Cost
• 401(K) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Annual Bonus PLUS Profit-Sharing Generous Vacation & Holiday Schedules
• Reimbursement for Continuing Education & 50% of Textbook costs
• Onsite Wellness Screening & Flu Shots
• Subsidized Health Club Memberships
• Auto Supplier Discounts
• Free Charging Stations for Plug-In Hybrids & EVs in Parking Lot
• Monthly Employee Meeting/Lunch
• Friday Breakfasts
• Annual Picnic
• Holiday and other events.