Senior Electrical Engineer
Acuity
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Des Plaines • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $91,400 - $164,400 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the electrical engineering design and development for lighting, lighting controls, and LED driver products and related technologies
- Manage the technical aspects of outsourcing projects and sourcing initiatives, particularly with Asia-based finished goods suppliers
- Perform hands-on design review, analysis, and troubleshooting of analog and mixed-signal systems
- Design, model and test mixed-signal processor-based electronics
- Write and review basic microcontroller firmware (FW); work with external and internal FW development teams to review and ensure code quality through detailed analysis of simple and complex FW projects
- Collaborate with our strategic sourcing and product management teams to identify the right solutions from our OEM vendor base
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements
- Design and support products to relevant electrical code and testing laboratory standards, support UL/CSA testing and listing process for products
- Develop and distribute engineering data in the form of Engineering Change Notices, Bills of Material and parts tracking
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product commercialization from concept to launch
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (EE), Computer Engineering (CE), or equivalent
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience
- Proven experience in switch mode power supply design
- Hands-on experience with analog and digital (mixed signal) system design, review, and analysis
- Experience in modeling, p-spice simulation, circuit analysis, tolerance stack analysis, worst-case thermal analysis, MTBF, and product lifetime expectancy calculation
- Understanding of the product commercialization and product development phase-gate process, from specification to mass production
- Working understanding of embedded C firmware design, review, and testing practices in an Agile environment
- Able to develop ‘prototype quality’ C firmware for embedded devices and review the work of others
- Experience with vendor management and fostering relationships with international suppliers, especially in Asia
- Experience in engineering project management
Benefits
- Health care
- Dental coverage
- Vision plans
- 401K benefits
- Commissions/incentive compensation depending on the role
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
electrical engineeringanalog systems designmixed-signal systems designmicrocontroller firmwareswitch mode power supply designp-spice simulationcircuit analysistolerance stack analysisthermal analysisembedded C firmware
Soft Skills
collaborationproject managementvendor managementcommunicationproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineeringBachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering