Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Physical Electronics - Chanhassen, MN

Full-time - Senior

Chanhassen, MN

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Electronics Design Engineer at Physical Electronics USA Inc. (PHI) will lead a small design group focused on developing electronics for high-tech analytical instrumentation. This role involves hands-on design, prototyping, and project management, while also mentoring junior engineers and coordinating with contract manufacturing partners. The engineer will be responsible for translating system requirements into engineering specifications and ensuring the technical currency of the design capabilities through ongoing education and collaboration with other engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to a small group of mixed-signal electronic design engineers and technicians.
• Create and manage strategic partnerships with contract electronics manufacturers.
• Translate system level requirements into unit level engineering specifications.
• Provide development cost and time estimates.
• Design, prototype (procure, build, test), document, and support mixed-signal electronic controls.
• Provide project planning input and resource estimates; work with our parent company in Japan (Ulvac PHI) and the PHI R&D management team to create the annual electronics engineering plan.
• Maintain technical currency and ensure PHI's state-of-the-art design capability through self-study and continuing education.
• Partner with other engineering groups in managing system level design, integration testing, and documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering; advanced degree preferred or equivalent relevant experience.
• More than 5 years of experience in the design of chassis level, mixed signal control electronics for highly integrated hardware/software products; 10 years of experience preferred.
• Experience in the design of capital equipment for applications in scientific research or advanced manufacturing preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Firmware programming, Python, Raspberry Pi preferred.
• HV (20kV - 30kV) design experience preferred.

Benefits

• Paid holidays and vacation
• Unlimited PTO
• Department-hosted lunches
• Employee-led wellness activities
• On-site gym
• Employer contribution to H.S.A.
• Safe-harbor 401k contributions
• Medical, dental and employer-paid life insurance benefits
• Student tuition reimbursement
• Ongoing education and training opportunities
• Employer-matched charitable contributions