Electromechanical Hardware Engineer — Next-Gen Products

3M; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 124,127 - 151,710; Full time

Job summary

3M is seeking an Electromechanical Product Development Engineer in Austin, TX. You will lead the design and development of next-generation electromechanical systems for cable preparation and installation platforms, integrating sensors and embedded processing.

Expect collaboration across firmware, software, mechanical and systems teams to scale designs into production. The role emphasizes analog/digital/power circuit design, PCB layout, and hardware bring-up with lab instrumentation, plus

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited institution.
• 3+ years designing electronic hardware from concept to production.
• 3+ years experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (Altium, OrCAD/Cadence, KiCad).
• 3+ years experience with analog, digital and/or power circuit design and hardware bring-up using lab instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of next-generation electromechanical systems for cable preparation and installation platforms.
• Design analog, digital and mixed-signal circuits, including sensor signal conditioning and data-acquisition front ends.
• Design power electronics and power-distribution circuits, including motor-drive, DC-DC and protection circuitry.
• Integrate embedded processors/microcontrollers, connectivity and industrial I/O (e.g., EtherCAT) into board-level designs.
• Select and specify electronic components, balancing performance, cost, availability, and manufacturability.
• Build, bring up and debug prototypes using lab instrumentation, iterating toward field-ready hardware.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Analog/digital design

Hardware bring-up

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD/Cadence

KiCad

Job description

3M is seeking an Electromechanical Product Development Engineer in Austin, TX. You will lead the design and development of next-generation electromechanical systems for cable preparation and installation platforms, integrating sensors and embedded processing.

Expect collaboration across firmware, software, mechanical and systems teams to scale designs into production. The role emphasizes analog/digital/power circuit design, PCB layout, and hardware bring-up with lab instrumentation, plus