Lead Electrical Engineer

Packet Digital; North Dakota; On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Packet Digital in North Dakota seeks a Lead Electrical Engineer to drive hardware development and mentor engineers. You will quote new projects, lead design reviews, and establish robust processes while collaborating across teams to meet deadlines.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor's in electrical engineering and 8+ years of related experience, strong problem-solving skills, and hands-on expertise with test equipment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 8+ years of related experience.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with test equipment operation including oscilloscopes, signal generators, and power supplies.

Responsibilities

• Represent and lead the hardware engineering team.
• Check in with team members regularly to provide guidance and ensure productivity.
• Represent team in status, planning, and strategy meetings.
• Work with program management to prioritize work and assign resources to projects.
• Assist with proposal writing and quoting efforts.
• Approve time sheets and vacation.
• Execute employee performance reviews.
• Oversee hardware design and documentation processes.
• Establish, improve, and document effective processes.
• Ensure work is completed in accordance with correct processes.
• Actively participate in or lead design reviews.
• Create schematics and PCB layouts based on requirements.
• Document assembly, BOM, and ECO information.
• Cost and manufacturing optimization.
• Work with other teams to complete all aspects of product design.
• Assembly, testing, and troubleshooting of designs
• Create customer documentation and support customers
• Promote a healthy team environment
• Maintain a clean lab and workspace
• Provide learning opportunities for engineers

Skills

Problem solving

Strong communication

Highly organized

Test equipment operation

Leadership

Conflict resolution

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Signal generators

Power supplies

Job description

Packet Digital is a fast-growing company driven by innovation and collaboration. The Lead Electrical Engineer performs the duties of both an experienced electronic design engineer and a department supervisor. The Lead Electrical Engineer will be responsible for quoting new projects, leading the electrical hardware development of one or more projects, promoting the growth of less-experienced engineers, and developing Packet Digital’s development processes and best practices. Candidates must be able to work in a team-based environment, lead by example, and have the ability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of this position include:

• Represent and lead the hardware engineering team
• Check in with team members regularly to provide guidance and ensure productivity
• Represent team in status, planning, and strategy meetings
• Work with program management to prioritize work and assign resources to projects
• Assist with proposal writing and quoting efforts
• Approve time sheets and vacation
• Execute employee performance reviews
• Oversee hardware design and documentation processes
• Establish, improve, and document effective processes
• Ensure work is completed in accordance with correct processes
• Actively participate in or lead design reviews
• Assist in maintaining component and project database
• Create requirements captures based on experience and customer input
• Research applicable topics
• Propose, simulate, and validate proposed architectures and circuits
• Create schematics and PCB layouts based on requirements
• Document assembly, BOM, and ECO information
• Schedule schematic and layout reviews
• Cost and manufacturing optimization
• Work with other teams and team members to complete all aspects of product design
• Assembly, testing, and troubleshooting of designs
• Create customer documentation and support customers
• Promote a healthy team environment
• Maintain a clean lab and workspace
• Provide learning opportunities for engineers

  Qualifications

  The successful candidate should possess the following qualifications:

  Required:

  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
  • Highly organized with attention to detail
  • Strong communication skills in order to work with team to determine specifications and to provide support for a product
  • Experience with test equipment operation including oscilloscopes, signal generators, and power supplies
  • Conflict resolution and diplomacy skills
  • Expert knowledge of best practices for product design
  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 8 years or more of related experience

  Equal Opportunity Employer

  Packet Digital is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on

  race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected

  status. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment.