Lead Electrical Engineer—Model-Based Design & V&V

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.; Towson (MD); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

401(k)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. in Towson, MD is seeking a Lead Engineer specializing in Model-Based Design, Systems Verification & Validation.

You’ll drive cross-functional development of electrical/electronic systems, linking requirements, models, simulations, and tests to a scalable MBD framework. The role requires a strong background in MATLAB/Simulink, system modeling, V&V, and collaboration with controls, hardware, firmware, and validation teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience in model-based design, systems engineering, verification and validation, controls development, or related product development environments.
• Strong experience with MATLAB / Simulink / Stateflow/Ansys.
• Strong understanding of Model-Based Design principles, system modeling methodologies, and simulation-driven development.
• Experience supporting systems verification and validation, including requirement traceability, test planning, and model-to-test correlation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support model-based design activities for electrical and electronic systems, with emphasis on system behavior modeling, requirements alignment, and verification support.
• Develop and maintain system and subsystem models using MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow, TwinBuilder, Dymola, Modelica, Ansys, LTSPice and related libraries/tools as appropriate.
• Use models to support requirements decomposition, interface definition, architecture evaluation, and early design verification.
• Define and execute verification and validation strategies that connect requirements, models, simulation outputs, and physical test results.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure strong technical alignment across development stages.

Skills

Model-Based Design

Systems engineering

Verification & Validation

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Controls, or related discipline

Tools

MATLAB / Simulink / Stateflow

TwinBuilder

Dymola

Modelica

Modelica-based libraries

Simscape Electrical

PLECS / PSIM

dSPACE / Speedgoat / NI VeriStand

Embedded Coder

Git / Azure DevOps

Python

LT Spice

Job description

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. in Towson, MD is seeking a Lead Engineer specializing in Model-Based Design, Systems Verification & Validation.

You’ll drive cross-functional development of electrical/electronic systems, linking requirements, models, simulations, and tests to a scalable MBD framework. The role requires a strong background in MATLAB/Simulink, system modeling, V&V, and collaboration with controls, hardware, firmware, and validation teams.