Senior Design Engineer - Electronic Integration Engineer

Sub-Zero Group, Inc.; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health, dental, and vision plans

401(K) savings and profit sharing

On-site health clinic

Education assistance

Job summary

A luxury kitchen appliances manufacturer in Madison is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to lead the design and integration of embedded systems for new products. The role involves collaboration across teams to define system requirements and create innovative solutions. Ideal candidates should possess extensive engineering experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency in programming languages like C, C++, or Python. This position offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package to support employee well-being.

Qualifications

• 7+ years relevant engineering experience.
• 3+ years software, hardware, or controls design experience.
• Strong technical, written, oral, and team communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate product and system definition through collaboration.
• Lead system architecture and design for embedded control systems.
• Define and own system requirements through implementation.

Skills

Relevant engineering experience

Software, hardware, and/or controls design experience

Strong communication skills

Code capable in C, C++, Python

Applied creativity

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering

Tools

3D Printing

Circuit/PCB design/analysis

Job description

Overview

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove, the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances, is a longstanding, family‑owned company in the Madison area. Recognized for thoughtful design and a commitment to performance and quality, Sub‑Zero, Wolf, and Cove are the refrigeration, cooking, and dishwashing specialists found in the world’s most luxurious homes. We look for team members who are driven by innovation and excellence, striving to serve our customers by doing what is right—with integrity, teamwork, and accountability.

The New Product Development Team is integral to the success of defining and bringing innovative products to market. We are seeking an experienced and technically driven engineer to lead the definition, design, integration, and validation of embedded and electromechanical systems for new product lines and features. Areas of skill and expertise commonly leveraged include embedded system architecture, controls development, electromechanical system design, wire harnessing best practices, system integration, and collaborative problem‑solving with cross‑functional groups.

As a Senior Design Engineer you will apply advanced engineering, system design, and product development practices to deliver best‑in‑class luxury appliances. This role operates at the system level, shaping product intent into clear requirements, defining robust architectures, and leading integration across hardware, software, and electromechanical subsystems from concept through production.

Continual growth and development are important aspects of this position. If you are motivated by solving complex problems, influencing product definition, and owning part designs through production, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of kitchen appliances.

Primary Responsibilities

• Facilitate early‑phase product and system definition by collaborating with product management, industrial design, user experience, compliance, reliability, manufacturing, quality, and service stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and refine customer, business, and regulatory needs into clear system‑level requirements and constraints.
• Lead system‑level architecture and design for embedded control systems, defining and owning system, subsystem, and interface requirements with traceability through implementation, verification, and validation.
• Work with internal and external teams to design, prototype, and integrate embedded software, electronics, electromechanical, and thermal subsystems into cohesive, production‑ready, mass‑manufacturable systems.
• Evaluate system designs through modeling, simulation, benchmarking, laboratory testing, and data analysis; define verification strategies and develop test procedures to validate performance, safety, and reliability requirements.
• Partner with manufacturing, suppliers, and regulatory teams to ensure system performance, safety, reliability, and cost targets are achieved.
• Present system architectures and design solutions for review by engineering peers, product teams, and leadership.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise through root cause analysis discussions, and in the creation, verification and validation of production specifications and requirements.
• Mentor engineers in design decisions, integration best practices, and structured problem‑solving.
• Plan, schedule, and manage work to meet project milestones and cross‑functional development timelines.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's or better in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.

Required

• 7+ years: Relevant engineering experience
• 3+ years: Relevant software, hardware, and/or controls design experience
• Applied creativity, proactive approach, and eagerness to overcome development efforts and provide effective/successful design solutions for new products.
• Strong technical, written, oral, and team communication skills.
• Code capable in C, C++, Python, or similar.

Preferred

• Team and individual experience in approaching new, nuanced, large and/or long‑term projects/problems/tasks requiring coordinated planning for success
• Wire harnessing and system integration.
• Electromechanical subsystem design.
• Understanding/knowledge of consumer electronic design and production manufacturing processes.
• Rapid prototyping
  • Proof‑of‑concept and/or functional/feasible/testable implementation‑of‑concept.
  • Quick‑turn technologies and tools such as 3D Printing and/or other means of prototyping physical parts/assemblies.
  • Circuit/PCB design/analysis.
  • Embedded programming and/or "input/output" software development.
• Data capture and analysis.
• Cloud Computing or IoT implementation.

We Value Our Employees By Providing

• Competitive compensation based on skills
• Industry leading health, dental, and vision plans
• Generous 401(K) savings and profit sharing
• On‑site UW Health clinic, fitness center, and walking paths
• Education assistance and internal training programs
• Electric vehicle charging
• Maternity & paternity leave
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This position requires a pre‑employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative drug/alcohol test result is required for employment. Refusal to take the test or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.