Senior Electrical Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Boulder is seeking a Distinguished Electrical Engineer to lead innovative designs for miniaturized wearable RF electronic devices. The role involves electrical component architecture, testing, and mentoring, focusing on optimizing product performance and manufacturability in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in product design and development of electronic products.
• Experience in RF engineering and antenna design for wearable devices.
• Proficient in managing multiple projects and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Designs and develops miniaturized wearable RF electronic devices.
• Supports new product introduction, ensuring compliance with quality criteria.
• Provides leadership in problem-solving and continuous product improvement.

Skills

RF engineering

Antenna design

Problem-solving

Project management

Proficiency in CAD software

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

CAD software

Altium

Allegro

Job description

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Overview

BI is one of the leading technology companies in Boulder, Colorado and the largest provider of innovative electronic monitoring solutions in the United States. We excel at proving technological solutions to over 1,000 agencies nationwide and allowing those agencies to fulfill their missions without worrying about the technical complexities.

Responsibilities

Summary
The Distinguished Electrical Engineer designs, develops, and leads the architecture for complex electrical components and equipment solutions, with a focus on miniaturized wearable RF electronic devices. This role requires deep expertise in analog/digital design, RF engineering, and antenna design. Responsibilities include the fabrication, operation, application, installation, and repair of electrical components in electronic products. As a technical leader and subject matter expert, this engineer sets standards, guidelines, and frameworks for electrical engineering, promotes innovation, and provides engineering support for existing products, including root cause analysis, problem-solving, and optimization to enhance reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• The Distinguished Electrical Engineer designs and develops miniaturized wearable RF electronic devices, leading RF and antenna design while applying expertise in analog/digital circuit design.
• Researches, architects, and implements new technologies and components that enhance performance, improve reliability, and reduce costs.
• The Distinguished Electrical Engineer works closely with cross-functional teams including manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and external vendors to ensure high-quality product development and mass production readiness.
• Provides technical solutions for component selection, schematic design, PCB layout, functional testing, user testing, and design for manufacturing (DFM).
• The Distinguished Electrical Engineer supports new product introduction (NPI), including vendor sourcing, approvals, and cost analysis, while ensuring compliance with quality criteria.
• Leads root cause analysis and develops engineering solutions for sustaining product performance and manufacturability.
• The Distinguished Electrical Engineer recommends design changes to enhance quality, manufacturability, and ease of assembly.
• Utilizes CAD tools for schematic and layout design, simulation, and testing.
• The Distinguished Electrical Engineer provides leadership in problem-solving, life cycle planning, and failure analysis, ensuring continuous product improvement.
• Supports quality assurance efforts, including the development of testing methods, reliability evaluations, and inspection standards. The Distinguished Electrical Engineer serves as a mentor to electrical engineers, offering guidance on product design and engineering best practices.
• Delivers succinct and professional project updates to management on an ongoing basis.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of fifteen (10) years of experience in product design and development of electronic products.
• Extensive experience in RF engineering and antenna design, with a strong background in designing antennas for miniaturized wearable electronic devices (including cellular, GNSS, and Bluetooth devices).
• Experience developing miniature body-worn IoT devices.
• Hands-on experience with low-power, battery-operated, wireless consumer devices.
• Strong knowledge of flex, rigid, and rigid-flex PCB designs.
• Expertise in component selection, schematic design, miniaturized PCB layout, functional testing, and design for manufacturing (DFM).
• Experience transferring products from engineering to automated mass production.
• Understanding of product development processes for mass volume production, with a focus on DFM and design for test (DFT).
• Experience in Cellular IoT design and LTE Cat M .
• In-depth working knowledge of:
  • Radio frequency development
  • Logic/microprocessor circuit design
  • Digital and analog circuit design and development
  • Telecommunications network design
• Proficiency in CAD software (Altium and Allegro ).
• Ability to manage multiple ongoing projects, identify technical constraints, and develop innovative solutions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to mentor electrical engineers.
• Working knowledge of project management techniques and practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences • Proficiency in using computers and department-specific software.
• Working Conditions: Encountered on a regular basis as part of the work this job performs.
• Typical office environment.
• Laboratory environment that requires use of equipment such as thermal chambers, cycle testers and equipment fans.
• Close vision, distance vision, vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus to visually inspect test parts, circuit board assemblies, solder surface mount electronic components, read -codes on electronic components.

BI Incorporated