Senior Electrical Systems Engineer: Sensing & Controls Lead

Extension, Inc; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Extension, Inc. in Wisconsin seeks a Senior Electrical Systems Engineer to own electrical components and subsystems across the product lifecycle, collaborating with hardware, embedded software, controls, and suppliers to deliver robust, production-ready solutions.

This hands-on role requires strong fundamentals in analog/digital electronics, sensors, power and grounding, signal integrity, and diagnostics, plus the ability to lead root-cause investigations and document design changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in electrical hardware, embedded systems, electronic controls, component engineering, or related product development.
• Experience taking electrical hardware through multiple phases of the development lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of analog and digital electronics, sensors, power and grounding, signal integrity, communication interfaces, diagnostics, and failure analysis.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, technical specifications, component documentation, and engineering test data.
• Experience with engineering requirements, design reviews, verification and validation, and structured problem solving.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams and external suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and integration of electrical and electronic components from requirements through validation and production.
• Define technical requirements and interfaces for sensors, electronic modules, and related hardware.
• Evaluate component performance, electrical interfaces, signal quality, power and grounding, communications, diagnostics, and potential failure modes.
• Collaborate with embedded software, controls, systems, and validation engineers during product development and integration.
• Work directly with suppliers on technical requirements, design reviews, testing, issue resolution, and production readiness.
• Develop and execute component and system verification and validation activities.
• Support electrical, environmental, durability, and electromagnetic compatibility testing.
• Analyze engineering data and lead structured troubleshooting and root-cause investigations.
• Develop and maintain engineering documentation including requirements, risk assessments, validation plans, technical specifications, test reports, and design changes.
• Support prototype development, system integration, production readiness, and technical issue resolution.
• Identify technical risks and coordinate solutions across engineering, quality, manufacturing, validation, and supplier teams.

Skills

Electrical fundamentals

Embedded systems

Diagnostics

Root-cause analysis

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering

Job description

Extension, Inc. in Wisconsin seeks a Senior Electrical Systems Engineer to own electrical components and subsystems across the product lifecycle, collaborating with hardware, embedded software, controls, and suppliers to deliver robust, production-ready solutions.

This hands-on role requires strong fundamentals in analog/digital electronics, sensors, power and grounding, signal integrity, and diagnostics, plus the ability to lead root-cause investigations and document design changes.