Electrical Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Design Engineer

Job Description

We are dedicated to creating a better world by building and maintaining comfortable, accessible, efficient, healthy, safe, secure, and sustainable environments. We are a technologically innovative, projects-based global brand protecting customers in challenging environments with high-end flame and gas detection products and systems. As an Electrical Design Engineer, you will lead and manage hardware aspects of products throughout their entire lifecycle from architecture, planning, design through verification and validation. You will provide electrical-design technical leadership for cross-functional new product development and sustaining engineering projects. Our hardware design development is for products based on different sensing technologies such as Optical and Electrochemical and communication technologies including wired and wireless.

Responsibilities

• Develop and write engineering subsystem requirements and rationales that align with customer requirements, system, and regulatory standards.
• Provide electronic assembly project schedules for individual tasks performed by electrical engineering resources in support of overall project development.
• Design mixed signal circuits that meet requirements verified through analysis, simulation, and/or breadboards.
• Use ECAD tools for schematic capture.
• Direct the efforts of PCB/PCBA designers through parts placement, routing, and board layout of designs.
• Participate in product roadmap and resource planning.
• Implement new or updated mixed signal electronic designs that meet or exceed all customer, system, and regulatory requirements.
• Build and test designs from bench-level to formal verification and validation level using in-house test setups or at third-party test facilities.
• Follow development processes, lead technical reviews, and properly document and control work deliverables.
• Assess the impact of making changes to electrical components related to obsolescence issues affecting impacted subcircuits, PCBs, and PCBAs.
• Author and lead through to implementation engineering change requests, manufacturing and engineering change orders.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor"s degree in electrical engineering.
• 2-5+ years of professional work experience.
• 2+ years developing mixed signal PCB/PCBA designs.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Analog circuit design experience.
• Experience in developing electronics to meet high levels of EMC performance.
• Participation in the development of at least one product development effort from inception through manufacturing.
• Product development experience in a regulated market segment (e.g., medical, automotive, aviation, Industrial Life Safety, SIL2).
• Experience across all phases of the program development lifecycle, from requirements capture through design, implementation, and test.
• Experience using Altium for schematic capture and PCB/PCBA design preferred.
• Experienced with FMEA.

Work Environment

The role involves working in an engineering environment focused on high technology for the Gas & Oil industry. The position requires the use of various engineering tools and technologies to achieve project objectives.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Minneapolis, MN.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $38.00 - $50.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Minneapolis,MN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 30, 2026.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I is embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services. For more than 40 years, we've helped visionary companies advance their goals. Headquartered in the United States, our teams span 150 offices across North America, EMEA, and APAC-with four delivery centers in India led by 1,000+ extraordinary employees who connect their passion with purpose every day.

Our Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai delivery centers are hubs of engineering expertise, with core capabilities in mechanical and electrical engineering, systems and software, and manufacturing engineering. Our teams deliver work across multiple industries including transportation, consumer and industrial products, and life sciences. We serve more than 4,500 clients, including many Fortune 500 brands. Learn more about how we can work together at actalentservices.com.