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Principal Electrical Design Engineer

Development Resource Group, Inc.

Maple Grove, MNContract$100–130K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$100–130K/yr
Location
Maple Grove, MN
Schedule
Contract
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior/Principal Electrical Engineer develops electronic products and systems, from architecture and circuit design through prototyping, testing, and verification. The role includes analyzing customer needs, creating schematics and technical documents, supporting PCB layout, and coordinating with engineering, management, and project teams. The posting seeks experience with Altium, microprocessor-based platforms, embedded software, analog and digital circuits, and sensitive analog design; signal integrity and regulated-industry experience are highly desired.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Altium Schematic CaptureMicroprocessor PlatformsEmbedded SoftwareAnalog CircuitsDigital CircuitsSensitive Analog DesignSPICESignal IntegritySimulation ToolsIEC 60601-1ISO 14971 Risk ManagementNew Product DevelopmentProject Management

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Equivalent ExperienceFive to Ten Years Related Experience or EquivalentMedical Device or Regulated Industry Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Job Duties

The Senior/Principal Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the development of new products, including electronic architecture design, detailed circuit design and analysis, prototyping, implementing designs, test, and discovering innovative solutions to complex problems and systems.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Performs detailed electronic designs for electronic components, products, or systems for commercial, industrial applications.

  • Analyzes customer needs and determines electrical system requirements and cost to develop a system plan. Ability to evaluate current systems/processes to recommend design modifications or equipment repair/updates.

  • Develop testing procedures for electronic components and equipment; includes leading and supporting prototype build and test activities.

  • Writes technical documents such as design specifications, verification test plans and reports.

  • Plans and develops applications and modifications for electronic properties used in parts and systems to improve technical performance.

  • Develops reliable, cost effective, manufacturable electronic products from initial studying of customer requirements through conducting and documenting design validation and verification activities.

  • Performs circuit analysis, simulations and concept/feasibility design activities.

  • Conducts design analysis on components and/or assemblies.

  • Creates detailed block diagrams & circuit schematics.

  • Leads and/or supports printed circuit board layout and/or other product activities.

  • Practices good engineering design process; version control, lead design reviews, documented design history, complete projects within budgetary and scheduling goals.

  • Works and communicates with management team, engineering team, and/or project managers to ensure projects are completed satisfactorily, on time, and within budget.

  • Supports project planning and project proposal efforts.

  • Presents verbally in one-on-one or group settings.

  • Responsible for following all ISO quality systems and procedures.

Minimum Education Required

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or equivalent; or five to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Minimum Experience Required

  • Experience with Altium schematic capture.

  • Must have experience working with microprocessor-based platforms, embedded software, analog and digital circuits, and experience with sensitive analog circuit design and analog design tools such as SPICE.

  • Knowledge of signal integrity concepts, simulation tools, and with compliance and regulations, i.e. IEC 60601-1 and ISO 14971 risk management, highly desired.

  • Bachelor’s degree and experience in new product development, ranging from requirements development to prototyping, to verification and product release, preferred.

  • Experience in medical device and/or other regulated industries, and project management experience preferred.

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

1

Public Transportation Accessible

No

Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Yes

Physical Required

No

Drug Test Required

No

Compensation

$100,000.00 - $130,000.00 / Annually

Postal Code

55369

Job Type

Contract (W2)

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

6780

Job Benefits

Health Insurance, Life Insurance, 401k retirement plan, paid sick time

Application Instructions

If interested and qualified, please submit your resume to [email protected] or visit our website to apply: http://dr-group.com/find-engineering-technical-jobs/

How this job compares

Set against the 10,342 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$100–130K/yr
  • Minnesota median$100–150K/yr182 salary ranges
  • US median$106–166K/yr6,756 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $115K, is 7% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($123K) — in the middle half of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in Minnesota.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 215 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Minnesota and 10,342 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Minnesota
Experience
Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (8,600 postings).
Education
6,615 of the 10,342 open Electrical Engineer jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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