
R&D Electrical Engineer
Wildwood, MO · HybridFull-time$89–166K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The R&D Electrical Engineer applies engineering design and techniques to complex design, development, analysis, experimentation, testing, and product assurance tasks. The role conducts specialized technical analyses and studies, addresses difficult technical problems, and assists project leaders with product specifications and test procedures. It also uses communication and leadership abilities to support kaizen activities and collaboration across multifunctional groups.
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Full job description
Hybrid
Wildwood, MO, US
Raleigh, NC, US
Anoka, MN, US
Full time
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We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.
What you will experience in this position:
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Apply a wide application of engineering design and techniques to develop, plan, and perform a variety of complex design, development, analysis, experimentation, test, and product assurance tasks.
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Conduct specialized technical analyses, tackle difficult technical problems and contribute to the development/improvement of engineering models.
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Conduct technical studies for sophisticated engineering and scientific problems. Provide specialized assistance to project leaders with tasks like developing product specifications, documents, and test procedures.
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Use communication skills & leadership abilities, participate in kaizen activities encouraging multi-functional groups to participate & meet common goals.
You have:
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Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or related degree.
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Ideally 5+ years’ experience working with electronics/electrical design and/or product development.
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Experience with hands-on test and verification using engineering methods and equipment.
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Preferred experience with High Voltage power distribution and control systems.
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Experience using lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, network analyzers, logic analyzers, data acquisition).
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Experience with circuit board design and fabrication, schematic and layout familiarity.
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System engineering and system architecture development.
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Solid understanding of Cortex ARM processor architectures.
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Experience with using Matlab/Simulink/LabVIEW/PSpice or equivalent.
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Familiarity with Altium or comparable electronic design software.
WE HAVE:
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A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
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nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
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Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com .
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Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
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We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
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Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money
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Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:
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Innovative & adaptable
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Dedicated to absolute integrity
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Focused on the customer first
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Respectful and team oriented
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Optimistic and energizing
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Accountable for performance
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Benefits to support the lives of our employees
Pay Transparency
nVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.
Compensation Range:
$89,300.00 - $165,800.00
Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.
Benefit Overview
At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:
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Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
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A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
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Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.
At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.
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#LI-RN1
At nVent, we are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,304 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$89–166K/yr
- Missouri median$105–175K/yr90 salary ranges
- US median$108–170K/yr6,599 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $128K, is 10% below the Missouri median midpoint ($142K) — in the middle half of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in Missouri.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 187 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Missouri and 10,304 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Missouri
- Burns & McDonnell36 open
- Olsson22 open
- CDM Smith15 open
- 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 (8,591 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,955 of the 10,304 open Electrical Engineer jobs (67%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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