
Electronic Systems Technical Advisors - Hardware #MN247
Fridley, MNFull-time$145–191K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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The Electronic Systems Technical Advisor develops and validates electronic hardware for customer applications, including sensors, actuators, control units, and harnesses. The role addresses complex hardware problems, leads system validation and requirements work, and guides design decisions across electrical, mechanical, and hardware architecture. It also reviews and coaches less-experienced engineers and collaborates with suppliers and software teams to deliver prototype hardware.
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Utilize mechanical engineering knowledge to develop and validate electronic sensors, actuators, control units or harnesses to ensure the consistent operation of products in a variety of customer applications. Utilize Design and Application of Digital Electronics to specify components and architectures of electronic control units. Investigate highly specialized electronic hardware problems, understand causal mechanisms, recommend appropriate action, own problem resolution and document results. Create, manage, improve and apply electronic hardware development processes and tools including Product Problem Solving techniques - 7 step or 8D, design for EMC robustness, design for manufacturing and requirements analysis. Create Electrical Hardware Systems or electronics-based design or architecture concepts through specific knowledge of electrified (or electrical-based) systems to ensure a system design that adheres to both company and customer expectations. Obtain input and negotiate with electronic suppliers and software development teams and deliver prototype hardware to application engineering teams. Develop product systems validation plans from a variety of inputs to identify failure modes, while managing product risk and relative priority, and negotiate product requirements against capability to guide project scope utilizing Product Verification and Validation Management. Use knowledge of Systems Requirements Engineering to make decisions in the areas of hardware architecture, electrical design, and Mechanical Design that impact functionality, unit cost, and schedule. Establish acceptance criteria for the system of interest through analysis, allocation and negotiation, and track the status of requirements throughout the system lifecycle. Responsible for review of less-experienced developers/testers’ work to ensure robust, reusable, and efficient design. Responsible for coaching and developing the next generation of technical experts. Provide problem resolution leadership for complex systems with a high degree of ambiguity and often global business impact. Lead the development and improvement of work processes and systems across business units using experience with worst case analysis, DFMEA/PFMEA, and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA). Specify electronic hardware, harnesses and interconnections that measure and control systems using Design and Application of Mechatronics Systems. Utilize knowledge with circuit design simulation to analyze the design functionality before the design is implemented in a Printed Circuit Board. Assist in the transfer of knowledge to lesser experienced engineers.
Positions require a Master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Systems or Mechanical Engineering, or related field and 4 years of experience as an Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Systems or Design Engineer, or related position. Alternatively, the employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Systems or Mechanical Engineering, or related field and 6 years of experience as an Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Systems or Design Engineer, or related position. Experience to include: Design and Application of Digital Electronics; Electronic hardware development processes and tools including Product Problem Solving techniques - 7 step or 8D; Electrical Hardware Systems Design; Product Verification and Validation Management; Systems Requirements Engineering; Mechanical Design of Electrical Systems; Establish and track requirements throughout the system lifecycle; DFMEA/PFMEA, and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA);Harness and Interconnect design; Design and Application of Mechatronics Systems; Circuit design simulation.
Start Date of Posting : 11/12/26
End Date of Posting: 11/ 30 /26 (extended due to holiday)
Location: Fridley, MN
Position : ON-SITE
*Annual USD Salary Minimum – Maximum
$145,475 – 190,800 per year
Job Engineering
Organization Cummins Inc.
Role Category On-site with Flexibility
Job Type Exempt - Experienced
Min Salary $127200
Max Salary $190800
ReqID 2441744
Relocation Package Yes
100% On-Site No
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,912 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$145–191K/yr
- Minnesota median$114–175K/yr22 salary ranges
- US median$132–204K/yr2,203 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $168K, is 11% above the Minnesota median midpoint ($151K) — in the middle half of Hardware Engineer salary ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 26 open Hardware Engineer jobs in Minnesota and 2,912 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Actalent3 open
- Akamai Technologies, Inc.2 open
- Cummins Inc. (this employer)2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,448 postings).
- Education
- 1,585 of the 2,912 open Hardware Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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