Digi International

Senior Electrical Engineer

Digi International
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeHopkins • Minnesota • United StatesSenior💰 $95,000 - $149,000 per yearWebsite
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Expertise in electrical design of embedded and wireless products, including circuit design, schematic capture, and PCB layout. Proven ability to lead hardware integration and validation while mentoring engineers and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Electrical DesignEmbedded Hardware DesignCircuit DesignPCB Layout DirectionComponent Selection

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the electrical design of embedded and wireless products from concept through production
  • Design electronic circuits, select components, create and review schematics, and direct PCB layout
  • Build, bring up, test, troubleshoot, and improve electronic circuits and embedded hardware platforms
  • Evaluate design tradeoffs involving performance, reliability, power, cost, manufacturability, component availability, and product lifecycle
  • Participate in customer discussions, clarify technical challenges, and present design recommendations
  • Translate customer and system needs into electrical requirements, interfaces, design specifications, and verification plans
  • Partner with firmware, RF, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and project management teams
  • Lead hardware integration, verification, validation, and certification activities
  • Support production and sustaining engineering
  • Identify technical risks, propose mitigation, and communicate with stakeholders and customers
  • Mentor entry-level engineers and contribute to team best practices and continuous improvement

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of progressive experience designing commercial electronic products (or M.S. with 3+ years)
  • Experience taking a hardware design from concept through manufacturing and production release
  • Hands-on experience with the full hardware design cycle: circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout direction and review, board bring-up, testing, and troubleshooting
  • Experience designing embedded hardware using microcontrollers, processors, sensors, power supplies, and digital communication interfaces
  • Working understanding of signal integrity, thermal mitigation, power analysis, and impedance matching in real designs
  • Ability to articulate circuit and architecture tradeoffs clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences
  • Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and ability to deliver technical work independently while managing multiple priorities
  • Candidates must have valid work authorization in the United States at the time of application
  • Visa sponsorship is not available

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Short-term incentive program
  • New hire stock award
  • Paid parental leave
  • Open (uncapped) PTO
  • Hybrid work environment
  • Medical, health & wellbeing offerings
  • Competitive compensation offerings

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Hard Skills
Circuit DesignSchematic CapturePCB LayoutTestingTroubleshootingMicrocontrollersDigital Communication InterfacesSignal IntegrityThermal MitigationPower Analysis
Soft Skills
CommunicationMentoringInitiativeOwnershipCollaboration
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
Industry Keywords
Embedded SystemsWireless ProductsManufacturingProduct LifecycleTechnical Risk Management