Electrical Engineer - Product Development

Location: Dallas, TX (onsite with flexible working hours)

Industry: IoT/connected hardware technology company

Position Type: Full-Time / Direct Hire

Company Size: Midsize Company

Target Salary: Up to $150,000 Base Salary + Benefits

About Our Client

We are working with a growing technology company in Dallas that is looking for a hands-on Electrical / Hardware Product Development Engineer to help develop, improve and support real-world hardware products deployed in demanding outdoor environments.

This is not a traditional building electrical, utility, PLC or highly specialized PCB design role. The company is looking for someone broad and hands-on who enjoys owning physical products end-to-end and is comfortable working across troubleshooting, power systems, components, product development, testing and field reliability.

What you will work on

• Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis on customer-returned hardware and failed PCB assemblies
• Use hands-on test equipment to diagnose electrical and hardware failures
• Support power architecture and product redesigns involving systems in the hundreds-of-watts range
• Help improve products for higher-power applications
• Evaluate components, power supplies and alternative parts for performance, reliability, cost and availability
• Work with electrical and mechanical components inside rugged outdoor products
• Support enclosure and product-development work, including CAD, prototyping, 3D printing and eventual injection-molded designs
• Improve how products are assembled, mounted and manufactured
• Review existing designs and identify ways to improve reliability, manufacturability, cost and serviceability
• Support field failures and occasionally help diagnose issues at deployed customer locations
• Work closely with a small hardware team across electrical, mechanical, embedded and manufacturing challenges

What we are looking for

• Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or similar technical background, 4+ years of expereince
• Hands-on experience working with physical electronic products
• Experience troubleshooting hardware and performing root cause analysis
• Comfortable probing boards and using tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers or similar equipment
• Experience with power supplies, power distribution or power electronics
• Exposure to PCB schematics and board-level hardware
• Product development or sustaining engineering experience is highly relevant
• Experience with ruggedized, outdoor or harsh-environment products is strongly preferred
• Exposure to CAD, enclosures, mechanical integration or product packaging is valuable
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of loosely defined engineering problems
• Comfortable in a small, fast-moving environment where engineers own products from development through field support

Work Style: You are the type of engineer who can be handed a failed customer unit with very little information, break the problem down, determine what failed and why, and drive the fix through to a better product.

You are also comfortable looking beyond the immediate task and thinking about the whole product, including reliability, assembly, power, component choices, manufacturability and cost.

Benefits & Culture:

• Base salary up to $150,000 (depending on experience).
• Comprehensive healthcare, dental, and vision coverage, plus 401(k) matching.
• A highly collaborative, in-person engineering culture where your work directly protects lives, assets, and operations nationwide.