Senior Electrical Engineer-Hybrid at Mindr in Des Moines, IA

Job description

• At Mindr and our family of brands, we are dedicated to being a force for good. That's why we provide substance use safety, detection and monitoring products and services that help people live responsibly and keep communities safe.
• Always Aware. Always Guiding. Never Restricting or Judging.
• We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer, hybrid * in Des Moines, IA.
• *This role is hybrid and based in Des Moines, IA; combining remote work with in-office collaboration. Leaders set schedules to align in-office days with onsite projects, collaboration needs with mandatory in-office days dependent on work.

Responsibilities

• The Senior Electrical Engineer plays an important role in developing, maintaining, and executing product designs that keep impaired drivers off the road and enable drivers to get responsibly back behind the wheel. As part of a high-performing technical team, your work will be a critical part of innovative new product development and ensuring our current product supports our business growth.
• 1. Design and implement automotive interfacing electromechanical systems with embedded processors, analog and digital sensors and controls, including PCB design and layout.
• 2. Design communication buses with I2C, USB and UART, embedded and ARM processors.
• 3. Design communication platforms for cell, Bluetooth, WiFi, IoT and embedded systems functions.
• 4. Collaborate with Engineering and non-engineering team members to establish design requirements in an agile environment.
• 5. Use creativity and engineering principles to design custom components and integrate with off-the-shelf components.
• 6. Estimating and tracking program/project budgets.
• 7. Performs patent reviews/evaluations and contributes to the patent portfolio.
• 8. Collaborate with the test lab team to create test plans and establish ongoing and validation test protocols.
• 9. Design custom test and automation fixtures.
• 10. Develop and track product configuration analysis.
• 11. Identify and implement replacement solutions for end of life components.
• 12. Collaborate with suppliers to achieve desired functionality from purchased components
• 13. Prepare technical presentations, reports and other design documentation.
• 14. Utilize engineering experience, technical investigation skills, and experimental testing to determine the root cause of device failures.
• 15. Present findings and provide recommendations on project and product direction to business leaders.
• 16. All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 1. BS in electrical or computer engineering, or similar four (4) year technical degree.
• 2. Minimum of four (4) years' design experience with electrical systems of consumer, commercial, or industrial products.
• 3. Proficient in schematic design, PCB layout and routing, PCBA assembly design integration, and generating design and manufacturing files. Altium experience is preferred.
• 4. Experience with design for electronics manufacturing including THT, SMT and DFM (design for manufacturing).
• 5. Knowledge of USB, UART, I2C, and Bluetooth to a level necessary to successfully integrate components.
• 6. Experience with digital and analog hardware such as fuel cells.
• 7. Experience with PLM software; Arena is a plus.
• 8. Experience working in production environments and able to collaborate with production staff to develop manufacturing solutions.
• 9. Experience with project management and the product development cycle.
• 10. Knowledge of basic automotive control systems and IoT enabled devices, preferred.
• 11. Travel to suppliers or customer sites, about 5-10% possible.

Skills

Required

• Schematic design
• PCB layout and routing
• PCBA assembly design integration
• Knowledge of USB, UART, I2C, Bluetooth
• PLM software
• Project management
• Product development cycle

Preferred

• Altium
• Arena
• IoT enabled devices

Benefits

• Check out this list of a few of the many good reasons why we are a Top Workplace:
• Salary $96,900-$125,000+potential 5% annual bonus incentive +benefits.
• We are the nation’s largest interlock provider, and our Mission is to help people live and drive responsibly.
• Mindr won the 2026 Top Workplace Award locally and nationally–and 2026 Best Place for Working Parents Award
• Growth Oriented- 7 years of over 10%+ growth annually. Doubled in employee size over the past 2-3 years.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• UKG Wallet-employees can access their earned wages before payday
• Carrot Fertility support
• Mental health coverage
• Pet insurance
• Life insurance
• HSA and FSA accounts
• 401(k) retirement plan eligibility after just 45 days of service, company match made with a 5% employee contribution
• Ongoing professional development and training
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Generous PTO and paid holidays