Electrical Engineer

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Itron is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join their team in Waseca, MN. The role involves designing, testing, and supporting electronic components and systems for metering and smart grid applications. Candidates should have a strong foundation in analog and digital circuit design, PCB layout, and troubleshooting. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to innovative energy solutions in a collaborative engineering environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

- Demonstrates proficiency with electrical design and theory

- Design, develop, test and trouble shoot analog, digital and RF circuits

- Use lab equipment for circuit development

- Verify that designs meet requirements through analysis, simulation, and measurement. Compares results to theory and documents results

- Write design specifications, test plans, reports, project documentation, etc.

- Analyze data and make recommendations

- Provide technical support to factory, service and other internal departments

- Work closely with other design disciplines (embedded software, PCB layout, mechanical engineer, etc.)

- Play a key role in the design validation cycle

- Lead and participate in design reviews

- Work with and accept mentoring from more senior designers

Required Skills & Responsibilities

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.

- 2+ years of design experience or related experience.

- Solid understanding of electrical circuit theory

- Good understanding of RF propagation

- Good understanding of electronic components and how to design circuits using various components/devices.

- Experience working with RF circuits/electronics

- Experience with printed circuit board design and layout Demonstrated experiencing designing and developing firmware, and performing other key functions as listed above.

- Strong problems solving skills.

- Demonstrated experience with instrumentation for design, development, test, and analysis. (I.e. oscilloscopes, volt meters, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, etc.)

- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

- Strong hardware troubleshooting skills

Preferred Skills & Experience

- Experience working with microcontrollers and embedded software/firmware

- Experience using Schematic capture and PCB Layout software

- Experience using programming languages like C++, C#, LabView, and/or MatLab

Location: Waseca, MN

Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences don't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. In the end, you may be just who we are looking for!

The successful candidate's starting wage will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply, please contact a recruiting representative at 1-800-635-5461 or email Accessibility@itron.com.

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