Electrical Engineer III

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About the Opportunity:

Position Summary:

This role is a senior level electrical engineering position within the Life Fitness Power and Motion Controls team and is responsible for developing motion controls including motors, generators and dc/dc converters for consumer and commercial cardiovascular fitness equipment.   This role will mentor junior and mid-level engineers in electrical design best-practices including worst-case analysis, precision analog and power electronics, DFMEA, 8D Problem Solving and other skills as applicable.

**this is a hybrid position based out of Franklin Park, IL - M/F remote and T-Th are in-office collaboration days** #LI-Hybrid 

Principal Accountabilities

• Define and specify electrical systems and controls for power and motion control applications
• Define and implement state of the art motion control hardware
• Direct/lead engineering in concept design, schematic capture, and circuit simulation
• Lead PCB layout: floor plan, component placement, and design for EMC
• Perform circuit analyses including nominal and worst-case operating conditions and behavior, basic power dissipation, and thermal analysis of designs to assure that product fully meets specified requirements
• Use circuit simulation tools including SPICE, LTspice, Altium, or others to validate circuits and subsystem designs
• Conduct power supply stability analysis and complete closed loop gain/phase measurements
• Work with new product teams to develop requirements for electronic subsystems and components including: motor selection, DC/DC converters, power electronics and controls for low power (50-500W) motion controls, and power supplies
• Design and develop validation test procedures to verify new electronic designs
• Create detailed written test/evaluation procedures for medium complexity electronic subsystems and controls
• Work with Embedded Software team to define software requirements
• Work with Reliability and Test teams to specify hardware and software requirements for new product validation
• Direct engineering analysis, evaluation and debug related to new PCB designs
• Direct engineering analysis, data gathering and problem solving related to field issues
• Frequently support cross functional teams as required for service and warranty related issues
• Mentor junior level engineers throughout the design process

Skills/Capabilities

• Ability to read and analyze electrical/electronic circuits/schematics is required
• Prior experience using engineering tools, e.g. oscilloscopes, multi-meters, analyzers, power supplies, et c.
• Experience using schematic design tools (an emphasis on Altium Designer is highly preferred)
• Knowledge of various motor types and how to control them is strongly preferred
• Ability to learn and adapt to new tools, software and organizations is a requirement

Education and Experience

• BSEE + 8 years of experience is required
• 5+ years of experience designing analog and/or power electronics is required
• 2-5 years of experience designing motor controls is preferred
• Experience programming embedded controls and/or motion controls is preferred

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