Principal Electrical Engineer

Introduction

We are seeking a talented, motivated, and experienced Principal Electrical Engineer to join iRobot's team

As a member of the Electrical Engineering team, you will be a key contributor chartered with ensuring our electrical designs meet cost targets and schedules.

You will have active participation in a new product development design review with electrical team members and our OEM partners.

You will also work closely with our Bedford and APAC (Asia-Pacific) Operations team in addressing printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) yield issues and resolving single-source component risks. You will lead OEM projects as well as electrical failure analysis of factory and customer units. You will also research/recommend/test and implement cost reduction improvements.

You will leverage your experience as a Principal engineer to provide technical support and mentoring of our junior staff members, enhancing the team’s overall knowledge base and capability.

What you Will Do:

• Plan, manage and support electrical efforts for all iRobot Roomba, Braava and docking stations
• Hands on qualification of various electronic components, including micro controllers, motor drivers, audio amplifiers, transistors, power supplies, and more.
• Work with manufacturing teams overseas to understand and support yield issues.
• Work with teams outside of the electrical team, ie mechanical, software, systems, program management, etc.
• Actively participate in the EE department with contributions to design reviews, process improvements and training opportunities.
• Understand system level risk and impact on customer experience with all aspects of a design
• Troubleshoot design and manufacturing issues
• Characterization and qualification of components and modules
• Manage relationship with New Product Introduction (NPI) teams to ensure the future roadmap has lessons learned from sustaining.
• Lead and participate in multiple source qualification of electronics.
• Assess and track end of life risks to components in cooperation with component engineering and the supply chain organization.

To Be Successful You Will Have:

• A self-starter, driven, passionate developer who can work independently in a team environment and enjoys the challenges of delivering proven solutions.
• Strong knowledge and experience with AC/DC electronics
• Analog, digital, and DC to DC converter experience for microcontroller/embedded applications
• Experienced with 120/240VAC electronics
• Experienced with working with brushed AC/DC motors and sensor-ed/sensor-less BLDC motors as well as motor driver controllers
• Proven ability to create and execute design verification testing (DVT) on circuit designs
• Knowledge of industry best practices for excellent EMI/ESD performance at minimal cost
• Ability to make tradeoffs and be decisive when selecting electronic components on designs
• Proven ability to work on multiple concurrent projects
• Failure analysis experience
• Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multi-meters, soldering irons, and other common electrical engineering tools used during PCBA testing and measurement
• Possess strong communication skills
• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering
• 7+ years of relevant experience

Desired Skills and Experience:

• M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering
• Experienced with high volume customer products being manufactured overseas
• Experienced with high-speed design
• Experienced with circuit simulation tools (SPICE, Hyperlynx, etc.)
• Altium Designer schematic/layout design experience for PCBs
• PTC Windchill PLM tool experience
• Familiar with Linux command line
• Familiar with Python

• Experienced with robotic systems
• Willing to travel – occasionally (approximately, 1-2 weeks per year) for factory and customer site visits.