Senior Electrical Engineer - Marine Electronics

SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER - Onsite

At Johnson Outdoors, home to some of the world’s most innovative and best-known outdoor recreation brands, we create amazing outdoor experiences
- for adventurers, by adventurers. Innovators from the very beginning, we change the way people fish with our breakthrough technology. Anglers are eager to set their eyes on the newest Humminbird® fish finders, get their feet on Minn Kota® trolling motor foot pedals, and connect it all wirelessly with the iPilot® Link™ - making it easier than ever to get their hands on more fish.

Come join our amazing Engineering Team for these leading industry brands!

Check us out on Cannon, Minn Kota and Humminbird, or find us on Instagram and Facebook!

Based in beautiful Mankato, Minnesota, you’ll have incredible access to a variety of outdoor activities whether skiing and snowmobiling in winter, or kayaking, fishing, sailing, hiking or more in summer. Close to Minneapolis, the area boasts a wide variety of amenities including a vibrant arts and culture scene and a host of unique, creative dining options.

The person in this role independently, performs innovative, complex electronic and/or electronic design and development for new products from conception through production release and designs improvements for existing products. Responsible for successful completion of the design, testing, specification, documentation and qualification of products throughout the project lifecycle. Establishes and meets targeted project, timeline, cost and quality objectives.

• Independently, creates innovative new product designs in response to new product concepts through development and initial production efficiently and effectively based on thorough knowledge of company strategy and needs and advanced design skills. Constructs and maintains new product timelines, which include required external resources. Additionally designs and develops improvements to existing products.
• Recommends MFG and design fabrication/construction applicable to best practice. Troubleshoots design obstructions and provides cost effective solutions.
• Performs prototype design experimentation, rapid prototype and conventional prototype fabrication. Evaluates prototype design(s) for performance and reliability.
• Writes products specifications and provides prints documentation and testing verification methods to source and inspect the product. Ensures the product meets specifications and publishes testing results.
• Conducts and documents technical feasibility evaluations, qualifications field and competitive testing to verify the design. Formulates development, unit and tooling cost estimates.
• Performs advanced troubleshooting of electrical/electronic design issues during development after the production start. Collaborates with various internal teams to resolve issues and ensure the development of a quality product that support company and consumer needs.
• Produces project documentation that includes prints, engineering files, supplier communications and Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s).
• Assists operations and outside suppliers through new product development stages of new products with tooling, process methods, assembly plans and forecasting capacity requirements.
• Manages a variety of moderately complex to complex projects from concept, design, and through completion. Develops timelines and ensure project success by maintaining timeline targets, budget responsibilities and quality requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (BSEE), electronics engineering (BSET) or equivalent.
• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years’ experience in electrical design engineering within consumer product design.
• Advanced knowledge of and skills in the design, evaluation and testing of electronic and/or electrical circuits and components.
• Knowledge of and experience in reading and drawing schematics.
• Advanced understanding of and experience in product development from concept through production which includes a core understanding of the new product process, financial modeling…