Electrical Engineer

Do you want to serve a higher purpose?

Are you looking for a career and not just another job?

The people at Industrial Scientific are making a difference. We believe that great people working with great tools in a supportive environment will deliver better products and services and do their best work for our customers. Our leaders understand the critical elements of breakthrough performance: bringing out the best in people; creating a climate of trust, openness and high performance; fostering candor and initiative;

and treating people fairly and with dignity. Industrial Scientific provides the environment, leadership, and support that enable employees to exceed their career expectations.

Industrial Scientific’s product development team includes skilled engineers, designers and technicians in the disciplines of electrical, mechanical, and firmware engineering.  Third-party design partners are used (both locally and abroad) to augment our in-house team or to provide specific expertise. For the most part, we build what we design – often in our modern manufacturing factory right here in Western Pennsylvania.

We design and develop a wide variety of world-class gas detection instruments, sensors, accessories, and infrastructure for worker connectivity and remote management. Our designs include the latest mixed-signal embedded computing technology, mechanical packaging, miniaturization, and compelling user interfaces.  We partner with a dedicated in-house application software team to provide feature-rich web-based applications that help our customers keep their workers safe.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This entry-level Electrical Engineer position supports the design, development, verification, and sustaining of electrical hardware for Industrial Scientific gas detection products. The role is intended for a recent graduate or early-career engineer who will work under the guidance of experienced engineers while gaining hands-on experience with analog and digital circuits, embedded hardware, PCB design, product testing, agency approval requirements, and cross-functional product development.

This position supports detailed electrical design activities throughout the Product Development lifecycle. This position may occasionally be involved in Enhancement & Sustaining projects for ISC legacy products. This position is expected to work closely with various cross-functional groups to fully assure a properly designed product from concept to production. The duties may include, but are not limited to:

Support the design of analog and digital hardware to receive agency approvals (UL, CSA, ATEX, IEC, MSHA, etc.)Assist in developing and verifying electrical element-level specifications and requirements

Develop technical design documentation with guidance

Support troubleshooting of new and legacy designs

Follow the corporate engineering processes and contribute improvement ideas

Prepare and present materials for design reviews with guidance from senior engineers to champion design for manufacturability, reliability and serviceability

Support legacy product upgrades and sustaining engineering activities

Participate collaboratively in cross-functional product development teams

Support collaboration with quality assurance during product testing.

Required Qualifications:

Minimum BSEE from an accredited engineering college or university

Recent graduate or expected graduate in 2026

Coursework, internship, co-op, or project experience with analog circuit design

Familiarity with digital hardware design and microcontrollers

Exposure to schematic capture and PCB layout tools;
Altium experience preferred

Demonstrated analytical skills

Self-starter with the ability to work as part of a team while also meeting individual…