**Principal Electrical Engineer** **Merrimack, NH** **Job Type:** Contract to Hire **Recruiter:** Cam Armstrong (https://digitalprospectors.com/our-team/cam-armstrong) **Phone:** 603-772-2700 **Position:** Principal Electrical Engineer **Location:** Merrimack, NH (Onsite) **Length:** 12 months **Job Description:** Would like to be a part of a team that is helping to provide solutions to our nation’s defense? Our client is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer. This position offers a unique opportunity to take the lead on significant design and development projects while applying your extensive engineering expertise. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our products, guiding a talented team, and ensuring the highest technical standards are met. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and are passionate about delivering cutting-edge solutions, we want to hear from you today! **Essential Duties and Responsibilities (but not limited to):** + Execute specific engineering project assignments that align with broader program objectives, focusing on the design and development of products, test equipment, or processes. + Assist in determining design requirements, recommend design architecture, and evaluate design alternatives. + Collaborate with engineering personnel to resolve complex design issues. + Develop requirements, specifications, schematics, simulations (as applicable), assembly drawings, bills of material, and material cost estimates. + Ensure component reliability through technical evaluations of supplier specifications and manufacturing processes. + Review and implement Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) objectives. + Lead experiments and tests to determine the operating characteristics of breadboards, prototypes, products, or processes, ensuring sound engineering principles are applied. + Assist manufacturing in transitioning from development to production, resolving design-related issues and identifying replacement components as necessary. + Prepare technical documents and reports, including performance specifications and engineering specifications for major component purchases. + Contribute to engineering project planning and tracking, estimating effort and duration for specific tasks and evaluating project feasibility and risks. + Provide technical direction to other engineering personnel, primarily technicians, and participate in preparing proposals for new projects. + Contribute to process improvements and support troubleshooting of customer application problems through field testing and research for new applications. **Qualifications:** + Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering. + 9+ years of experience in electrical engineering and electronic design, with a strong preference for those with experience in medical devices and/or automation products. + Intensive knowledge of engineering principles and practices across various assignments. + Proficiency in electromechanical systems, including stepper and servo motors, digital and analog circuit design, and schematic and PCB design. + Experience with FPGA and VHDL design is preferred. + Proven technical leadership experience with the ability to guide and mentor a team in a multi-disciplinary environment. + Strong initiative and creativity in problem-solving and project execution. POST-OFFER BACKGROUND CHECK IS REQUIRED. Digital Prospectors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Digital Prospectors affirms the right of all individuals to equal opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment. Make this your next career move as one of our many long-term contractors or employees! + Work as our full-time employee with full benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, PTO, etc.) - OR - work as a W2 hourly contractor at a higher pay rate if you don't need the benefit package. Come see why DPC has achieved: + 4.9/5 Star Glassdoor rating and the only staffing company (< 1000 employees) to be voted in the national Top 10 ‘Employee’s Choice - Best Places to Work’ by Glassdoor. + Voted ‘Best Staffing Firm to Temp/Contract For’ seven times by Staffing Industry Analysts as well as a ‘Best Company to Work For’ by Forbes, Fortune and Inc. magazine. As you are applying, please join us in fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion by completing the Invitation toSelf-Identify (https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=78910&clientkey=55336DD43EED5DE3CE2A2212C8A1FA1B) form today! www.LoveYourJob.com