Kforce has a client that is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer in Chelmsford, MA. Summary: The Principal Electrical Engineer will generally be responsible for the overall technical design of a major new product or a major revision to an existing product, and/or responsible for the supervision of personnel, schedules, and budgets for a major new product development project or a major revision to an existing product. This person supervises a 1-15 member project team. They will work independently based on project objectives. The Principal Electrical Engineer also interfaces directly with the Vice President and Directors of Research and Development. The candidate seeks supervision as needed. Essential Functions: * 30%: Independently develops very significant and complex electronic hardware for a project * 25%: Preforms duties of project manager in the product development process; This requires the supervision of personnel, task assignments, budgeting, and scheduling; Performs duties of electrical task leader on projects requiring the development of very complex and significant hardware; This may require the supervision of personnel, task assignments, and scheduling; Major contributed to the electrical requirements definition, focusing on feasibility, systems analysis, software/hardware tradeoffs, electrical architecture, and software/hardware interfaces; Serves as chief architect on complex electrical development projects * 10%: Provides a major contribution to the documentation of hardware * 5%: Plays a major role in the systems engineering of products and provides a major contribution to systems requirements definition for new product development or for modification to existing product * 5%: Participates as a senior technical reviewer of the detailed electrical design, code, and documentation presented at hardware design reviews across product lines * Shares individual expertise with other electrical engineers