Senior Electrical Engineer-Hybrid

Who We Are :

At Mindr and our family of brands, we are dedicated to being a force for good. That's why we provide substance use safety, detection and monitoring products and services that help people live responsibly and keep communities safe.

Always aware. Always Guiding. Never Restricting or judging.

We are hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer, this will be a hybrid role that will require to be onsite often. Must be local to the Des Moines, Iowa area.

This position plays an important role in developing, maintaining, and executing product designs that keep impaired drivers off the road and enable drivers to get responsibly back behind the wheel. As part of a high-performing technical team, your work will be a critical part of innovative new product development and ensuring our current product supports our business growth.

What You'll Be Doing :

1. Design and implement automotive interfacing electromechanical systems with embedded processors, analog and digital sensors and controls, including PCB design and layout.

2. Design communication buses with I2C, USB and UART, embedded and ARM processors.

3. Design communication platforms for cell, Bluetooth, WiFi, IoT and embedded systems functions.

4. Collaborate with Engineering and non-engineering team members to establish design requirements in an agile environment.

5. Use creativity and engineering principles to design custom components and integrate with off-the-shelf components.

6. Estimating and tracking program / project budgets.

7. Performs patent reviews / evaluations and contributes to the patent portfolio.

8. Collaborate with the test lab team to create test plans and establish ongoing and validation test protocols.

9. Design custom test and automation fixtures.

10. Develop and track product configuration analysis.

11. Identify and implement replacement solutions for end of life components.

12. Collaborate with suppliers to achieve desired functionality from purchased components

13. Prepare technical presentations, reports and other design documentation.

14. Utilize engineering experience, technical investigation skills, and experimental testing to determine the root cause of device failures.

15. Present findings and provide recommendations on project and product direction to business leaders.

16. All other duties as assigned.

What You'll Bring to the Table :

1. BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or similar 4-yr technical degree.

2. Minimum of 4 years electrical product design experience.

3. Experience with electronics hardware development and working knowledge of interfacing mechanical hardware

4. Experience with digital and analog hardware such as fuel cells.

5. Knowledge of ODB-II, CAN, USB, UART, I2C, Bluetooth, WiFi and IoT platforms. Ethernet experience a plus.

6. Proficiency with PCB layout CAD, schematics, gerbers and other tools.

7. Experience with PLM software; Arena is a plus.

8. Experience with production environments and able to collaborate with productions staff to develop manufacturing solutions

9. Experience with project management and the product development cycle.

10. Knowledge of basic automotive control systems and IoT enabled devices.

11. Experience with automotive systems, breath sampling technology, user experience design and handheld technologies is desirable.

12. Travel to suppliers or customer sites, about 5-10% possible.

Why work for us?

Check out this list of a few of the many good reasons why we are a Top Workplace :

• Salary range is $96,900-$125,000 annually +potential annual bonus incentive + 401(k) + benefits.
• We are the nation's largest interlock provider, and our Mission is to help people live and drive responsibly.
• Mindr won the 2025 Top Workplace Award locally and nationally-and 2025 Best Place for Working Parents Award
• Growth Oriented- 7 years of over 10%+ growth annually. Doubled in employee size over the past 2-3 years.
• A comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, including :

Healthcare, Vision, and Dental Coverage

Carrot Fertility Support

Mental health coverage

Pet insurance

401(k) and matching program

Short-term and long-term disability

Life insurance

HSA & FSA accounts

Generous PTO and Paid Holidays

Ongoing Professional Online Training

And more

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is and will continue to be the policy of CST, LLC to practice a program of equal employment opportunity designed to assure that employment and advancement opportunities are made available to all employees and applicants based on individual qualifications and without unlawful regard to race, religion, color, veteran status, national origin, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex or genetic information.

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