R&D Hardware Electrical Design Engineer

Are you…?

Passionate about designing electrical hardware circuits…

Want to make an impact on the environment…

Excited to use your embedded systems skills in serial production..

Then this could be the job for you!

Protecting water, the most valuable resource, and driving sustainability is very close to our hearts. You will be part of a flexible, family friendly organization that cares about its people just as it cares about the environment.

This role will work at Hach’s headquarter office in beautiful Loveland, Colorado.  https://www.lovgov.org/  We are offering relocation assistance.  We have a hybrid work environment which is onsite three days a week:  Mon, Wed, and Thur.

We have a large 3 building campus which includes a new building designed from the ground up for Research and Development. Take a tour of our R&D building: https://vimeo.com/369590801

We offer:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/401k with matching (4%) all start day 1

• Permissive Paid Time Off (PPTO) to take time off when you need it (no tracking/accruals)

• Hach bucks the trend of most companies by keeping many things in house (10m EMC chamber, HALT chamber, PCA/SMT line, injection molding, fabrication, production/manufacturing, etc.)

The opportunity:

Come join our team at Hach and be part of designing and analyzing electrical hardware circuits! You will be a part of a team of 10 in creating design reviews in our pioneering lab.

In this role, you will:

• Design and analyze electrical hardware circuits to reliably achieve functional requirements and quantitative specifications.

• Design electrical tests to verify performance of electrical hardware circuits and demonstrate insensitivity of the design to parameters including component and manufacturing variation, temperature, humidity, aging, corrosion, ESD, EMS, and vibration and shock.

• Complete requirements for Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews

• Participate and take leadership role in technical discussions with GPD (Global Product Development) team.

• Track developments in the electrical engineering community

• Focus on water quality industry which continues to grow in importance worldwide

• Travel to customer sites/other Hach locations ~10%.

Are you qualified?

• BS in Electrical Engineering with 3-5 years of directly relevant experience, including commonly-used circuits, analysis and measurement tools

• Knowledge of ISO quality systems (specifically Design Controls/Product Realization) and related requirements.

• Circuit design, modeling, performance analysis (SPICE) and tradeoff analysis

• Design and implementation of circuit testing in all phases of product development lifecycle.

• Demonstrated skills and success in any or all these areas:

  • Embedded systems development
  • Sensor technology
  • Low level analog signal processing, analog-to-digital conversion
  • Low level analog measurements in the presence of noise
  • PCB layout for AC signal integrity, DC signal integrity and EMC
  • Electromechanical design and system integration testing
  • Circuit design for EMC compliance

About Hach:

At Hach (www.hach.com), we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every associate plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.  

As part of our team, you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs. You’ll also belong to a respectful and collaborative community that fosters career growth and professional development. You’ll be supported by resources that make a positive difference in your life because, at Hach, we value your authenticity and want your talents to shine.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and