Principal Electrical Controls Engineer - Embedded Systems

About the role

Principal Electrical Controls Engineer located near Racine, WI. Start date ASAP. Sponsorship not available. The role does not require formal people leadership experience; candidates with technical lead, project lead, or senior engineer background are welcome. The ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation with prior hands‑on software or firmware development experience. The position provides technical leadership across embedded software, controls, vision systems, and hardware integration projects, partnering with mechanical and electrical teams to set best practices, mentor engineers, and shape the embedded systems organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction for embedded software, vision, controls, and hardware
• Lead technical and project execution across embedded systems initiatives
• Set goals, mentor engineers, and provide performance feedback
• Lead project planning, prioritization, resources, timelines, scope, and change management
• Partner with mechanical and electrical teams on software and hardware integration
• Provide technical guidance and challenge approaches when appropriate
• Establish best practices for software development, testing, validation, and release
• Develop and enforce structured testing and software release processes
• Define test cases, performance benchmarks, and failure criteria
• Implement revision control for software releases to support field reliability
• Promote accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems engineering and/or systems integration experience
• Experience serving as a technical or project lead, setting priorities, coordinating resources, and driving technical projects to completion
• Experience integrating software and hardware projects
• Prior hands‑on coding or software/firmware development experience

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• HSA
• Life
• 401K
• Holidays
• PTO

Pay

$150,000‑$160,000 + Bonus Potential

Schedule

Full‑Time, M‑F; 8am‑5pm with some flexibility around start/end times (~45 hours/week)