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# Lead Software/Hardware Electrical Design Engineer

- **Company:** Swagelok Company
- **Location:** Solon, OH, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Agile Methodology, Firmware, Hardware Design, Office Suite, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Architecture, System Testing
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3456052966&tx=ZT2423TTI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* BS degree in Engineering
 * Appropriate continuous education
 * 10+ years of experience in system architecture, software architecture, hardware architecture, or similar field
 * Excellent oral and written communication
 * Excellent computer and typical office software skills

Preferred:

 * Degree in Electrical, Computer, Software, or similar engineering field
 * Embedded System Design Experience
 * System Architecture Experience
 * Agile Project Management Experience

Critical Competencies:

 * Teamwork and Collaboration
 * Resilience
 * Enabling Change
 * Influence
 * Manage Complexity

Working Conditions and/or Physical Requirements :

 * Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
 * Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards

## Description

The Senior Principal Electrical Design Engineer is responsible for assessing, defining, and implementing Swagelok electronic design and architecture standards and leading product design/definition of new and existing products. This person is a thought-leader in software and electronics design, and responsible for gathering requirements, generating specifications, and ensuring that new solutions meet process and performance requirements. A broad knowledge of system architecture, software architecture, software/firmware development, embedded systems, and hardware architecture is required. This person is an informal leader responsible for mentoring team members and verifying their work on complex engineering projects., * Applies Engineering Principles and design practices to ensure product meets internal and industry standards.

 * Key contributor to the development of the corporate software and electrical product design methodology.
 * Understands software and hardware development cost implications and performs budgetary cost analysis of concepts to be developed by internal and external resources.
 * Develops detailed system requirements for quote and development by 3 rd party vendors or internal development.
 * Manage 3 rd party hardware and software development vendor technical relationships.
 * Plans and leads sprint-based development with internal and external resources. (Agile Project Management)
 * Understands and translates the needs of customer requirements and application needs into documentation of system requirements, including hardware design, component specification, hardware layout, firmware/software architecture. Leads test design, system evaluation and acceptance testing.
 * Deliver technical documentation and presentations. Ensure "as-built" changes are effectively documented through the change management system.
 * Coordinate electrical design team work (hardware and software) with mechanical design activities to achieve a final product that meets customer requirements.
 * Apply engineering theory, practices, and principles to perform failure analysis to determine root cause of failures and conduct performance evaluations.
 * Collaborate with operators, manufacturing engineers, production supervisors, engineering technicians, and maintenance technicians as needed.
 * Provide guidance and assist in development of Swagelok capabilities in design of electronics and electronic products using internal and external resources. Mentor less-experienced peers and team members.