Electrical Engineer

We are hiring an Electrical Engineer to join our Engineering team!
 

DISCOVER

Are you energized by designing smarter, safer, and more reliable electronic systems? In this role, you’ll contribute to the development and sustaining of advanced electrical and electronic solutions, from power controls to IoT‑connected systems that shape the performance, safety, and innovation of Watkins products.

As an Electrical Engineer, you will design, analyze, model, and validate electronic circuits; develop and test firmware; evaluate third‑party technologies; and guide product performance through prototyping, testing, and cross‑functional collaboration. Your work will directly influence how our systems communicate, sense, power, and protect, across technologies including WiFi/BLE/LoRa, electrochemical controls, and diverse user‑interface panels.

YOUR RIPPLE EFFECT

• Are you driven to turn requirements into reality? Analyze product requirements using modeling, prototyping, and historical performance data to validate feasibility and drive design decisions.
• Are you skilled in deep circuit design and analysis? You will perform SPICE analysis, schematic capture, and circuit development using Altium or OrCAD PSPICE; create control algorithms using MATLAB/Simulink; and design magnetic components such as EMI filters and inductors.
• Do you enjoy building foundational technologies? Develop boilerplate firmware and test firmware used across engineering teams and technicians, accelerating development and verification cycles.
• Are you ready to support products where performance meets the real world? You will troubleshoot challenges at customer sites and with global contract manufacturers, including process audits and validation of system behavior. (Travel up to 10%.)
• Do you believe clarity builds confidence? Write specifications, engineering reports, release documentation, and hardware change details. Present well‑structured schematics and participate in design reviews. 
• Do you value collaboration and global teamwork? Engage with technical teams in India, China, and Mexico, ensuring alignment, shared understanding, and product success.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Master’s degree in EE/CS with 3+ years of experience or bachelor’s degree in EE/CS with 5+ years of experience
• Experience in hardware device and systems development
• Hands‑on experience with design/simulation tools such as Altium/OrCAD, MATLAB/Simulink, PSIM, PSPICE, and test equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and programmable power supplies
• Working knowledge of communication protocols (CAN, SPI, RS‑485/422)
• Experience with lifecycle and documentation tools such as JIRA, SharePoint/Confluence, Excel, and Microsoft Office applications
• Preferred: experience with Mentor Graphics PADS Pro or Altium Designer
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and the ability to present information effectively
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; ability to interact with global technical teams

WHAT YOU’LL GET

At Watkins Wellness, we believe that everyone should ‘Feel good. Live well’. We offer employees the opportunity to join a dynamic, growing industry leader with an outstanding and well-deserved reputation for leadership and commitment to our employees, customers and community. Our employees are eligible to receive exceptional health and wellness benefits, paid time off, company bonus, profit sharing, 401k match, education assistance, and much more. We are proud of the people we are and the products we make — products that make a difference to the health and well-being of others.

We look for candidates that exhibit The Watkins Way (always Ethical, endeavors to be Transparent, embraces Inclusion, welcomes Diverse backgrounds and perspectives, Accommodating, believes in Work-Life Balance, puts Safety First, Accountable, values Relationships, Passionate, Team Player, and Goal Driven).

The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Hiring Range: $100,000.00-153,300.00. Many factor are taken into consideration in determining pay, including . education and location.

Company: Watkins Wellness

Watkins (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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