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At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success - so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to create disruptive new technologies and solutions on our electrical engineering teams. Our Engineering Team is responsible for giving life to the batteries, motors, and electronics that power solutions changing the lives of our users. Every developmental phase of these critical components happens in-house under the watch of this team. We continue to invest in electrical engineering resources to design and develop leadership in electronic capabilities; something unique within the industry. And we’re pushing the limits in firmware engineering, power electronics, embedded systems, machine learning, and the use of artificial intelligence.\nBehind our doors you’ll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to design and develop the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. 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You will interface with electronic hardware design and other cross-functional teams to understand system design requirements and translate them into testable requirements.\nYou’ll also be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:\nLead the design, development, execution, and troubleshooting efforts for test procedures related to firmware features, applications, and subsystems of mid to high level complexity.\nLead the design, review, and refinement of engineering requirements for test needs.\nLead peer-review of test designs and automation.\nDevelop test plans and drive consensus to enable the delivery of firmware that meets all requirements by testing.\nLead agile project teams through the new product development process.\nDrive continuous improvement efforts of test development.\nChampion experiments using simulations and other methods to draw concise, logical conclusions by analyzing data.\nUse agile methods to break down tasks, assign work, provide estimates, drive critical milestones, and track progress to ensure adherence to schedule and Milwaukee Tool’s processes.\nLead technical meetings, develop, and give formal technical presentations, and lead a small technical team.\nQuickly, effectively, and candidly frame-up and escalate business risks/opportunities to senior leadership.\nEffectively communicate and motivate up, down and across the organization to a diverse range of technical and non-technical team members.\nDrive urgency in project schedules and accountability for establishing and achieving key project metrics that meet the organization’s needs.\nWhat TOOLS you’ll bring with you:\nBachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.\n7+ years of experience with verification/validation testing, hardware in the loop (HIL) testing, embedded systems and/or PCBA design.\nAbility to read schematics and component data sheets, along with a proficient understanding of digital circuits 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