Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

Baxter International Inc. Round Lake, IL $120,000 - $165,000
Full Time Lead Level 10+ years

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About This Role

As a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, you will be a technical visionary and hands-on leader, driving the creation of next-generation monitoring and sensing technologies within the medication delivery portfolio. You will serve as a technical leader from concept through commercialization, shaping electrical architectures and designs that perform flawlessly in safety-critical environments.

Responsibilities

  • Translate customer and user needs into clear electrical design requirements and hardware specifications
  • Architect and document robust electronic systems for embedded, microcontroller-based products
  • Lead the design of high-performance analog and digital circuitry, balancing innovation with reliability
  • Analyze and simulate circuits to ensure performance across environmental, load, and timing stresses
  • Partner seamlessly with mechanical and software teams to deliver fully integrated system designs
  • Create, review, and approve schematics, specifications, drawings, and design documentation
  • Define and execute test strategies that prove designs meet performance, safety, and regulatory requirements
  • Guide PCB layout to achieve EMI/EMC compliance, manufacturability, and long-term robustness
  • Support design transfer to manufacturing, ensuring scalable and repeatable production
  • Collaborate across engineering, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, supply chain, and marketing to resolve competing priorities

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience developing electromechanical hardware, ideally in medical devices or other regulated industries
  • Deep expertise in embedded electronics, including analog and digital circuit design
  • Proven experience designing products to meet electromagnetic emissions and immunity standards
  • Strong proficiency with PCB schematic and layout tools (Altium Designer preferred)
  • Experience using data acquisition and test tools such as LabVIEW

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, or a related engineering discipline
  • 10+ years of experience developing electromechanical hardware, ideally in medical devices or other regulated industries

Skills

LabVIEW * Altium Designer * Analog circuit design * Digital circuit design * Embedded electronics * Microcontroller * EMI/EMC *

* Required skills

Benefits

Paid Holidays
Long-Term Disability
Dental coverage
Basic life insurance
Employee Discount Program
Business Travel Accident insurance
Family and medical leaves of absence
Childcare benefits
Paid parental leave
Flexible spending accounts
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Educational Assistance Programs
Paid time off (20 to 35 days based on length of service)
Short-Term Disability
Accident insurance
Medical coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Commuting benefits
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) with company matching

About Baxter International Inc.

Baxter is a company that focuses on redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact and save and sustain lives. They build life-sustaining solutions that patients and clinicians depend on every day.

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