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Senior Systems Engineer - Electrical Engineering

Milwaukee Tool · Brookfield, WI · Full time

Posted Sep 7, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time a system level issue only showed up after integration. How did you find the root cause?

What they are checking: Whether they can debug interactions between subsystems methodically when no single team owns the failure.

Describe a time you led engineers who did not report to you toward a technical decision they disagreed with at first.

What they are checking: Whether a senior systems engineer can lead through influence and reasoning rather than authority.

Tell me about a design choice you made that you later realized was wrong. What did you change in how you work?

What they are checking: Whether they own mistakes openly and learn from them, which matters in a culture that pushes hard on new technology.

What would you do

A motor team wants more peak current and the battery team says the pack cannot support it. How do you settle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can run a fair technical tradeoff between teams using data, user needs and safety limits.

Late in development, a compliance test fails for EMC. The launch date is fixed. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they stay calm, contain the risk, and lay out honest options and tradeoffs to leadership.

About the work

The posting says you would lead impact analysis. Walk me through how you assess the impact of a change to a battery pack's cell or electronics on the rest of the system.

What they are checking: Whether they think across battery, motor, electronics and firmware together instead of judging one component alone.

How do you write and manage system requirements for a cordless tool so that firmware, hardware and test teams all read them the same way?

What they are checking: Whether they can write clear, testable requirements and keep traceability as a product changes.

How do you approach safety and protection design in a lithium-ion tool system, such as overcurrent, thermal and cell balancing?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the real hazards of high energy packs and how protection is layered across hardware and firmware.

What does a good verification plan look like for a new electronic platform, and how do you know when you have tested enough?

What they are checking: Whether they connect requirements to tests and can judge coverage and risk rather than test everything or too little.

How would you use field data or machine learning to improve how our tools manage power or protect themselves?

What they are checking: Whether they can see practical uses for data and ML in embedded products, not just repeat the buzzwords.

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The full job description

As published by Milwaukee Tool.

Job Description: INNOVATE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES! 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. Behind 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. Meanwhile, you’ll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen. Year after year, our team continues to make significant breakthroughs in the industry. We’re just getting started. To learn more about our story click HERE . You’ll also be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities: • Lead the impact analysis, development and strategy for company-wide challenges across multiple domains and product lines. Independently develop, decompose, and maintain system-level requirements, ensuring alignment between business objectives, platform strategies, and implementation across multiple engineering domains. • Lead the escalation of challenges to leaders in Milwaukee Tool and drive changes to address them. • Lead the definition of electronic/electromechanical system and sub-system requirements and architectures, including driving trade-offs between product marketing, engineering, and other stakeholders. • Create and maintain systems collateral, including block diagrams, definition of hardware/firmware interfaces, configuration management, risk assessments, etc. • Support the development, integration and refinement of tools and processes used in the execution of system engineering practices within an agile, high-velocity product development environment. • Collaborate on the development and execution of system verification and validation strategies. • Provide candid and effective communications up, down and across the organization on progress, barrier removal, and escalations of business risks/opportunities. Demonstrate Milwaukee Tool’s culture of high performance and agility by independently creating Work Breakdown Structures for your work and driving to critical milestones. • Drive urgency in project schedules and accountability for establishing and achieving key project metrics that meet the organization’s needs. • Serve as a role model for Milwaukee Tool’s culture while mentoring, guiding, and coaching junior engineers. • Use laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, e-loads, and data acquisition systems. • Flow down specific requirements to multiple domains to ensure designs meet applicable regulatory requirements (UL, CEC, CE, and ANSI) What TOOLS you’ll bring with you: • Bachelor of Science Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field. • 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, embedded systems, energy storage systems, power electronics or related field. • Demonstrated proficiency in the application of systems thinking and systems engineering methodologies in mechatronic systems. • Demonstrated proficiency in translating asks from internal and external stakeholders into product requirements. • Demonstrated proficiency in identification and mitigation of risks in a development setting. • Experience collecting and analyzing test data from electromechanical systems. • Excellent problem-solving skills, exercises independent judgement and works well under pressure in a dynamic environment. • Ability to travel 10% of the time (domestic and international). Other TOOLS we prefer you to have: • Experience analyzing and mitigating system risks using structured risk analyses such as FMEA, FTA or STPA. • Experience with functional and/or physical architecture development of multi-domain systems. • Experience with systems thinking and applying the systems approach to battery-powered embedded electronics systems. • Experience with model-based systems engineering, Universal Modeling Language (UML), and/or Systems Modeling Language (SysML). We provide these great perks and benefits: • Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans. • Generous 401 (K) savings plan. • Education assistance. • On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service. • And many more, check out our benefits site HERE . Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.

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