Job Title: Principal Engineer

Job Description

Lead the engineering development activities for mobile cleaning equipment products focusing on new product development and large-scale lifecycle management efforts. This position primarily serves as the Engineering Lead on a cross-functional team tasked with designing and developing innovative electro-mechanical machines that meet performance, quality, cost, and timeline requirements. Additionally, this role leads and contributes to technical product strategy development including product platform and architecture development, product simplification improvements, technology and innovation concept development, product and technology roadmap inputs, and project strategy phase execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering development activities for mobile cleaning equipment products.
• Serve as the Engineering Lead on a cross-functional team.
• Design and develop innovative electro-mechanical machines.
• Ensure product performance, quality, cost, and timelines are met.
• Contribute to technical product strategy development.
• Develop product platform and architecture.
• Implement product simplification improvements.
• Drive technology and innovation concept development.
• Provide inputs for product and technology roadmap.
• Execute project strategy phases.

Essential Skills

• Mechanical engineering
• Product development engineering
• Integrated product development
• Design
• BSME or equivalent
• 10+ years in mechanical engineering for product development
• Subsystem or system-level integration experience

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical, Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent from an ABET accredited institution
• MS in Systems or Mechanical Engineering preferred
• 10+ years of new product development experience
• Strong project planning/management experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus
• Experience in electric vehicle or autonomous vehicle development preferred
• Strong technical background with machine and system integration experience on complex electro-mechanical systems
• Experience with electric vehicle architectures, systems, and subsystems
• Demonstrated experience in whole product-level systems requirements development, management, and architecture definition

Work Environment

Engage in 90% design and development activities supporting both industrial and commercial products. Engineers and manufactures in Golden Valley.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $57.00 - $81.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Minneapolis,MN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 31, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

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