Electrical Engineer
Life FitnessIllinois, United States
Posted May 5, 2026
70500 - 100300 USD
Full Time
About the Company
For over five decades, Life Fitness / Hammer Strength has crafted state-of-the art cardio and strength equipment that moves in sync with the human body, helping athletes and exercisers globally, become faster, stronger, and healthier. We created fitness. Now we’re making it better. In 1968 Dr. Keene Dimick invented the first piece of electronic fitness equipment – the exercise bike. His creative spirit is in our DNA and continues to inspire us every day. Today, the way people live, work and play is ever-changing. A phenomenon that is putting new challenges on our collective wellbeing. As creators in fitness, we notice and act on this by innovating, engineering and manufacturing the best workout experiences that move every partner, customer, athlete and exerciser, forward together. We believe that everybody gains from working out. That is why, at Life Fitness/Hammer Strength, we partner with our customers to create intuitive, high-performance, cardio and strength solutions, that move with the body’s natural biomechanics to make every goal feel possible. Driven by the standards demanded by elite athletes, we share a passion to engineer our products to be accessible to all – young and old, athlete and improver, well and in-recovery. As experts in fitness equipment innovation, we set the bar for our industry. By never compromising on performance, quality, or reliability, we continue to raise that bar. Our purpose is to empower the world to work out, creating healthier lives together.
Job Description
Join Life Fitness as an Electrical Engineer, responsible for sustaining engineering associated with electronic hardware, user interfaces, and sub-systems for cardiovascular and strength equipment. Work closely with engineers and technicians to enact quality improvements, drive cost reductions, and support field issues.
Requirements
- Collaborate with global field support staff to troubleshoot hardware issues
- Perform engineering level failure analysis of field return units and components
- Drive timely improvements from analysis of returns to prevent further reoccurrence in the field
- Create troubleshooting documents such as knowledge base articles and service bulletins
- Collaborate within and outside the electrical engineering teams on cost reduction opportunities
- Perform and document detailed board level validation test on proposed sustaining changes
- Travel to customer sites and manufacturing locations, between 10-20% of time
Benefits
- 401(k) savings plan with 4% employer match
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Parental, medical and military leaves of absence
- Paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Paid vacation days beginning at 13 days annually
- Paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws
- Company paid short-term disability and optional long-term disability
- Health savings account
- Health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts
- Employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- Hospital indemnity
- Identity protection
- Legal services
- Adoption assistance
- Tuition assistance
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts
- Employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions
