Electrical Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a Electrical Engineer with strong experience in board-level and system-level hardware design for industrial automation products. You will be a key technical contributor, leading the design, development, and validation of PCB assemblies and complex electrical systems. You will shape system architecture and influence the technology roadmap, ensuring product success from concept through production. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in a hands-on and highly collaborative environment and is eager to take ownership of complex design challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and validation of PCB assemblies and complex electrical systems.
• Shape system architecture and influence the technology roadmap.
• Ensure product success from concept through production.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex design challenges.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in circuit and system-level electronics development.
• Experience with mixed-signal, embedded, and power circuits.
• Proficiency in Altium or equivalent for schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Familiarity with common communication protocols (SPI, I2C, RS-485, Ethernet, CAN).
• Familiarity with EMC/ESD, thermal and environmental design considerations.
• Experience with lab tools including oscilloscopes, logic, spectrum, power analyzers.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience designing systems for semiconductor tools or similar regulated industries.
• Experience with safety control, temperature control, and motion control.
• Experience with Spice and Hyperlynx or equivalent for circuit, SI, PI simulations.
• Experience with EtherCAT and EtherCAT-based components and systems.
• Experience with FPGA development (Verilog/VHDL, simulation, P&R, optimizations).
• Working knowledge of embedded software (C/C++, Python).
• Familiarity with safety and compliance standards (CE, UL, SEMI, IEC).
• Familiarity with systems engineering principles.

Work Environment

This position offers the opportunity to work in an employee-owned company where each employee receives 20% of their salary in company stock. The work environment is highly collaborative, providing hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and tools.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $135000.00 - $155000.00/yr.

Medical, dental, vision, 401k, 20% of salary in company stock, Quarterly bonuses

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Scotts Valley,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 13, 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.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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