Sr Electrical Engineer

Job Summary

This is a contract electrical engineering position within the R+D Hardware Engineering team designing, testing, and integrating PCBAs into analytical instrumentation as part of new product development. This is a full-time, hybrid position located in Boulder, CO. Although some design work can be done remotely, a physical presence will be required to support testing and system integration.

Key Characteristics:

• Excellent interpersonal skills with emphasis on engagement, teamwork, and positive attitude 
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, identify problems, formulate solutions, and determine priorities with minimum oversight
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail, time management, and multi-tasking skills
• Meticulous with a keen eye for detail, ensuring high-quality deliverables 
• Enjoys working in a team environment and collaborating with others to develop solutions to technical challenges 
• Enjoys technical challenges and breaking down problems into more manageable parts, evaluating options, and making well-reasoned judgements
• Creative problem solver and critical thinker who enjoys technical challenges

Duties & Responsibilities

• Create PCBA designs and BOMs through the creation of detailed drawings, schematics, PCB layouts, and models using applications such as Altium following best practices
• Design digital and analog hardware utilizing FPGAs, microprocessors, ADCs/DACs, power supplies, and control circuitry to meet functional and performance specifications following best practices
• Participate in design activities through design reviews, prototyping, and communicating schedules, milestones, and status to project teams
• Create and execute test plans to qualify components and board designs, verify performance, and document results
• Coordinate with contract manufacturers, troubleshoot and bring up PCBAs, and ultimately release your design to production using Engineering Change Orders and a Configuration Management release process

Education & Experience

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in analog design as well as product design, development, and test of electronic assemblies and instruments

Qualifications:

• Solid technical background with understanding of digital and analog electronic circuit design, electronic systems, as well as related software
• Experience using engineering CAD tools for circuit board design and schematic capture (Altium Preferred)
• Strong problem-solving skills with a hands-on approach to troubleshooting while working in a lab environment during board bring-up, characterization, and system level hardware integration using test equipment such as a DMM, oscilloscope, pulse generator, current probe, spectrum analyzer, etc
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to effectively work within a larger cross functional team
• Ability to develop new designs to satisfy user and functional requirements
• Familiar with component selection

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of PCB manufacture and assembly processes including Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT)
• Experience designing for EMI/ESD protection
• Experience integrating embedded system processors, low-level firmware, and FPGAs 
• Familiar with circuit simulation and modeling tools such as PSPICE and MATLAB
• Agile, rapid prototyping mindset when working with other team members to expediently explore parallel options and provide recommendations for the best approach

Location: Hybrid in Boulder, CO (3 days in-office)

Salary Range: $120K-$150K

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience