Senior Electrical Engineer

Top 3 Must-Have Qualifications

1. Strong hands-on electronic hardware design experience, including circuit design, schematic capture, prototyping, testing, and board-level troubleshooting.
2. Embedded microcontroller experience, including supporting circuitry and interfaces.
3. Broad analog and/or mixed-signal design experience with the ability to independently own projects from concept through production.

Work Environment

This is a primarily onsite position within a highly collaborative engineering organization. The role is approximately 98% hardware-focused and requires hands-on access

Team Structure

Individual contributor role with no direct reports. The selected candidate will work closely with senior engineering staff and cross-functional R&D team members. The broader engineering organization consists of approximately eleven professionals located across multiple domestic and international sites.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.

Schedule

• Primarily onsite during the initial onboarding period.
• Potential for limited hybrid flexibility after the employee is fully trained and independently performing in the role.
• Typical working hours are between 8:00 a.m. and \5:00 p.m. with reasonable flexibility.

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What Makes This Opportunity Attractive

A rapidly growing technology company is expanding its R&D organization and investing heavily in product innovation. This position offers the opportunity to:

• Work across the full product lifecycle, from concept through production.
• Take ownership of critical hardware development projects.
• Collaborate closely with experienced engineering professionals.
• Make an immediate impact on product development initiatives.
• Grow into future technical leadership and project leadership responsibilities.
• Participate in profit-sharing opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and troubleshoot electronic hardware systems.
• Create schematics and PCB designs.
• Perform prototyping, validation testing, and root-cause analysis.
• Support embedded microcontroller-based product development.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to develop and improve products.
• Drive projects through all phases of the development lifecycle.

Additional Candidate Information

• This is not a people management role.
• The position is heavily focused on electronic hardware design; firmware and software development are not primary responsibilities.
• Embedded microcontroller expertise is considered the highest technical priority.
• Experience with thermocouples is helpful but can be learned on the job.
• Experience with Altium or comparable PCB design tools is preferred.
• Verilog and FPGA experience are considered a plus but are not required.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will possess approximately 12 to 15 years of relevant experience, though exceptional candidates with five or more years of directly applicable experience will be considered.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Strong technical depth
• Initiative and ownership mentality
• Sound engineering judgment
• Ability to learn quickly
• Broad hands-on product development experience
• Comfort working within small to mid-sized organizations
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach
• Resourcefulness and problem-solving ability
• Willingness to actively engage with colleagues and share ideas

Preferred Background

Candidates who have worked in small to mid-sized companies and have personally owned multiple stages of design, testing, and troubleshooting will be especially attractive. Individuals from larger organizations will also be considered if they can demonstrate broad technical ownership and hands-on involvement throughout the product development process.

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