Electrical Engineer

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Electrical Engineer

Contract to Hire: Berkeley, California, US

Salary Range: 85.00 - 90.00 | Per Hour

Job Code: 370234

End Date: 2026-07-25
Days Left: 10 days, 3 hours left

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Role: Staff Electrical Engineer

Location: Berkeley, CA 94704

Type : Long Term Contract

Pay Range: $85-$90/hr.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

PCBA Design & Development

• Own full PCBA development lifecycle from concept through production release.
• Generate electrical requirements, block diagrams, architecture documentation, and design specifications.
• Perform component selection and schematic capture using Altium.
• Drive PCB layout development and review for signal integrity, power integrity, manufacturability, and reliability.
• Support vendor DFM reviews and design release activities.

System Integration & Validation

• Develop bring-up procedures, test plans, and verification strategies.
• Support board bring-up, debugging, validation, and root cause investigations.
• Troubleshoot released designs and support sustaining engineering efforts.
• Generate design documentation, test reports, decision matrices, and 8D corrective action reports.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Firmware, Software, Manufacturing, and Test teams.
• Support design reviews and ensure alignment across hardware and system-level requirements.
• Balance speed, rigor, safety, and reliability within an aggressive development environment.

Technical Scope:

Power & Control Systems
• 48V power distribution architecture
• High-power actuator, fan, and sensor control
• Power conversion including buck converters, LDOs, and power management systems
• Data acquisition and control systems

Communication Interfaces:

• 1000BASE-T1 Single Pair Ethernet (highly important)

• CAN-FD, SPI, UART, I2C, isoSPI, JTAG

Components & Subsystems:
• MCUs and MPUs
• SOM / SMARC carrier boards
• Ethernet switches and PHYs
• ADCs, DACs, IO expanders
• Motor drivers, gate drivers, high-side drivers
• Sensor interfaces and control circuitry

Safety & Compliance :
• Design for high-power and hazardous environments
• UL 991, UL 1973, UL 1998, UL 9540
• Safety-critical communication architectures
• Reliability-focused design methodologies

Must-Haves:
• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• 7+ years of electrical engineering experience (5+ with MS considered).
• Strong Altium experience (or equivalent ECAD platform).
• Demonstrated ownership of schematic capture and PCBA development.
• Multi-layer PCB design experience.
• Board bring-up and hardware validation experience.
• Experience across the full product development lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience with:

• Ethernet (1000BASE-T1 strongly preferred)
• CAN-FD
• SPI, UART, I2C
• Data acquisition systems
• Control systems
• MCU/MPU-based designs
• Power electronics and power management circuits

• Experience working in high-power, industrial, automotive, energy, battery, or similarly safety-critical environments.
• Knowledge of UL991, UL1973, UL1998, and/or UL9540 compliance requirements.
• Strong problem-solving, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Ability to operate independently with minimal oversight.

Nice-to-Haves:
• 10+ years of experience.
• Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) experience.
• EV, automotive, industrial automation, or power systems background.
• Experience with DFMEA and CFMEA.
• Familiarity with Arena, Teamcenter, or other PLM tools.
• Experience with JIRA and JAMA.
• SOM/carrier board architecture experience.
• Deep hands-on PCB layout execution experience, not just design review.
• Experience supporting production release and sustaining engineering.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually - as applicable.

Job Requirement

• PCBA
• Electrical Engineer
• Altium
• Ethernet

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• Uzef Sumbhaniya
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