Senior Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer

Berkeley, California, United States

We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Location: Berkeley, CA

We are hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer to our Enclosure Electronics team. You will be joining a team responsible for the development of electronic controls hardware for our large-scale battery systems comprising a wide variety of sensors, actuators and custom electronics. The role will expose you to interesting, multidisciplinary technical challenges spanning various teams at the company, from gas sensing to electrochemistry to high power electronics. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and be part of the growth of a fast-moving company with breakthrough technology and an incredible mission!

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, controls, and manufacturing engineers to develop effective and reliable electrical systems
• PCB design: schematic capture, PCB layout, board validation and manufacturing support
• Prototyping and validation of new electrical circuits and systems
• Troubleshoot and root-case analysis systems down to the component level
• Sensor selection, evaluation and interface definition
• Clearly document design decisions, test results, and troubleshooting procedures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience, or equivalent education experience in electrical engineering
• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Background bringing products from concept to production stages
• Understanding of electrical design fundamentals
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience with PCB CAD tools (Altium or similar)
• Familiarity with electrical lab tools (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc)
• Some programming experience (Python, C/C++, Matlab, etc)
• Must be able to obtain US work authorization

Salary Range

$115,000-130,000. 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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.