Electrical Design Engineer

Actalent; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA-Eligible Plans

401(k) Match

Holidays

Vacation Leave

Sick Leave

Job summary

Actalent is seeking an experienced electrical hardware engineer to design, develop, test, and document hardware for access control readers and controllers, including schematics, PCB layouts, RF performance, power systems, and digital interfaces.

You will support prototype bring-up, compliance testing, production builds, and troubleshooting of hardware issues in production and the field, collaborating with manufacturing and validation teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering required, plus 3+ years embedded hardware experience.
• Experience taking a product through production, PCB design, microcontrollers, interfaces, power, RF/wireless.
• Hands-on test equipment experience; PCBA manufacturing, PACS, OSDP, Altium, and DFM/DFT preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and document electrical hardware for access control readers and controllers.
• Support prototype bring-up, compliance testing, production builds, manufacturing and validation teams.
• Troubleshoot hardware issues in production and the field.

Skills

Electrical Hardware Design

PCB Layout

Microcontrollers

Embedded Hardware Development

RF Design

Power Supply Design

Schematic Capture

Bluetooth/NFC/RFID

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

DFM/DFT

PCBA manufacturing

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum Analyzers

Logic Analyzers

Job description

Design, develop, test, and document electrical hardware for access control readers and controllers, including schematics, PCB layouts, RF performance, power systems, and digital interfaces. Support prototype bring-up, compliance testing, production builds, manufacturing and validation teams, and troubleshooting of hardware issues in production and the field.

Requirements: Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, plus at least three years of embedded hardware development experience, including taking a product through production. Candidates should have PCB design experience, knowledge of microcontrollers, interfaces, power supplies, and RF/wireless technologies, and hands-on test equipment experience; PCBA manufacturing, PACS, OSDP, Altium, and DFM/DFT experience are additional qualifications.

Key Skills: Electrical Hardware Design, Schematic Capture, PCB Layout, Circuit Simulation, RF Design and Tuning, Antenna Design, Power Supply Design, Microcontrollers, Embedded Hardware Development, Bluetooth, NFC, RFID, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers, Design for Manufacturing

Benefits: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Health Savings Account-Eligible Plans, 401(k) Match Up to 6%, Holidays, Vacation Leave, Sick Leave