Electrical Engineer

Capgemini; Village of Fairport (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

Capgemini is seeking a highly skilled Hardware Engineer to join its R&D team in New York on a 6-month contract. You will drive analog/digital circuit design, embedded systems, and sensor integration for industrial and utility sensing platforms, collaborating across functions to deliver field-ready hardware.

The role emphasizes PCBA layout, testing, and certification readiness, with familiarity on Modbus RTU/TCP, RS-485, and LoRa.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• 3+ years of hardware design for embedded systems.
• Proficiency in analog and digital circuit design, including low-noise signal paths and power management.
• Strong understanding of industrial communication protocols (e.g., Modbus RTU/TCP, LoRa, RS-485).
• Familiarity with sensor integration, including temperature, humidity, pressure, and optical sensors.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools, Altium Designer preferred.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum framework.
• Knowledge of EMC, safety compliance and product certification processes.

Responsibilities

• Support product implementation cycle from requirements to production, including PCBA layout and testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware architecture, manufacturing, and program management.
• Advance sensor platforms and sustainment improvements for industrial applications.
• Assist with documentation, compliance certification, and transition of designs to production.

Skills

Embedded hardware design

Analog/digital circuit design

Industrial protocols

Sensor integration

Firmware-hardware co-design

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Contract (6 months)

Published 2 days ago

Agile/ Scrum

product management

EDA tools

cross - functional collaboration

CAD Design

sensor integration

Simulation Tools

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Hardware Engineer to join our dynamic R&D team. This role is pivotal in driving the development of next-generation sensing and monitoring solutions for industrial and utility applications. The ideal candidate will bring a strong foundation in analog/digital circuit design, embedded systems, and communication protocols, with a passion for developing robust, field-ready hardware platforms.

Responsibilities:

Support guidance into the entire product implementation cycle including requirements analysis, high level and detailed design (including PCBA layout), implementation, testing, integration, documentation, compliance certification and introduction to production in coordination with architecture team.

Work with a multi-functional team that includes hardware architecture, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, logistics engineering teams, product and program management and other groups, as needed.

Support advanced technology initiatives to develop next generation sensors and sensing platforms and improvements in products sustaining activities.

Mandatory Skills:

A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar.

3+ years of experience in hardware design for embedded systems.

Proficiency in analog and digital circuit design, including low-noise signal paths and power management.

Strong understanding of industrial communication protocols (e.g., Modbus RTU/TCP, LoRa, RS-485) with experience in integration into new and existing hardware platforms.

Familiarity with sensor integration, including temperature, humidity, pressure, and optical sensors.

Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools, Altium Designer preferred.

Experience with Agile and Scrum framework.

Knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of fluid dynamics, thermal dynamics, computational fluid simulation using Ansys, Solid Works or similar would be an advantage.

Experience with firmware-hardware co-design and debugging embedded systems.

Knowledge of designing for compliance (EMC, safety), compliance testing, and product certification processes.

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $32.36/hour - $50.56/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.