Electrical Engineer — Mixed Signal Board Design

Game 7 Staffing; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Game 7 Staffing is seeking an Electrical Engineer for mixed-signal board design in Costa Mesa, CA. The role emphasizes on-site work with occasional remote only after multi-week bring-up cycles, supporting flight-critical electronics development.

You will own schematic and component selection in Altium, drive board stack-up decisions, perform bring-up in lab with scopes and logic analyzers, and collaborate across mechanical, firmware, and test teams to deliver robust, manufacturable designs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years producing mixed-signal boards with schematic ownership.
• Proficient in Altium schematic capture.
• Hands-on board bring-up in production environments.
• Skilled with oscilloscopes, DMMs, and logic analyzers.
• Experience with SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, UART, or RS-class buses.
• Strong power and PDN design understanding.
• Able to own full design-to-test loop on-site in Costa Mesa.
• Eligible for U.S. security clearance.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, direction-driven team.

Responsibilities

• Capture requirements and translate into board architecture.
• Own schematic design and component selection in Altium.
• Guide layout with stack-up, SI/PI constraints, and reviews.
• Lab bring-up and debugging with scope, DMM, and logic analyzer.
• Support board power design and PDN considerations.
• Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, and test teams.
• Participate in peer reviews and document for manufacturability.

Skills

Microcontroller bring-up

PCB design ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

On-site readiness

High-speed analog/digital design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Schematic Capture

Oscilloscopes

DMMs

Logic Analyzer

SPI / I2C / CAN / Ethernet / UART buses

Job description

Title:

Electrical Engineer – Mixed-Signal Board Design

Location:

Costa Mesa, CA — prefer on-site; limited remote only with multi-week consecutive on-site board bring-up and flexible return trips for test

Interview process:

~30–45 minute technical interview with the hiring manager

Security / clearance:

Eligible for U.S. security clearance

Why hiring:

Expand board design capacity for flight-critical and program electronics.

End product:

• Mixed-signal boards combining digital interfaces, analog, and power.
• Multi-layer boards, with complex clean-sheet work often in the ~8–10 layer class.

Tech / domain environment:

• Altium is the primary CAD tool; schematic is required and layout depth is optional.
• Interfaces include SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet up to GigE-class, RS-422/232/485, and USB.
• Lab equipment includes oscilloscopes, DMMs, and logic analyzers.
• Complex clean-sheet board cycles are roughly 2–4 months overall, with schedules that flex.

Job duties:

• Capture and clarify imperfect requirements and turn them into a workable board architecture.
• Own schematic design and component selection in Altium from scratch or through re-spin.
• Guide layout through stack-up, placement intent, SI/PI constraints, and design reviews.
• Bring up and debug assemblies in the lab using scope, DMM, and logic analyzer equipment, and drive issues across electrical/firmware boundaries.
• Support board power through supplies, loading, and PDN-minded design.
• Integrate with mechanical, systems, firmware, and test partners on a fast-moving, co-located team.
• Participate in peer design reviews and document designs for manufacturability and qualification paths.

Must haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of production experience designing mixed-signal boards/PCBs with real circuit and schematic ownership, multi-layer designs, and collaboration with layout on impedance/stack-up.
• Production proficiency in Altium schematic capture.
• Hands-on microcontroller and board bring-up in production environments, not academic-only.
• High competence with oscilloscopes and DMMs for bring-up and debug; logic analyzer experience strongly preferred.
• Production familiarity with SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, UART, or RS-class buses.
• Board-level power literacy covering regulators, power architecture, loading, and PDN awareness on mixed-signal boards.
• Ability to own the full design ? bring-up ? debug ? integration loop without handing responsibility off.
• Willingness to work on-site in Costa Mesa as required for bring-up and test, including multi-week stretches if remote/hybrid.
• Eligible for U.S. security clearance.
• Comfortable with a fast-paced, direction-driven team and changing requirements.

Nice to haves:

• Personal Altium layout skill including BGA, controlled impedance, or denser stack-ups.
• Military, aerospace, or high-reliability embedded electronics experience.
• Deeper power systems experience with batteries, AC, or power conversion beyond on-board supplies.
• Low-level firmware for bring-up and interface bring-up.
• Experience with temperature, vibration, and environmental effects on electrical design.
• EMI design awareness or EMI test exposure.
• System interconnect diagrams or harness definition experience; Siemens Capital exposure is optional only.
• Prior contractor success in thin-requirements, high-ownership environments.
• No production board or schematic design experience.
• Academic-only microcontroller or lab experience.
• Layout-only profile with weak circuit or schematic design.
• Harness/EWIS or Siemens Capital-only profile without board EE depth.
• Unable to support required on-site bring-up windows.
• Not eligible for U.S. security clearance.
• Expectation that test or bring-up is always someone else’s job.