Electrical Engineer: PCB Design & Board Bring-Up (Contract)

Motive Workforce; Cerritos (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 113,000; Part time

Job summary

Motive Workforce seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to support battery-electric transportation systems. You will design schematics, perform PCB layout, and bring-up boards for analog, power, and low-speed digital circuits onsite in Southern California.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, troubleshooting, and cross-functional integration with ECUs and controllers. Required are a Bachelor's in Electrical/ Electronics Engineering and at least three years of hands-on experience, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum three years of hands-on electrical engineering experience.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools.
• Strong grounding in electronics and component selection.
• Ability to read datasheets and apply specifications.

Responsibilities

• Create schematics for analog, power, and low-speed digital circuits.
• Read datasheets and select appropriate components.
• Design basic semiconductor, sensor, interface, and communication circuits.
• Perform PCB layout for low-speed digital signals and analog power systems.
• Apply grounding, power-plane, and signal-routing techniques.
• Assemble, rework, and test SMD circuit boards.
• Board bring-up, circuit validation, and functional testing.
• Analyze SPI, I2C, CAN, and UART communications.
• Troubleshoot at circuit, board, and system levels.
• Support electrical integration with ECUs and controllers.
• Document test results, design changes, and root-cause findings.

Skills

Electrical engineering

PCB design

Schematic capture

Board bring-up

Troubleshooting

Diagnostics

Component selection

Signal integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

KiCad

Altium

OrCAD

Cadence

Eagle

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analyzers

Power supplies

Job description

Motive Workforce seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to support battery-electric transportation systems. You will design schematics, perform PCB layout, and bring-up boards for analog, power, and low-speed digital circuits onsite in Southern California.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, troubleshooting, and cross-functional integration with ECUs and controllers. Required are a Bachelor's in Electrical/ Electronics Engineering and at least three years of hands-on experience, with