Electrical Hardware Engineer

Supply Chain Resources Group, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SCRG is seeking an Electrical Hardware Engineer - System Validation in San Jose, CA, to join a dynamic client team. You will drive system-level bring-up, debug, and validation of new hardware across fast-paced projects, while designing boards with OrCAD/Cadence and automating tests.

You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering partners, analyze issues, and report progress to SCRG leadership. This hybrid role in San Jose offers hands-on hardware exposure and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on hardware bring-up, debug, and testing through industry experience, internships, academic projects, or lab work.
• Working knowledge of microprocessors, embedded systems, and board-level debugging concepts.
• Experience designing boards with OrCAD or Cadence.
• Experience with at least one scripting language (e.g., Python or Perl).
• Ability to analyze technical issues, gather data, and draw conclusions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Organized, can prioritize to meet deadlines, detail-oriented, and collaborative."],
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Responsibilities

• System Bring-Up & Validation: Support system-level bring-up, validation, and debug of new hardware products and components.
• Test Planning & Execution: Develop and execute test plans for upcoming product bring-up activities.
• Debug & Root Cause Analysis: Troubleshoot hardware and system issues, identify root causes, and document findings clearly so the team can act on them.
• Board Design: Design boards using OrCAD or Cadence tools, and bring up boards to specification.
• Test Automation & Scripting: Use scripting to improve test efficiency, automate routine tasks, and support debug workflows.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Collaborate with the client's cross-functional engineering teams to help deliver high-quality products to market.
• Status Reporting & Escalation: Track test results, communicate status, and escalation risks or issues to client and SCRG leadership as needed.

Skills

Bring-Up & Debug

Embedded Systems

Scripting

Analytical Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Tools

OrCAD

Cadence

Job description

As a Electrical Hardware Engineer - System Validation, you will be part of SCRG's engineering team supporting one of our clients, an innovative hardware company based in San Jose, California. You will join a small, dynamic client team responsible for system-level bring-up, debug, and validation of new hardware platforms and components, and help take new products from first power-on through validation in a fast-paced environment.

You will work closely with the client's cross-functional engineering partners to execute test plans, troubleshoot issues, and drive products from early bring-up through validation, with SCRG providing technical oversight and support along the way. This role follows a hybrid work model based in San Jose, CA.

Key Responsibilities:

• System Bring-Up & Validation: Support system-level bring-up, validation, and debug of new hardware products and components.
• Test Planning & Execution: Develop and execute test plans for upcoming product bring-up activities.
• Debug & Root Cause Analysis: Troubleshoot hardware and system issues, identify root causes, and document findings clearly so the team can act on them.
• Board Design: Design boards using OrCAD or Cadence tools, and bring up boards to specification.
• Test Automation & Scripting: Use scripting to improve test efficiency, automate routine tasks, and support debug workflows.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Collaborate with the client's cross-functional engineering teams to help deliver high-quality products to market.
• Status Reporting & Escalation: Track test results, communicate status, and escalation risks or issues to client and SCRG leadership as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Bring-Up & Debug Experience: Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, debug, and testing through industry experience, internships, academic projects, or lab work.
• Embedded Systems: Working knowledge of microprocessors, embedded systems, and board-level debugging concepts.
• Board Design Tools: Experience designing boards in OrCAD or Cadence.
• Scripting: Experience with at least one scripting language, such as Python or Perl.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze technical issues, gather data, and draw sound conclusions.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Professional Skills: Organized and able to prioritize effectively to meet deadlines; curious, detail-oriented, and motivated to learn quickly; collaborative and comfortable in a fast-paced engineering environment; self-motivated, with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through; thoughtful and persistent in resolving technical issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with standard lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and programmable power supplies.
• Familiarity with common board-level interfaces and buses such as I2C, SPI, UART, USB, and PCIe.
• Interest in emerging hardware across consumer electronics, robotics, and related industries.
• Experience working in an embedded-client environment.