Electrical Hardware Engineer (Hybrid Remote)

TECHEAD; Gaithersburg (MD); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TECHEAD is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer with around 3 years of hands-on hardware development experience to join our team. You will drive the full hardware lifecycle from concept through PCB layout and lab bring-up, with a focus on multi-layer PCBs and high-speed interfaces.

The ideal candidate will excel in Altium Designer, PCB layout, and following IPC standards, while collaborating with CM partners for fabrication deliverables.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hardware development and PCB design.
• Proficient with Altium Designer for schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Experience with lab equipment and SMD soldering (0402/0201).

Responsibilities

• Design and layout multi-layer PCBs with SI/PI and EMC/EMI best practices.
• Select components and create libraries per IPC standards.
• Prototype board bring-up and lab validation using test equipment.
• Coordinate with PCB fabricators and contract manufacturers to produce Gerbers, BOMs, IPC-2581, drawings.
• Develop high-speed interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, USB, Ethernet, CAN) and power circuits.

Skills

PCB design

Schematic capture

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Lab debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

This position allows for 3 days per week remote / work from home.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and self-motivated Electrical Design Engineer with around 3 years of hands-on experience to join our engineering team. In this role, you will play a key part in the complete hardware development lifecycle—from initial architectural concepts and schematic capture to complex PCB layout, prototyping, and lab bring-up.

The ideal candidate possesses strong core electrical engineering fundamentals, demonstrated proficiency with Altium Designer, and a track record of taking multi-layer board designs from concept through successful production.

Responsibilities

• Design and layout complex, multi-layer printed circuit boards (PCBs) using Altium Designer, ensuring compliance with signal integrity (SI), power integrity (PI), and EMC/EMI best practices.
• Select optimal active/passive components, microcontrollers, power management ICs, and connectors. Create and maintain Altium schematic symbol and PCB footprint libraries adhering to IPC standards.
• Board bring-up, debugging, testing, and validation of prototype hardware in the lab using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and multimeter equipment.
• Collaborate with external PCB fabricators and contract manufacturers (CMs) to produce manufacturing deliverables (Gerbers, ODB++, IPC-2581, BOMs, assembly drawings) and resolve fabrication queries.
• Design low-power DC-DC converters, linear regulators, mixed-signal circuits, and high-speed digital interfaces (e.g., SPI, I2C, UART, USB, Ethernet, CAN).
• Lead and participate in peer design reviews (schematic and PCB layout). Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, test plans, and engineering change orders (ECOs).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Computer Engineering (BSCE), or a related technical field.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in hardware development and PCB design.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Altium Designer (schematic capture, PCB layout, layer stackup configuration, rules/constraints, and manufacturing output generation).
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment for board debugging, signal validation, and surface-mount soldering/rework (SMD components down to 0402/0201 packages).
• Strong understanding of standard embedded communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, CAN).