Embedded Hardware Engineer (Hybrid) - PCB Bring-up

Actalent; United States; Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Actalent in Vancouver, WA is seeking an Embedded Hardware Engineer to own boards from block diagrams through bring-up on the bench. The role focuses on digital and MCU-based power, interface, interconnect, and breakout boards across multiple projects, with some work for defense customers.

Hybrid work at Vancouver/Portland area. You will design architectures, select parts, manage BOMs, create schematics and layouts in Altium, and guide designs through reviews and revisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing PCBs and PCBAs, owning boards from schematic through layout and bring-up.
• Hands-on Altium Designer, doing both your own schematics and your own board layout.
• Digital circuit design around microcontrollers, including part selection and BOM creation.
• Lab debugging with oscilloscopes, multimeters and logic analyzers.
• Comfort explaining your design choices to customers and in design reviews.
• A BSEE, or work experience that stands in for one.

Responsibilities

• Turn customer requirements into a board architecture, then pick the parts and build the BOM.
• Capture the schematic and do your own layout in Altium.
• Walk your designs through internal and customer reviews and work the revisions.
• Send finished designs out for fab quotes and track the boards through the build.
• Bring up new boards in the lab, probe for mistakes and work with technicians on fine pitch rework.
• Partner with mechanical, firmware and systems engineers to get your boards into the product.
• Give customers and project managers clear updates on where the design stands.

Skills

PCB design

Altium Designer

Digital circuit design

Lab debugging

Customer communication

BSEE or equivalent

Education

BSEE or related experience

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Actalent in Vancouver, WA is seeking an Embedded Hardware Engineer to own boards from block diagrams through bring-up on the bench. The role focuses on digital and MCU-based power, interface, interconnect, and breakout boards across multiple projects, with some work for defense customers.

Hybrid work at Vancouver/Portland area. You will design architectures, select parts, manage BOMs, create schematics and layouts in Altium, and guide designs through reviews and revisions.