Lead Electrical Design Engineer

Beacon Hill; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid leave benefits

Job summary

Beacon Hill is seeking a senior-level electrical design engineer to lead the development of custom high-voltage test systems used by R&D teams across advanced engineering programs. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on ownership of design, build, validation, and deployment.

You will guide a small electrical engineering team while personally designing, building, validating, troubleshooting, and deploying complex test equipment.

Qualifications

• Requires an Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5–8 years of hands-on leadership in electrical design.
• Experience designing high-voltage equipment (400–1,000 V).

Responsibilities

• Own electrical design of custom test systems from concept to deployment.
• Design high-voltage systems with safety, interlocks, and protection.
• Develop power electronics: converters, inverters, motor drives, bidirectional power.
• Create PCB electronics: schematic capture, layout, bring-up, validation.
• Produce BOMs, harness drawings, and interconnection documentation.
• Lead bring-up, debugging, and performance validation of advanced test equipment.
• Mentor a small team of electrical engineers and collaborate with other engineering groups.
• Support lab work and travel for deployment or troubleshooting.

Skills

High voltage design

Power electronics design

PCB design

System-level troubleshooting

Technical leadership

Test system deployment

Team mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Altium

MATLAB/Simulink

LTspice

Python

LabVIEW

Job description

We are seeking a senior-level electrical design engineer to lead the electrical development of custom high-voltage test systems used by R&D teams across advanced engineering programs. This position combines technical leadership with deep hands-on design ownership. The engineer will guide a small electrical engineering team while personally designing, building, validating, troubleshooting, and deploying complex test equipment.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical design of custom test systems from initial concept and requirements through prototyping, integration, validation, commissioning, and deployment.
• Design high-voltage electrical systems operating approximately from 400 V to 1,000 V, including appropriate safety, protection, and interlock considerations.
• Design and develop power electronics such as AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC converters, inverters, bidirectional power systems, motor drives, and related equipment.
• Create custom PCB electronics and electrical subsystems, including schematic capture, component selection, layout oversight, board bring-up, debugging, and validation.
• Produce electrical schematics, bills of materials, harness drawings, and system-level interconnection documentation.
• Lead system bring-up, root-cause analysis, troubleshooting, and performance validation for advanced test equipment.
• Partner closely with Mechanical, Software, Firmware, Controls, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and internal engineering customers.
• Lead, coach, and mentor approximately two to four electrical engineers while remaining deeply involved in technical design work.
• Support local laboratory work and occasional deployment or troubleshooting travel.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

Required Skills

• Approximately 5-8 years of experience leading engineers or technical workstreams while remaining highly hands-on.
• Demonstrated experience personally designing high-voltage equipment or systems in the 400 V to 1,000 V range.
• Strong power electronics design and development experience, including converters, inverters, bidirectional power, motor drives, or high-power supplies.
• Hands-on experience designing PCBs and schematics from scratch. Testing-only or debugging-only PCB experience is not sufficient.
• Experience delivering a complete electrical product or test system from concept through integration, validation, and deployment.
• Strong system-level troubleshooting skills and the ability to solve complex hardware integration issues.
• Ability to lead a small engineering group while maintaining direct ownership of critical design work.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in a fast-paced startup, advanced R&D, test and measurement, robotics, automotive, energy, or high-power equipment environment.
• Experience with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, high-voltage probes, current probes, power analyzers, power supplies, and data acquisition systems.
• Familiarity with Altium or similar PCB design tools, MATLAB/Simulink, LTspice, Python, LabVIEW, test automation, embedded systems, or industrial communication protocols.
• Knowledge of motors, dynamometers, drives, switchgear, design for manufacturing, FMEA, EMI, signal integrity, and electrical safety documentation.

What Success Looks Like

The successful engineer can take an ambiguous testing need, define the electrical architecture, personally execute the most critical design work, coordinate a small team, and deliver a safe, reliable, fully integrated test system for engineering use.

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.