Onsite Electrical Engineer - Precision Instrumentation

Picarro, Inc; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401K

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Picarro, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Engineer in Santa Clara, CA to design, develop, and troubleshoot custom electronics for a CRDS product. You will work across analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits from concept through PCB layout, prototype bring-up, test, and manufacturing support.

The role emphasizes board bring-up, test strategy development, and collaboration with systems, firmware, optics, and manufacturing teams. A BS in EE and 3+ years of hands-on experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
• 3+ years of hands-on electronics design and debugging experience, preferably for instrumentation/sensors/embedded systems.
• Experience with analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits and hardware debugging.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop custom electronics for precision instrumentation and sensor systems.
• Own schematic capture and PCB design, BOM creation, and design reviews.
• Lead board bring-up including power checks, clocking, interfaces, fault isolation and root-cause debugging.
• Develop test strategies and procedures; verify functionality, performance, reliability, and robustness.
• Support production: ECOs, documentation, test fixtures, and issue resolution.

Skills

Analog design

Digital design

Mixed-signal

Schematic capture

PCB design

Lab testing

Debugging

Power integrity

EMC awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

KiCad

Job description

Picarro, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Engineer in Santa Clara, CA to design, develop, and troubleshoot custom electronics for a CRDS product. You will work across analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits from concept through PCB layout, prototype bring-up, test, and manufacturing support.

The role emphasizes board bring-up, test strategy development, and collaboration with systems, firmware, optics, and manufacturing teams. A BS in EE and 3+ years of hands-on experience are required.