Precision Electronics Engineer - Onsite Santa Clara

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

401K

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness programs

Employee Referral Program

On-site amenities

Job summary

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

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and at least 3 years of hands-on electronics design experience for instrumentation or embedded systems; experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
• 3+ years hands-on experience designing and debugging electronics (instrumentation, sensors, or embedded systems).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop custom electronics (analog, digital, mixed-signal) for precision instrumentation and sensor systems.
• Own schematic capture and PCB design (placement/routing), including BOM creation, DFM/DFT considerations, and design reviews.
• Perform component selection and trade studies (cost, risk, availability, lifecycle, reliability), including derating and failure mode thinking.
• Lead board bring-up: initial power checks, clocking, comms interfaces, fault isolation, and root-cause debugging.
• Use lab instrumentation (oscilloscope, DMM, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer) to characterize signals, noise, timing, and power integrity.
• Develop test strategies and write test procedures to verify functionality, performance, reliability, and robustness.
• Partner with systems, optics/laser, firmware/software, and manufacturing to troubleshoot instrument-level issues and drive corrective actions.
• Support transition to production: ECOs, documentation, test fixtures support, and resolving field/manufacturing issues.

Skills

Analog and digital design

Mixed-signal circuitry

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Signal integrity

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

KiCad

Oscilloscope

DMM

Spectrum analyzer

Logic analyzer

Job description

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

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and at least 3 years of hands-on electronics design experience for instrumentation or embedded systems; experience with