Senior Electrical Engineer

SGS Consulting; California City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Consulting seeks a hardware design engineer to review layouts, approve prototypes, and drive SoC, sensor, wireless, and interface development with cross‑functional teams.

You will lead rapid prototyping, ensure testability, and deliver clear specifications. A bachelor’s degree in engineering is required; strong EE fundamentals, high‑density board experience, and hands‑on lab skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
• Strong hardware design and prototyping experience.
• Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve plan layout, including new designs and modifications.
• Review and approve prototypes and models from simulations.
• Write detailed functional specifications and design tradeoffs.
• Support new technology introduction.
• Act as SME to engineers, evaluating hardware/software interfaces.
• Provide training and support to system designers and users.
• Design and develop hardware and peripherals, including SoC and ICs.
• Direct technicians and other support personnel as needed.
• Deliverables will be evaluated for hardware design, prototyping, and documentation.

Skills

EE fundamentals

High-density boards

Lab skills

Ambiguity handling

SoC & sensors

USB/MIPI/PCIe interfaces

Embedded software basics

Automation for quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• Review and approve plan layout, including creating new designs and modifications of existing designs.
• Review and approve product prototypes, working models or theoretical models constructed with computer simulation.
• Write detailed functional specifications and design flow/tradeoff.
• Support new technology introduction.
• Act as a subject matter expert to engineering staff and consult specifications to evaluate interface between hardware and software and operational and performance requirements of overall system.
• Provide training and support to system designers and users.
• Design and develop hardware and support peripherals, including system-on-chip (SoC), support logic, microprocessors, custom integrated circuits, and system interconnection.
• Direct technicians, engineering designers or other technical support personnel as needed.
• Candidates will be evaluated based on their deliverables in hardware design and prototype builds, as well as documentation and communications with cross-functional teams.

Skills:

• Good EE fundamentals.
• High density Rigid/flex board design and system integration experience.
• Hands on lab skills. Rapid prototyping with what's available. Can-do attitude.
• Ability to drive projects with high ambiguity, multiple paths, and fuzzy future to clarity.
• Understanding of core tech areas, such as SoC, sensor, wireless, audio, display, interfaces (USB, MIPI, PCIE, SPI, I2C). Capable of designing, bringing up and evaluating projects from those areas.
• Embedded software basics. Comfortable in looking into software log/code.
• Use automation to help team improve project quality, as well as scale to more projects.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.