Senior Electrical Engineer

New York Technology Partners; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Technology Partners is seeking an experienced embedded hardware design engineer in Syracuse, NY to drive concept-to-production for control products. The role demands analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit skills with strong cross-functional teamwork.

You will lead schematics, component selection, PCB reviews, and hardware validation, while mentoring junior engineers and supporting production launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of embedded hardware design experience for production products.
• Experience with schematic design, component selection, PCB layout review, hardware validation, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to support products from concept through validation, production launch, and sustaining engineering.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical design of embedded hardware for control products from concept through production.
• Perform feasibility studies, cost tradeoffs, design calculations, and technical risk assessments.
• Develop analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits for microcontroller-based control systems.
• Create electrical schematics, select and qualify components, define PCB layout requirements, review layouts for EMC.
• Evaluate prototypes and hardware validation, firmware integration, bench testing, troubleshooting, and refinement.
• Develop and execute electrical design verification activities, including performance and reliability testing.
• Participate in design reviews, FMEA activities, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and mitigations.
• Work with Firmware, Mechanical Eng, PCB Layout, Manufacturing, Test, Quality, and Operations to support validation and production.
• Support existing products through improvements, component changes, cost reductions, and field issue resolution.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Embedded hardware design

Schematic design

PCB layout review

Component selection

Cross-functional collaboration

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

To design, validate, and support reliable embedded electronic control hardware from concept through production.

Responsibilities:

• Own the electrical design of embedded hardware for control products from concept through production.
• Perform feasibility studies, cost tradeoffs, design calculations, and technical risk assessments to support product concepts and design decisions.
• Develop analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits for microcontroller-based control systems, including sensor interfaces, power supplies, relay/triac drivers, and communication interfaces.
• Create electrical schematics, select and qualify components, define PCB layout requirements, and review PCB layouts for functionality, reliability, thermal performance, and EMC performance.
• Evaluate prototypes and engineering check samples through hardware validation, firmware integration, bench testing, troubleshooting, and design refinement.
• Develop and execute electrical design verification activities, including performance, environmental, reliability, and agency compliance testing.
• Participate in design reviews, FMEA activities, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and technical risk mitigation.
• Work with Firmware, Mechanical Engineering, PCB Layout, Manufacturing Engineering, Test Engineering, Quality, and Operations to support product validation, pilot builds, production launch, and sustaining engineering.
• Support existing products through product improvements, component changes, cost reductions, field issue investigations, and production issue resolution.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of embedded hardware design experience for production products, including analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design.
• Experience with schematic design, component selection, PCB layout review, hardware validation, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to support products from concept through validation, production launch, and sustaining engineering.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with HVAC, appliance, industrial controls, or similar embedded control products.
• Experience with power supply design, sensor interfaces, relay/triac drivers, communication interfaces, UL/CSA/FCC, FMEA, reliability testing, or component qualification.
• Experience with cost reduction, product improvement, field/production issue resolution, mentoring, or technical leadership.