Senior Electrical Engineer

Waters Corporation; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Waters Corporation is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for our Development Engineering Team for Analytical Instruments in Goleta, California. You will design analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits and develop embedded firmware in a multidisciplinary environment that spans electronics, optics, firmware, software, and chemistry.

This onsite role requires hands-on prototyping, design verification, and collaboration across manufacturing, service, and supply chain to bring reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• Typically 5+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s; 3+ years with a Master’s; or equivalent experience.
• Experience designing analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits for analytical instruments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits, PCBs, cabling, and electrical architectures for analytical instruments.
• Create and maintain schematics, PCB layouts, wiring diagrams, BOMs, and docs using Altium Designer or similar tool.
• Develop embedded firmware using C, and employ VHDL/Verilog for hardware interfaces and verification.
• Plan design verification, subsystem testing, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Support product lifecycle through ECOs, design documentation, and risk management.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Service, Quality, Supply Chain, software, and suppliers to transition designs to production.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to design reviews and best practices.

Skills

Electronics design

Embedded C

Firmware development

Schematic capture

Cross-functional collaboration

Test & verification

Python/Excel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

PCB layout

Verilog/VHDL

Job description

Overview

Waters Corporation is seeking a

Overview

Waters Corporation is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to become a key contributor to our Development Engineering Team for Analytical Instruments in Goleta, California. In this role, the individual will work in a multidisciplinary environment where electronics intersects with optics, physics, firmware, software, mechanical design, and chemistry, the engineer will be responsible for the design, analysis, integration, and test of electrical subsystems and complete instruments from concept through production.

This is an onsite position, Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of analog, digital, and mixed-signal electronic circuits, printed circuit boards, cable assemblies, and electrical architectures for analytical instruments.
• Create and maintain schematics, PCB layouts, wiring diagrams, bills of material, and technical documentation using Altium Designer or a comparable electrical design package.
• Develop and evaluate embedded firmware using embedded C, VHDL, or Verilog, and use scripting tools to support automated test and engineering data analysis.
• Plan and execute design verification, subsystem testing, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis for issues found in engineering, manufacturing, service, supplier, or customer environments.
• Support current products by processing Engineering Change Orders, maintaining controlled design documentation, and addressing critical component lifecycle, quality, and availability risks.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Service, Quality, Supply Chain, software, firmware, mechanical engineering, and suppliers to transition designs into reliable production solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers, contribute to design reviews and electrical engineering best practices, and perform additional related tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.

Experience

• Typically requires at least 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 3 years with a Master’s degree; or equivalent relevant experience.

Skills

• Proficiency with Altium Designer or a comparable schematic-capture and PCB-layout package.
• Experience designing and debugging analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits and electronic modules.
• Hands-on ability to build and test prototypes, cables, boards, and breadboard circuits, including soldering and rework of surface-mount components.
• Experience with embedded C and familiarity with VHDL or Verilog.
• Experience performing engineering analysis and presenting test results using Excel, Python, or equivalent tools.
• Experience with ECOs, revision control, and PDM/PLM-based product configuration processes.
• Strong communication, technical documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with scientific, laboratory, optical, or precision instrumentation is preferred.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.