Senior Electrical Engineer

Fabric8Labs; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

401(k) with employer match

Unmetered vacation policy

Job summary

Fabric8Labs, headquartered in sunny San Diego, CA, is revolutionizing advanced manufacturing with ECAM printhead technology and the next-generation 3D printing process. We seek a Senior Electrical Engineer to own precision power delivery and analog sensing electronics from architecture through production.

You will design, bring up, and validate power supplies and signal chains, drive end-to-end circuitry, and collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and process engineering to scale manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience designing precision analog and power electronics.
• Expertise in power-supply and converter design, regulators, current sources, and driver circuits with control loops and thermal trade-offs.
• Strong analog and mixed-signal design skills including instrumentation, voltage/current sensing, op-amps, references, and ADC/DAC interfacing.
• Experience with schematic capture, SPICE/LTspice, and guiding multilayer PCB layout for low-noise, high-precision designs.
• Proficiency with lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, DMMs, SMUs, spectrum analyzers) for bring-up and debugging.
• Proven ownership from concept to production including design-for-test and design-for-manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design precision power supplies, current/voltage sources, and driver electronics delivering tightly regulated, low-noise power.
• Design analog sensing and signal-chain electronics to monitor and close the loop on the deposition process.
• Own circuit design end-to-end: architecture, schematic capture, component selection, SPICE simulation, PCB layout direction, and design reviews.
• Bring up, debug, and characterize new hardware in the lab, and quantify accuracy, noise, stability, and thermal performance.
• Translate requirements into electrical specs, partnering with firmware/controls, mechanical, and process engineering to integrate power and sensing into the printhead.
• Drive designs from prototype through design-for-manufacturing and production ramp, including test strategy, calibration, yield, and reliability improvements.
• Set technical direction and design standards for power and analog sensing hardware, mentoring engineers through reviews.

Skills

Power electronics

Analog/mixed-signal design

SPICE/LTspice

Schematic capture

PCB layout direction

Firmware collaboration

Design for test/manufacturing

Data-driven debugging

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

LTspice

SPICE

Schematic capture tools

PCB layout tools

Job description

Fabric8Labs, headquartered in sunny San Diego, CA, is revolutionizing advanced manufacturing with next-generation 3D printing technology. We're looking for aSenior Electrical Engineertojoin our Electrical Hardware teamas we scale our patented Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) process for global production.

ECAM uses precise, room-temperature metal deposition to unlock geometries and applications that conventional metal AM can't reach. Since announcing our agreement to be acquired by TDK Corporation, we're rapidly expanding our team to advance this disruptive technology across a wide range of electronics components—including data center infrastructure, wireless communications, and power electronics.

As aSenior Electrical Engineer, you'll own the design of the precision power delivery and analog sensing electronics at the heart of our ECAM printheads — from architecture and circuit design through bring-up, characterization, and the transition to volume production.

If you're excited to help shape the future of manufacturing alongside a growing team, come join us. We thrive on collaborative problem-solving and are eager to bring in diverse minds and perspectives.

Primary Responsibilities

• Architect and design precision power supplies, current/voltage sources, and driver electronics that deliver tightly regulated, low-noise power to our electrochemical deposition electrodes.
• Design analog sensing and signal-chain electronics — instrumentation front ends, precision current and voltage measurement, and ADC/DAC interfaces — to monitor and close the loop on the deposition process.
• Own circuit design end to end: architecture, schematic capture, component selection, SPICE simulation, PCB layout direction, and design reviews.
• Bring up, debug, and characterize new hardware in the lab; quantify accuracy, noise, stability, and thermal performance against system-level requirements and KPIs.
• Translate process and system requirements into electrical specifications, partnering closely with firmware/controls, mechanical, and process engineering to integrate power and sensing into the printhead.
• Drive designs from prototype through design-for-manufacturing and production ramp — including test strategy, calibration, and yield and reliability improvement.
• Set technical direction and design standards for power and analog sensing hardware, and mentor engineers through design reviews.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience designing precision analog and power electronics.
• Deep expertise in power supply and power-converter design — linear regulators, switch-mode converters, precision current sources/sinks, and driver circuits — with a strong grasp of control loops, stability, efficiency, and thermal trade-offs.
• Strong analog and mixed-signal design skills: low-noise instrumentation and signal-chain design, precision current and voltage sensing, op-amps and instrumentation amplifiers, voltage references, and ADC/DAC interfacing.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and circuit simulation (e.g., SPICE/LTspice) and experience directing multilayer PCB layout for low-noise, high-precision designs.
• Fluency with lab instrumentation — oscilloscopes, DMMs, source-measure units, and network/spectrum analyzers — for bring-up, characterization, and root-cause debugging.
• Demonstrated ownership of designs from concept through production, including design-for-test, design-for-manufacturing, and defining specifications and KPIs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication, and the ability to move quickly in a high-growth, ambiguous environment.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with electrochemistry, electroplating, battery or electrochemical instrumentation, potentiostats, or other low-current precision-measurement applications.
• Experience with multi-channel or multi-electrode drive systems, high-channel-count analog, or precision array electronics.
• Familiarity with EMC/EMI, grounding, and safety practices for mixed-signal and power systems.
• Experience in semiconductor, MEMS, advanced packaging, or other precision manufacturing equipment; and exposure to firmware, FPGA, or digital control interfaces.

Why Work at Fabric8Labs?

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package, health, dental, and vision plans; 401(k) with employer match; and an unmetered vacation policy.
• We have a collaborative work environment where we work in tight knit teams focused on transforming manufacturing technology.
• Regular catered company events and celebrations, and a fully stocked breakroom!

Other information

• Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to type, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. Routinely required to move around the facility.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• May require travel (domestic and/or international) dependent on business needs, up to 10%
• Specific vision abilities that may be required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Fabric8Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Fabric8Labs prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.