Senior Electrical Engineer

Itron Inc.; West Union (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Itron Inc. in West Union, SC seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to drive hardware development for commercial and industrial products. Responsibilities include analog/digital design, PCB layout, schematic capture, and BOM management from concept through production.

Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing and quality teams to ensure manufacturability, reliability and compliant testing. A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and three years of experience required.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or a directly related field.
• Three years of experience in product development including hardware design and verification.
• Experience with analog and digital circuit design, PCB layout, and testing for manufacturability and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Support design of analog front-end, digital control, power supplies and communications modules.
• Perform schematic capture, PCB layout, BOM management and hardware verification.
• Coordinate with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing and quality teams to ensure manufacturability and lifecycle support.

Skills

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Analog & digital design

Hardware testing

EMC/EMI

DFM/DFT

LTSpice

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Altium

EGAD

Job description

Company: Itron Inc.

Location: West Union, SC

Position Title: Senior Electrical Engineer (Recruitment #JR103004)

Job Description

Support new product development including design, analysis and testing of electrical and electronic components, products or systems for residential, commercial or industrial applications. Understand product requirements, define system architecture, and develop functional specifications for analog front-end, digital control, power supplies and communications modules. Responsible for schematic design, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) layout, electronic component selection, prototype builds, hardware debug, hardware verification/validation and release to manufacturing. Support reliability testing and qualification efforts, including accelerated life tests (ALT) and emissions evaluations, to ensure compliance with utility and industrial standards. Create and maintain documentation including design artifacts, assembly drawings, Bill of Materials (BOMs), and test plans along with their results. Coordinate efforts across firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and quality engineering teams and partner with procurement to ensure supply chain continuity, optimize manufacturability and support product lifecycle needs. Collaborate with contract manufacturing and assembly partners to address technical questions, validate Bill of Material (BOM) accuracy and readiness, and facilitate a smooth transition from design to manufacturing. Optimize PCB assembly costs to keep overall manufacturing expenses within budget.

Job Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or a directly related field plus three (3) years of experience in product development.

Three (3) years of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

• Full life-cycle electronic hardware development - including prototyping, assembly process, test/verification and final design release for production.
• Design of both analog and digital circuit subsystems - including low-noise amplifiers, filters, power conversion modules, microcontroller architectures, Flash memories, logic devices, display interfaces, sensors, communication protocols, and signal-integrity management.
• PCB layout and schematic capture using EGAD tools (Cadence or Altium).
• Circuit simulation and modeling of analog and digital systems (L Tspice or PSpice).
• Design for manufacturability/ testability (DFM/DFT) and reliability engineering.
• Experience in performance validation and reliability test methodologies – including Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) and conducted and radiated emissions (Near-End).
• Experience with industry standards and compliance frameworks (IEC, ISO, and EMC/EMI).
• Troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, failure-mode detection.
• Test, measurement, validation of hardware using equipment such as oscilloscope, multimeter, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, and LCR meter.