Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital/Analog Hardware Design

Torrey Pines Logic, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Torrey Pines Logic, Inc. in San Diego seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead analog and digital hardware development across the full lifecycle, from component selection through production.

You will collaborate with mechanical, optical, software and manufacturing teams to deliver reliable hardware; hands-on prototype, validate, and optimize designs for cost and manufacturability.

Qualifications

• Design and develop analog and digital electronic circuits.
• Identify, evaluate, and select critical hardware components based on performance, availability, lifecycle, cost, and long-term supply considerations.
• Design and select components for low-power applications with understanding of power consumption and system-level power requirements.
• Apply standard digital communication protocols including UART, I²C, SPI, and Ethernet.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Cost (DFC) principles for manufacturable products.
• Develop and review PCB designs and layouts and provide direction for fabrication and assembly.
• Generate new hardware designs and modify, troubleshoot, and improve existing circuit designs.
• Perform hardware bring-up, debugging, testing, and validation of prototype and production hardware.
• Use PADS for schematic capture and PCB design/layout.
• Work independently with minimal oversight while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.
• Manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop analog and digital electronic circuits for mixed-signal hardware.
• Identify and select hardware components based on performance, availability, lifecycle, and cost.
• Develop low-power hardware solutions with attention to power budgets.
• Apply UART, I²C, SPI, and Ethernet in designs and bring-up.
• Utilize DFM/DFC principles to ensure manufacturability and cost-effectiveness.
• Create and review PCB layouts and provide guidance for fabrication/assembly.
• Develop new designs and troubleshoot existing circuits as needed.
• Perform hardware bring-up, testing, and validation on prototypes and production units.
• Use PADS for schematic capture and PCB design/layout.
• Collaborate across mechanical, optical, software, and manufacturing teams; manage multiple parallel projects.

Skills

Analog and digital circuit design

Microcontrollers / Microprocessors /So

PCB design and layout

UART/I2C/SPI/Ethernet protocols

DFM/DFC principles

Hardware bring-up and validation

Tools

PADS

Job description

Torrey Pines Logic – Sector Optics is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer with strong analog and digital hardware design experience to join a fast-moving, multi-project engineering environment. This role will be involved across the full hardware development lifecycle, from component selection and circuit design through PCB development, prototyping, validation, manufacturing, and product release.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who can independently develop new designs, improve existing products, and work closely with mechanical, optical, software, manufacturing, and product teams to bring reliable hardware to production.

Core Responsibilities & Qualifications

• Design and develop analog and digital electronic circuits, including systems incorporating microcontrollers, microprocessors, and SoCs.
• Identify, evaluate, and select critical hardware components based on electrical performance, availability, lifecycle, cost, and long-term supply considerations.
• Design and select components for low-power applications, with an understanding of power consumption and system-level power requirements.
• Apply strong working knowledge of standard digital communication protocols, including UART, I²C, SPI, and Ethernet.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Cost (DFC) principles to create reliable, manufacturable, and economically viable products.
• Develop and review PCB designs and layouts, and provide technical direction for PCB layout, fabrication, assembly, and manufacturing.
• Generate new hardware designs as well as modify, troubleshoot, and improve existing circuit designs.
• Perform hardware bring-up, debugging, testing, and validation of prototype and production hardware.
• Use PADS for schematic capture and PCB design/layout.
• Work independently with minimal oversight while effectively collaborating with a small, multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced development environment.

Preferred / Additional Experience

The following skills are valuable but are not required:

• Experience with mechanical CAD tools such as SolidWorks.
• Basic understanding of electro-optical front-end design, including optical emitters and receivers.
• Experience designing power management and power conversion circuitry.
• Experience with motor and motion-control systems.
• Experience working with electro-optical components and systems.
• Experience with signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) analysis and mitigation.
• Understanding of EMI/EMC design and compliance.
• Experience with thermal design and management of electronic systems.