Senior Electrical Engineer: Imaging & Night-Vision Hardware

EOTECH; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EOTECH in Santa Clara, CA seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, and lifecycle ownership of digital imaging platforms and rugged portable embedded devices. You will drive high-speed digital, mixed-signal circuits, and power architectures across hardware, embedded software, and FPGA domains.

This role requires collaboration with hardware, software, FPGA, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to ensure reliability, manufacturability, and a competitive product edge.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of experience in electrical engineering.
• Significant experience in complex PCB design and board level validation.
• Strong understanding of mixed signal systems including ADCs, DACs, low noise amplifiers, filters, and sensor interfaces.
• Proficiency with Altium Designer or Mentor Graphics.
• Experience with multi board system integration.
• Expertise in switching regulators (buck, boost, SEPIC), low noise linear supplies, and advanced power sequencing.
• Familiarity with embedded Linux bring up and Yocto/Bitbake workflows.
• Strong knowledge of serial interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, and USB.
• Experience with FPGAs, DDR, FLASH, and programmable logic devices.
• Understanding of video interfaces including DP, HDMI, MIPI, Camera Link, and CoaXPress.
• Ability to design for ultra-low noise, compact devices with mixed analog/digital systems in constrained environments.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and independently own hardware development efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead end to end hardware design, including schematics, component selection, simulation, analysis, documentation, and multi layer PCB layout.
• Design high speed digital and low noise analog circuits for imaging systems, embedded processors, and portable hardware.
• Develop compact, high density PCBAs with strict mechanical, thermal, and EMI/EMC constraints.
• Integrate NXP i.MX, Qualcomm, Kinetis processors and power management ICs, including hardware software co design.
• Design battery powered systems including Li ion/LFP packs, BMS architecture, DC DC converters with low noise switching and linear regulators.
• Perform FPGA bring up, simulation, and verification (Verilog/SystemVerilog).
• Conduct board bring up, validation, and troubleshooting using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal analysis tools, and high speed measurement instruments.
• Coordinate with mechanical engineers for packaging, enclosure fitment, thermal strategies, and ruggedized system performance.
• Ensure manufacturability and reliability through DFM analysis and coordination with PCBA vendors and component suppliers.
• Maintain and improve hardware throughout the full product lifecycle.
• Perform technical audits and assume full ownership of existing hardware projects.
• Produce professional grade documentation, revision-controlled schematics, manuals, and engineering reports.

Skills

Electrical engineering

PCB design

Hardware design

Systems integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Altium Designer

Mentor Graphics

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Job description

EOTECH in Santa Clara, CA seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, and lifecycle ownership of digital imaging platforms and rugged portable embedded devices. You will drive high-speed digital, mixed-signal circuits, and power architectures across hardware, embedded software, and FPGA domains.

This role requires collaboration with hardware, software, FPGA, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to ensure reliability, manufacturability, and a competitive product edge.