Senior Electrical Engineer: Lead Hardware Design & Validation

Staffing Spot, Inc.; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Berkeley/Palo Alto location

Collaborative, cross-functional team

Ownership and technical leadership

Job summary

Staffing Spot, Inc. seeks an experienced Staff Electrical Engineer to lead design, development, integration, and validation of advanced electrical and electronic systems. You will work with mechanical, firmware, software, and systems teams to drive projects from concept through production.

The role requires strong hands-on engineering expertise, problem-solving skills, and the ability to own multiple projects, from schematic capture to production qualification, in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years in electrical engineering.
• Strong circuit design and hardware development experience.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools.
• Strong analog and digital electronics understanding.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical architecture, circuit design, and system-level development for new products.
• Design, review, and validate analog, digital, power, and mixed-signal electronics.
• Develop schematics, PCB layouts, electrical interfaces, and design documentation.
• Perform electrical analysis, simulations, debugging, and root-cause investigations.
• Lead board bring-up, hardware validation, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Define electrical requirements, specifications, and verification plans.
• Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, software, systems, and manufacturing teams.
• Support component selection, vendor evaluation, and design-for-manufacturing activities.
• Conduct design reviews and provide technical mentorship to other engineers.
• Drive resolution of complex technical issues and make architecture-level engineering decisions.
• Support regulatory compliance, reliability, safety, and production qualification.
• Manage multiple projects and communicate technical status, risks, and tradeoffs to stakeholders.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Altium

Schematic capture

PCB design

Hardware validation

CAN-FD

Ethernet 1000BASE-T1

Power electronics

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ECAD tools

Job description

Staffing Spot, Inc. seeks an experienced Staff Electrical Engineer to lead design, development, integration, and validation of advanced electrical and electronic systems. You will work with mechanical, firmware, software, and systems teams to drive projects from concept through production.

The role requires strong hands-on engineering expertise, problem-solving skills, and the ability to own multiple projects, from schematic capture to production qualification, in a fast-paced environment.