Senior Electrical Engineer (PCBA Products)

Neuron Industries Inc.; Gardena (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Neuron Industries Inc. is looking for an Electrical Engineer to own Cortex hardware, from architecture to production release. This hands-on role requires making system-level decisions and executing details with firmware and software engineers, while shaping engineering standards for a small team.

You will design, validate, and bring up embedded compute, mixed-signal interfaces, and power, ensuring robust, manufacturable hardware and reliable performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or closely related field.
• You’ve taken electronics from concept through production and can explain architecture, contributions, tests, and changes.

Responsibilities

• Architect boards and interfaces across embedded compute, mixed-signal I/O, communications, and power.
• Design schematics, select components, and develop or direct PCB layouts in Altium Designer.
• Bring up hardware, debug across electrical and firmware boundaries, and turn measurements into design improvements.
• Validate designs against EMC, thermal, vibration, brownouts, surges, and miswiring.
• Own manufacturing handoff, DFM reviews, test strategy, first-article issues, and production improvements.
• Establish design reviews, release documentation, and engineering practices for a small team.

Skills

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Mixed-signal design

Altium Designer

Board debugging

Firmware bring-up

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Electronic loads

Rework tools

Job description

About the role

You’ll own the electrical architecture and product electronics inside Cortex: embedded compute, industrial I/O, and power. Your designs will go from requirements and first schematic through bring-up, validation, and production.

This is a hands-on role for an electrical generalist who can make system-level decisions and execute the details. You’ll work directly with the founders and firmware and software engineers, establish practical hardware engineering standards, and help shape future electrical engineering hires.

What you’ll build

• Architect boards and interfaces across embedded compute, mixed-signal I/O, communications, and power.
• Design schematics, select components, and develop or direct PCB layouts in Altium Designer.
• Bring up hardware, debug across electrical and firmware boundaries, and turn measurements into design improvements.
• Validate designs against EMC, thermal, vibration, brownouts, surges, and miswiring.
• Own manufacturing handoff, DFM reviews, test strategy, first-article issues, and production improvements.
• Establish useful design reviews, release documentation, and engineering practices that help a small team ship reliable hardware quickly.

What you’ve already proven

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• You’ve personally taken new electronics from concept through production and can explain the architecture, your contribution, what you tested, and what changed.
• You’ve made system-level decisions across digital processing, analog interfaces, communications, and power.
• Strong signal integrity, power integrity, and mixed-signal design fundamentals.
• You own board debugging with oscilloscopes, electronic loads, and rework tools, and can support firmware bring-up.
• Proficiency in Altium Designer.
• You’ve traced manufacturing or field failures to their root causes and improved subsequent designs.
• You can prioritize with incomplete requirements and explain technical tradeoffs to a small team.

What gets you here faster

• Industrial automation or robotics products with demanding reliability requirements.
• SoC or FPGA boards, high-speed interfaces, or high-channel-count industrial I/O.
• EMC testing, manufacturing test development, or contract manufacturer management.