Senior Electrical Engineer - Wireless IoT Hardware Lead

Universal Electronics Inc.; Poway (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) is seeking aSenior Electrical Engineer to design, develop and validate high-performance embedded hardware for connected-home products. You will own complex design activities from requirements through production transfer, collaborating across software, mechanical, RF and manufacturing teams.

You will lead component selection, PCB layout and test plans, ensuring regulatory readiness and cost optimization while sustaining high yield for high-volume production.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of related electrical engineering experience.
• Hands-on with microcontrollers or application processors and interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, USB).
• Experience with wireless technologies such as Bluetooth/BLE, Wi-Fi, Zigbee or Thread/Matter.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex electrical hardware development for wireless control, smart-home, thermostat and embedded consumer-electronics products.
• Translate product requirements into electrical architectures, BOMs and schematics.
• Design and review digital, analog, mixed-signal, power-management, battery-powered, sensor and wireless circuitry.
• Guide PCB placement, routing and signal/power integrity considerations.
• Plan prototype bring-up, verification, and reliability testing; support regulatory certs.

Skills

Electrical design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

RF/EMI/EMC

Wireless tech

Debugging/ troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

ECAD tools

Oscilloscopes

Network analyzers

SPICE/EDA tools

Job description

Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) is seeking aSenior Electrical Engineer to design, develop and validate high-performance embedded hardware for connected-home products. You will own complex design activities from requirements through production transfer, collaborating across software, mechanical, RF and manufacturing teams.

You will lead component selection, PCB layout and test plans, ensuring regulatory readiness and cost optimization while sustaining high yield for high-volume production.