Staff Electrical Engineer

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

Location: Berkeley, CA / Palo Alto, CA

Job Type: Full-Time

Position Level: Staff / Senior Technical Individual Contributor

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, integration, and validation of advanced electrical and electronic systems. The ideal candidate will have strong hands‑on engineering expertise, excellent problem‑solving skills, and the ability to drive complex projects from concept through production.

This role will work closely with multidisciplinary teams including mechanical engineering, firmware, software, systems engineering, manufacturing, and product teams.

Key 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Typically 8+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience.
• Strong experience with electrical circuit design and hardware development.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools.
• Strong understanding of analog and digital electronics.
• Experience with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, and electronic loads.
• Demonstrated experience taking hardware from concept through prototype, validation, and production.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and root‑cause analysis skills.
• Ability to independently lead complex technical projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with high-speed digital design, power electronics, embedded systems, or mixed-signal systems.
• Experience with EMI/EMC, signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal considerations.
• Experience with hardware/firmware integration.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers and external suppliers.
• Familiarity with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership.
• Experience in a fast‑paced startup or advanced technology environment.

Core Competencies

• Must-Haves:
• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• 7+ years of electrical engineering experience (5+ with MS considered).
• Strong Altium experience (or equivalent ECAD platform).
• Demonstrated ownership of schematic capture and PCBA development.
• Multi‑layer PCB design experience.
• Board bring‑up and hardware validation experience.
• Experience across the full product development lifecycle.
• Hands‑on experience with:
• Ethernet (1000BASE‑T1 strongly preferred)
• CAN‑FD
• SPI, UART, I2C
• Data acquisition systems
• Control systems
• MCU/MPU‑based designs
• Power electronics and power management circuits

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on challenging, high‑impact electrical engineering projects.
• Technical leadership responsibilities with significant ownership.
• Collaborative environment across electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, and systems engineering.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Opportunity to work in the Berkeley / Palo Alto, California technology ecosystem.

Skills: control systems,can-fd,electronics,ethernet (1000base-t1 strongly preferred),data acquisition systems