Electrical Engineer
$129,000–$171,000 year
On-siteIrvine, California, United States
Job Summary
Own electrical integration activities as the main point of contact for the Sentry Electrical Engineering Team. Provide hands-on and in-field support for prototype and production-level products while collaborating with mechanical engineers to optimize high-power component selection. Trade-off designs against size, weight, power, and EMC requirements to achieve system-level reliability goals. Complete full-cycle PCB design from schematic to layout, including bring-up, debugging, and validation. Troubleshoot existing hardware to root cause issues and implement design improvements. Manage multiple projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment supporting active deployments and customer-operated hardware.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 3+ years of professional experience
- Self starter with the ability to design digital & analog electronics from concept and functional prototype, to production ready product
- Ability to troubleshoot existing hardware to find root cause of issues and implement improvements to improve the design
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 3+ years of experience designing, testing and troubleshooting complex board designs and products
- Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests
- Familiarity with switch mode power supply design and testing
- Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc
- Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies
- Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits
- Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and oral)
- Proficient with Altium Designer or equivalent electronic design automation design tools
- Proficiency with scripting languages (Python, Matlab, etc)
- Ability to root cause Full stack HLOS application to hardware component level issues
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