Lead Electronics Engineer
$140,000–$160,000 year
On-siteSan Diego, California, United States
Job Summary
Define electronics architecture and design complex, high-speed, multilayer PCBs utilizing SoCs and DDR for camera-based consumer electronics. Conduct design reviews of team member layouts, manage symbols and footprints, and lead prototype bring-up, validation, and thermal testing. Collaborate with firmware on FPGA integration and interfaces, while supporting manufacturing with DFM, DFT, and yield improvement. Ensure regulatory compliance through certification lab work and oversee change management across the full product lifecycle. This role requires a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of hardware design experience and an annual salary range of $140,000 to $160,000.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering
- 10+ years of hardware design experience
- Experience bringing consumer electronics from concept to production
- Expertise with SoC / FPGA-based systems, camera integration, and high-speed, multilayer PCB design
- High-speed digital design (DDR, FPGA, timing, SI)
- Understanding of stack-up and material selection, controlled impedance
- Interfaces: USB 3.x, Ethernet, PCIe, DisplayPort, MIPI, SPI, I2C, UART
- Camera systems: CMOS sensors, synchronization, image acquisition
- Power electronics: Strong in DC/DC switching supplies, troubleshooting and design trade-offs
- Good understanding of LDOs, Lithium batteries, power sequencing, thermal design
- DFM: good understanding of design rules vs. cost, supplier test methods & equipment
- Tools: Altium / A365, PLM systems
- Test equipment: Oscilloscope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, power analyzer
- Thorough understanding of change management / ECO, across full product life cycle
Desired Qualifications
- M.S.
- Arena PLM
- Complex consumer electronics
- Digital imaging
- Linux embedded systems
- AMD Xilinx Zynq
- NPI
- contract manufacturing
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