Position Overview Ultimate Staffing Services is actively seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to join a dynamic team in California. This role focuses on board-level and system-level hardware design for industrial automation products. The ideal candidate will be a key technical contributor, leading the design, development, and validation of PCB assemblies and complex electrical systems while shaping system architecture and influencing the technology roadmap.
Responsibilities
• Design and develop electrical circuits and systems for industrial control applications.
• Develop high-quality schematics and PCB layouts for robust and reliable systems, following BKM and DfX considerations.
• Hands-on prototype, build, test, integrate, troubleshoot, and verify designs.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and production teams, and with external partners.
• Assist with field and production support, including troubleshooting and failure analysis.
• Prepare and maintain engineering documents such as requirements, specifications, theory of operation, test plans and reports, release and change orders.
• Participate in project and tech roadmap planning, technical reviews, and mentoring junior engineers.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in circuit and system-level electronics development.
• Experience with mixed-signal, embedded, and power circuits.
• Proficiency in Altium and/or OrCAD for schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Familiarity with common communication protocols (SPI, I2C, RS-485, Ethernet, CAN).
• Familiarity with EMC/ESD, thermal and environmental design considerations.
• Experience with lab tools including oscilloscopes, logic, spectrum, power analyzers.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, self-driven and detail oriented.
• Experience designing systems for semiconductor tools or similar regulated industries (preferred).
• Experience with safety control, temperature control, motion control (preferred).
• Experience with Spice and Hyperlynx or equivalent for circuit, SI, PI simulations (preferred).
• Experience with EtherCAT and EtherCAT-based components and systems (preferred).
• Experience with FPGA development (Verilog/VHDL, simulation, P&R, optimizations) (preferred).
• Working knowledge of embedded SW (C/C++, Python) (preferred).
• Familiarity with safety and compliance standards (CE, UL, SEMI, IEC) (preferred).
• Familiarity with systems engineering principles (preferred).
Required Work Hours Monday to Friday, 1st Shift
Benefits
• Profit Sharing
Additional Details Pay Range: $135,000 - $155,000 per year
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county, to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.