Electrical Engineer

4 days ago

Menlo Park, California, United States PacBio Full time

PacBio is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to design and implement electronic subsystems for our next-generation SMRT sequencing instruments.

This person will work closely with systems engineers to understand and refine requirements, document hardware architecture options, and champion solutions through interdisciplinary design reviews.

The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, and be able to effectively collaborate with mechanical, optical, software, manufacturing, and systems subject matter experts.

This role requires a strong analytical mindset and extensive experience with electronic and FPGA design, as well as demonstrated troubleshooting skills and a structured problem-solving approach.

The successful candidate will be able to drive design for manufacturability (DFx) activities through hardware development cycles to meet or exceed product performance targets.

PacBio is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, prototype, build, and test complex mixed analog and digital custom circuit boards, including programmable logic.
  • Improve existing designs to be more reliable, manufacturable, and serviceable.
  • Transition deliverables to mass production in collaboration with manufacturing NPI.
  • Collaborate with manufacturing on product-sustaining activities.
  • Work closely with turnkey PCBA manufacturer and assembly house to build prototypes.
  • Collaborate with Product Management, Systems Engineering, Optical, Mechanical, and System Integration teams to refine hardware requirements.

Required Qualifications:

  • A degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
  • Typically requires a minimum of 11-14 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 9-12 years with a Master's degree; or 8-11 years with a PhD.
  • Extensive experience with electronic and FPGA design.
  • Demonstrated troubleshooting skills and a structured problem-solving approach.
  • Experience architecting and implementing complex high-performance embedded systems.
  • Proficient at schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium, OrCAD, and Cadence Allegro CAD/EDA design tools.
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Preferred Experience:

  • Familiarity with High-Performance Compute (HPC) architectures.
  • Experience with semiconductor capital equipment, laboratory instruments, or similar products.

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