Sr. Electronic Design Engineer

Looking for candidates with experience in high-speed design and able to work on designs from concept to final launch

Description

The Energy EE team designs the eyes, ears, and brains of our client Vehicle & Optimus charging and residential/industrial energy storage products including Powerwall and Megapack. This skilled and motivated individual will keep pushing this evolving industry forward by designing central processing boards, wireless/wired communication systems, circuits to ensure user and equipment safety, energy metering, thermal controls, system level components including breakers, contactors, and pyrofuses, and much more.

What You’ll Do

Design and develop digital and analog electronic PCBAs, and system level design for energy products

Collaborative work with mechanical, firmware, EMC, RF, design validation, thermal design, compliance, reliability, and manufacturing test engineers

Start to finish ownership of circuit board electronics – from specification through design, prototype, validation, and manufacturing

Skills

DDR memory, ethernet, signal integrity, pcb layout, bench validation, debug, scripting

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience and 3+ years of relevant work experience

• Experience in selection and use of DSPs, microcontrollers, or programmable logic devices

• Experience designing digital communication busses (CAN, Ethernet, RS-485, USB, SPI, I2C, etc.)

• Experience in selection and use of analog sensors and signal conditioning circuits

• Experience designing board level power supplies (buck, boost, flyback, etc.)

• Experience in PCB layout, plane definition, thermal and EMC optimization

• Medium to high volume DFT and DFM

• Previous work in the solar, energy storage, electric vehicle, or electric vehicle charging industry is a plus

• Experience in battery management systems, power electronics, high-speed digital design or RF is a plus

• Experience in development of digital and analog interfaces for test systems, especially (Labview, Matlab, Python) is a plus

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Palo Alto, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $80.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Palo Alto,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 9, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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