Battery Hardware Electrical Engineer

About the Job

Title: Battery Hardware Electrical Engineer

Location: Cupertino, CA ( Onsite – Client Lab )

Employment Type: Contract (Duration to be confirmed)

Status: Accepting Candidates

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Battery Hardware Electrical Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience in electrical hardware design, circuit development, PCB design, and precision test equipment. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in analog and digital electronics, power electronics, microelectronic circuit design, and hardware validation. This role involves end-to-end electrical design, from requirements definition and architecture through testing, validation, and deployment in a client laboratory environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end electrical design activities, including requirements analysis, architecture, circuit development, validation, and deployment.
• Design and develop analog, digital, power electronics, and microelectronic circuits.
• Perform schematic capture, circuit simulation, and multilayer PCB design and layout.
• Apply low-noise analog design principles, grounding techniques, ADC/DAC design, and noise and error budget analysis.
• Design, develop, and validate precision test equipment, instrumentation, and automated hardware solutions.
• Conduct hardware testing and troubleshooting using oscilloscopes, digital voltmeters (DVMs), power supplies, electronic loads, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and data acquisition (DAQ) systems.
• Apply engineering methodologies, including Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Six Sigma, and statistical engineering techniques.
• Support hardware verification, validation, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Develop technical documentation, test procedures, design specifications, and validation reports.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure reliable, high-quality hardware solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in electrical hardware engineering, circuit design, or a related engineering discipline.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required; a Master's degree is preferred.
• Strong hands-on experience in analog, digital, power electronics, and microelectronic circuit design.
• Experience with schematic capture, circuit simulation, and multilayer PCB design and layout.
• Knowledge of low-noise analog design, grounding, ADC/DAC, and noise/error budget analysis.
• Experience developing precision test equipment, instrumentation, and automated hardware solutions.
• Proficiency with laboratory test equipment, including oscilloscopes, DVMs, power supplies, electronic loads, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and DAQ systems.
• Knowledge of FMEA, FTA, Six Sigma, and statistical engineering methods.
• Basic Python programming skills for test automation, data analysis, or engineering support.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, technical documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work onsite in a client laboratory in Cupertino, California.

Compensation

• Salary/Pay Rate: Market range, based on experience and qualifications.