Senior Electrical Engineer
Job Description
Senior Electrical Engineer role at Optical Zonu Corp in Van Nuys, CA onsite, with a compensation range of USD 100,000–175,000 per year.
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture, design, analysis, and validation of complex electronic hardware systems.
- Select components and generate schematics, PCB layouts, and production drawings using Altium Designer.
- Design switching and linear power supplies, low-noise analog circuits, and high-speed digital circuitry with emphasis on reliability, thermal performance, and cost optimization.
- Lead hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, and analysis to resolve signal and power integrity, EMI/EMC/ESD, thermal, and reliability challenges.
- Continue engineering of the existing product line, coordinating with manufacturing partners to support production transfer, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Promote design-for-manufacturing (DFM), design-for-test (DFT), and design-for-reliability (DFR) throughout the product lifecycle.
- Contribute to developing, documenting, executing, and improving validation and testing deliverables and workflows.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience developing commercial electronic products in a manufacturing environment.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated expertise in schematic capture, PCB development, and hardware debugging.
- Experience in digital and analog design, EMI, EMC, ESD protection, grounding, and low-noise techniques.
- Proficiency with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and spectrum analyzers; BER test equipment (BERT) and signal analyzers are a plus.
- Proven success taking products from concept through manufacturing and production release, including ongoing production support.
- Ability to perform root-cause analysis and solve complex hardware issues.
- Excellent organizational, documentation, and communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical teams such as production and sales.
- Authorization to work in the United States is required.
Technologies
- Altium Designer
- C
- Python
Benefits
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Desired Personal Attributes
- Strong systems thinking with meticulous attention to detail
- Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Practical, hands-on engineer who enjoys laboratory work and troubleshooting
- Driven to improve engineering quality, documentation, and development processes
- Collaborative team player across hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and operations, with a readiness to challenge the status quo
- Capable of providing technical leadership and mentoring other engineers without direct authority
- Software literacy (C, Python) is a plus
- Experience developing RF, telecommunications, fiber-optic, and/or industrial applications is a plus
- Authorization to work in the US is required