Electrical Design Engineer (Embedded Hardware)

TL;DR

Electrical Design Engineer (Embedded Hardware): Developing mixed-signal electrical subsystems for instrumented wafer products with an accent on precision sensing, low-power electronics, embedded systems, and PCB integration. Focus on defining electrical architectures, validating complex hardware, solving technical issues through root-cause analysis, and supporting products from concept through production.

Location: Onsite in Milpitas, California, USA

Salary: $117,800–$200,300 annually

Company

hirify.global develops sensing, measurement, and control technologies for semiconductor manufacturing and advanced electronics production.

What you will do

• Design mixed-signal electrical subsystems combining analog, digital, sensing, embedded, and power-management technologies.
• Define electrical architectures and make tradeoff decisions involving performance, power, reliability, manufacturability, and cost.
• Select and integrate sensors, ADCs, microcontrollers, memory, batteries, communication interfaces, and power circuitry.
• Create schematics and guide PCB or substrate development through design reviews and release.
• Define performance requirements, error budgets, calibration strategies, and measurement specifications.
• Plan and execute validation, characterization, design verification, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations.

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience designing and developing electronic hardware products; minimum qualifications vary by degree level.
• Experience with mixed-signal circuit design, including analog and digital electronics.
• Experience creating schematics and supporting PCB design and integration.
• Hands-on laboratory experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and related test equipment.
• Ability to independently execute subsystem designs and lead technical investigations with limited supervision.

Nice to have

• Experience with precision sensor interfaces, analog front ends, low-power or battery-powered electronics, and energy management.
• Familiarity with SPI, I²C, UART, RF, BLE, or optical communication interfaces.
• Experience with Altium, OrCAD, Cadence, PADS, LTspice, ADS, HyperLynx, MATLAB, or Python.
• Background in semiconductor equipment, instrumentation, robotics, aerospace, medical devices, industrial automation, or embedded hardware.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on multidisciplinary products combining electronics, sensing, embedded systems, and semiconductor technology.
• Collaborate with firmware, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and product engineering teams.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits.
• 401(k) with company matching, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, and student debt assistance.
• Paid time off, company holidays, family care and bonding leave, wellness benefits, and career development programs.

Hiring process

• Multiple interviews with hiring managers, conducted in person or by video conference.