Electrical Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Engineer

Location: Sunnyvale, CA (Onsite)

Duration: 6‑month contract to start (with potential extensions)

We are seeking a generalist Electrical Engineer to support wearables hardware development. This role is heavily hands‑on and lab‑based, focused on validation testing, electrical measurements, troubleshooting, and system‑level analysis to ensure hardware meets performance, reliability, and safety requirements.

The ideal candidate has strong EE fundamentals, extensive lab experience, and a background in consumer electronics or wearable devices, with particular emphasis on power, battery, charging, and system‑level measurements.

Key Responsibilities

• Own hardware validation efforts for wearables systems, including defining test plans, coverage, and pass/fail criteria
• Perform system‑level electrical measurements and analysis across power rails, regulators, batteries, charging paths, and load behavior
• Execute hands‑on lab debugging and troubleshooting using oscilloscopes, power meters, DMMs, logic analyzers, and related instrumentation
• Conduct failure analysis for electrical issues such as component failures, battery degradation, charging anomalies, and system‑level faults
• Review and evaluate schematics and PCB layouts, identifying issues and recommending improvements
• Review and approve product prototypes, working models, and simulation‑based models
• Create functional specifications, test procedures, and design trade‑off documentation
• Support new technology introduction (NTI) and NPI / manufacturing validation activities
• Provide technical guidance to technicians, designers, and other engineering support staff as needed
• Ensure compliance with relevant safety and regulatory standards (e.g., EMC) and support certification activities
• Deliver high‑quality validation results, documentation, and clear cross‑functional communication

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of experience as an Electrical Engineer with hands‑on validation and lab debugging experience
• Strong proficiency with electrical lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, power meters, multimeters, electronic loads, etc.)
• Proven expertise in system‑level electrical analysis and troubleshooting, including power integrity, transient response, noise, efficiency, and stability
• Experience with high‑density rigid/flex PCB designs and system integration
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills with a track record of driving issues to root cause
• Experience working on consumer electronics, wearables, or highly integrated systems
• Familiarity with automated test systems or scripting (e.g., Python, LabVIEW, or similar)
• Working knowledge of regulatory and safety requirements (EMC, electrical safety, etc.)
• Basic embedded software understanding, including reviewing logs or code for debugging
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing validation methodologies for battery‑powered wearable systems
• Experience building automated characterization setups (power profiling, regression tests, long‑run stability testing)
• Experience supporting NPI/manufacturing validation and translating lab results into production test strategies
• Exposure to SoC bring‑up, sensor integration, or wireless/audio/display subsystems