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Senior Staff Engineer

Red Oak Technologies
Pleasanton, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/9/2025 CLOSED ON 1/7/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Staff Engineer position at Red Oak Technologies?

Red Oak Technologies is a leading provider of comprehensive resourcing solutions across a variety of industries and sectors including IT, Marketing, Finance, Business Operations, Manufacturing and Engineering.


Our client is a life science research company. They are looking for a Sr. Staff Engineer (Sr. Electrical Engineer) to join their team. This role is a DIRECT HIRE / FULL TIME position. Position will be ONSITE. Candidate must be able to commute onsite to Pleasanton, CA.


**Hybrid in Pleasanton, CA**

**Direct Hire / Permanent / Full Time**


Position Summary:

Sr. Staff Engineer plays a critical role in leading the design, debugging, and support of custom electronic systems used in advanced research platforms. You'll drive the development of hardware products that directly impact healthcare innovation.


You’ll collaborate cross-functionally to define system architecture, ensure design quality, and support the transfer of products to manufacturing, contributing to product reliability and cost-effectiveness. Your expertise in electrical engineering will guide testing strategies, root-cause analysis, and risk mitigation, setting the bar for engineering excellence.


Position Duties:

  • Design, debug and support of custom electronics solutions used in our life science research platforms.
  • Support transfer to mfg of designs currently transitioning to production.
  • Able and willing to travel to vendors and our satellite locations (domestic) ~10-15% of the time. Occasional international travel may also be necessary.
  • Spearhead the development of hardware products that advance healthcare research and treatments, leading to better outcomes and quality of life for millions
  • Set the standard for quality by generating testing strategies, performing root-cause failure analysis, and developing design risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
  • Apply your technical knowledge of electrical engineering principles to develop cost-effective, reliable, and high-quality systems that satisfy customer needs and business requirements.
  • Participate in the product concepting and creation process, collaborating cross-functionally to develop system requirements and architecture definitions, system-level and reliability test plans, and traceability of testing to requirements.


Position Requirements:

  • Education/Work Experience: Must have a BSEE plus 10 years of relevant experience.
  • Lab instrumentation design experience a plus.
  • Familiar with the following communications protocols: CAN, I2C, RS485, USB. Experience designing microcontroller-based solutions.
  • Knowledgeable in the applicable Safety and EMC requirements of our products (EN61010, EN61326) is required.
  • Proficient in CAD (Altium), and MSOffice tools.
  • SAP experience a plus.
  • Opto-electronics (APDs, Lasers/Laser Diodes) and high impedance amplifier design experience a plus.


Red Oak Technologies is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. See what it’s like to be at the top; connect with one of our recruiters and apply today.


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