Electrical Engineer II

Company: Volt
Location: San Marcos
Posted on: April 24, 2025

Job Description:

Direct Hire opportunity for a Electrical Engineer located in San Marcos CA

Increase your chances of an interview by reading the following overview of this role before making an application.

As an Electrical Engineer, you will:

Design and develop new high-power analog and digital LED and power control circuit boards
Use LTSpice for pre and post design analysis
Maintain lifecycle of current designs - monitoring component end of life, evaluating component alternates, and determining product specifications
Live circuit testing and debugging
Perform maintenance of accurate and organized BOMs
Collaborate with the firmware, thermal, optical, and mechanical engineers on present and future designs
Understand and apply basic heat transfer and thermal property practices of metals and PCB constructions
Evaluate and test theoretical LED quantifications through real world testing
Perform physical assembly creation for in-house prototyping
Design and maintain PCB testing and MCU programming fixtures
Maintain test specifications and procedures for all circuit board designs
Provide the Product Development team with accurate timelines and lists of deliverables for electrical designs to maintain product launch schedules
Coordinate the schedule and deliverables of 3rd party partners to increase product output

This is a full-time, Direct Hire opportunity.


You will need the following to succeed in this role:

Background in lighting and/or automotive electronics design
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field
5+ years experience in PCB and PCBA design and layout. Experience must be current and relevant to job description
3+ years in circuit analysis through simulation using LTSpice
3+ years of experience in designing low voltage analog designs
3+ years of experience in digital designs
3+ years of Altium Schematic Capture and PCB Design
2+ Be able to design with the understanding of the relationship between hardware and firmware
Excellent attention to detail and precision
Exceptional diagnostic and problem-solving skills
Ability to adapt to file structure and maintain file organization with revision changes
Ability to communicate electrical concepts and design decisions to non-electrical engineers
4+ layer PCB Design Experience (preferred)
Embedded hardware and PCB design experience (preferred)
Pspice simulation analysis (preferred)
Altium simulation analysis (preferred)
CID (Certified Interconnect Designer) and or CID+ certifications (preferred)
C++, C experience (preferred)

Salary: $90k - $110K per year
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties,

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.


Benefits: Since this is a Direct Hire role, benefits will be provided by the employer.

Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please email hr_dept@volt.com or call (866) 898-0005. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.

Volt does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. - 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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