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# Engineer: Hardware - II

- **Company:** BC Forward
- **Location:** Folsom, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $104,000.0 - $114,400.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Software Debugging, Digital Electronics, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Firmware, Schematic Capture, Signal Integrity, Multiplexers, Test Scripts, Pcb Layout
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59421086-engineer-hardware-ii

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
 * 5+ years designing, testing, and debugging electrical hardware at the component level.
 * Strong analog and digital design knowledge, including voltage regulators (linear and switching), op-amps, transistors, microcontrollers, high-speed communications, and analog multiplexers.
 * Hands-on lab proficiency with oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, and function generators with regular usage over career.
 * Experience writing specifications, test plans, validation plans, and test reports with clear technical writing.
 * Proficiency with schematic capture tools; Cadence preferred.
 * Ability to define efficient test approaches from schematics and design custom test fixtures for sub-systems.
 * Ability to work from minimal verbal inputs, formalize requirements into documentation, and execute tests to completion.

Preferred Skills:

 * Experience directing PCB layout and reviewing for signal integrity, power, and manufacturability.
 * Experience with board-level validation of analog designs with significant op-amp content.

## Description

We are seeking a Hardware Electrical Engineer to join our dynamic team onsite in Folsom. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in analog and digital hardware design, board bring-up, and lab validation and a proven ability to own schematic capture, direct PCB layout, and personally execute board validation and test planning., * Assist with bench tests, board bring-up, and troubleshooting of analog and digital circuits.

 * Collaborate daily with software engineers, technicians, and team members in the lab.
 * Perform component selection, schematic capture, and direct PCB layout resources, including reviewing and guiding layout.
 * Create and review engineering paperwork and generate ECOs for release.
 * Develop board validation plans, build test jigs as needed, and perform all validation testing personally.
 * Support bring-up and debugging of additional PCBs within the program.
 * Analyze datasheets and distill hardware requirements for software/firmware integration, including I2C and SPI expanders and multiplexers.


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