Electrical Engineer (waste water/ water management)

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As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Job Summary

This is a contract electrical engineering position within the R+D Hardware Engineering team designing, testing, and integrating PCBAs into analytical instrumentation as part of new product development. This is a full-time, hybrid position located in Boulder, CO. Although some design work can be done remotely, a physical presence will be required to support testing and system integration.

Key Characteristics:

• Excellent interpersonal skills with emphasis on engagement, teamwork, and positive attitude 


• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, identify problems, formulate solutions, and determine priorities with minimum oversight


• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail, time management, and multi-tasking skills


• Meticulous with a keen eye for detail, ensuring high-quality deliverables 


• Enjoys working in a team environment and collaborating with others to develop solutions to technical challenges 


• Enjoys technical challenges and breaking down problems into more manageable parts, evaluating options, and making well-reasoned judgements


• Creative problem solver and critical thinker who enjoys technical challenges

Duties & Responsibilities

• Create PCBA designs and BOMs through the creation of detailed drawings, schematics, PCB layouts, and models using applications such as Altium following best practices


• Design digital and analog hardware utilizing FPGAs, microprocessors, ADCs/DACs, power supplies, and control circuitry to meet functional and performance specifications following best practices


• Participate in design activities through design reviews, prototyping, and communicating schedules, milestones, and status to project teams


• Create and execute test plans to qualify components and board designs, verify performance, and document results


• Coordinate with contract manufacturers, troubleshoot and bring up PCBAs, and ultimately release your design to production using Engineering Change Orders and a Configuration Management release process

Education & Experience

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or Electrical and Computer Engineering


• 5+ years of experience in analog design as well as product design, development, and test of electronic assemblies and instruments

Qualifications:

• Solid technical background with understanding of digital and analog electronic circuit design, electronic systems, as well as related software


• Experience using engineering CAD tools for circuit board design and schematic capture (Altium Preferred)


• Strong problem-solving skills with a hands-on approach to troubleshooting while working in a lab environment during board bring-up, characterization, and system level hardware integration using test equipment such as a DMM, oscilloscope, pulse generator, current probe, spectrum analyzer, etc


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to effectively work within a larger cross functional team


• Ability to develop new designs to satisfy user and functional requirements


• Familiar with component selection

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of PCB manufacture and assembly processes including Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT)


• Experience designing for EMI/ESD protection


• Experience integrating embedded system processors, low-level firmware, and FPGAs 


• Familiar with circuit simulation and modeling tools such as PSPICE and MATLAB


• Agile, rapid prototyping mindset when working with other team members to expediently explore parallel options and provide recommendations for the best approach

Location: Hybrid in Boulder, CO (3 days in-office)

Salary Range: $120K-$150K

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience 

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