Electrical Design Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Design Engineer Job Description
We are seeking an Electrical Hardware Engineer to design, develop, and test hardware for our access control readers and controllers. You will join a small hardware team, reporting to the Lead Electrical Engineer, and work closely with firmware, product, manufacturing engineering, validation, and our PCBA CMs. You will work alongside the Lead Electrical Engineer on every stage of development, from architecture and component selection through production release, and take ownership of your own projects over time. The work encompasses RF, power, digital, and PCB design.
Responsibilities
- Create schematics and PCB layouts, and select components based on cost, lifecycle status, and supply risk.
- Simulate and analyze circuits to verify designs before and after layout.
- Tune antennas and characterize RF performance for 125 kHz, 13.56 MHz HF, and BLE interfaces.
- Bring up prototypes and characterize power rails and digital interfaces.
- Run environmental tests and EMC/ESD pre-compliance scans.
- Write design documentation, test reports, and troubleshooting guides.
- Support production at our PCBA CMs by reviewing build reports, resolving assembly defects and yield issues, and root-causing production test failures.
- Support manufacturing engineering, firmware, and validation teams on DFX, production test fixtures, security validation, and interoperability testing.
- Troubleshoot hardware issues in production and in the field.
Essential Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 3+ years of embedded hardware development, including owning the design and testing of at least one product through production.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools.
- Knowledge of microcontrollers (e.g., ARM Cortex-M) and interfaces such as Ethernet, RS-485, I2C, SPI, and UART.
- Understanding of power supply design, including buck/boost converters and LDOs.
- Experience with RF and wireless technologies (e.g., Bluetooth, NFC, RFID).
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers.
- Ability to work independently and communicate clearly with firmware, product, and manufacturing teams.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Experience working with PCBA contract manufacturers, including prototype and production builds.
- Antenna design and RF tuning experience for 125 kHz, 13.56 MHz, or 2.4 GHz interfaces.
- Direct background in the Physical Access Control System (PACS) industry.
- Familiarity with OSDP, secure elements, and cryptographic hardware.
- Experience with design for manufacturing (DFM), design for test (DFT), and cost optimization.
- Experience with environmental, EMC, and ESD testing.
- Knowledge of embedded firmware development in C/C++.
- Experience with Altium Designer.
- Experience with signal integrity, power integrity, thermal, or RF simulation.
Work Environment
This role requires four days onsite and allows one day to work remotely. The team is committed to scaling while navigating organizational changes, focusing on building and retaining high-performing technical teams to support product development, manufacturing expansion, and long-term growth objectives.
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Broomfield, CO.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $115000.00 - $140000.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Benefits include great rates on company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision with HSA-eligible plans
available, generous retirement with up to 6% 401k match, and holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Broomfield,CO.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 23, 2026. About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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