Location: Greater Denver, CO (Relocation Available) Compensation: $100–115K Base Salary Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, 401K Contact: Andrew Millar; andrew.millar@irisscientific.com; 647-205-7151
Iris Scientific is a specialist recruitment agency focused on technical and commercial roles within the North American scientific instrumentation sector.
We’re partnering with a global developer of advanced scientific and precision instrumentation (confidential) to hire an Electrical Engineer II for their Colorado R&D team.
The Opportunity
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on taking real hardware into production—not just designing prototypes.
You’ll join a small, highly technical team working across electronics and complex instrumentation systems, helping translate designs into reliable, testable, and manufacturable products.
This role sits in the critical space between:
prototype and product
engineering and production
design intent and real-world performance
What You’ll Be Doing
Support the transition of electronic designs into repeatable, production-ready hardware
Build, test, debug, and validate prototypes and early production units
Develop and refine:
test procedures
build documentation
manufacturing instructions
Ensure products can be reliably built, tested, and serviced by others (technicians, production teams)
Troubleshoot issues during bring-up, validation, and early production
Work closely with design engineers to improve manufacturability, reliability, and testability
Contribute to iterative product improvements across multiple builds/revisions
Contribute to design improvements and gradually take on increasing ownership of circuit and system design
Collaborate cross-functionally (mechanical, software, and systems engineering teams)
Why This Role Is Different
Not a pure design role — focused on getting products working in the real world
Opportunity to work across multiple product builds and iterations, not just a single design cycle
Clear path to grow into full design and product ownership over time
Ideal for engineers who have been focused on test, validation, or production, and want to expand into broader electrical engineering responsibilities
Work alongside experienced engineers and gain exposure to complex mixed-system product development
What You Bring
BS or MS in Electrical Engineering (or similar)
~2+ years of experience in hardware, test, or product-focused engineering
Core Experience (What Really Matters)
Experience supporting hardware through build, test, or production stages(with interest in expanding into design ownership)
Exposure to multiple builds, revisions, or product iterations
Hands-on experience with:
board bring-up
debugging and validation
test and measurement
Ability to contribute to:
documentation
test procedures
build or manufacturing processes
Strong practical mindset: understanding how systems are built, tested, and repaired in real-world environments
Technical Environment
Circuit design and PCB tools (Altium preferred, not required)