Electrical Engineer

Position Title: Electrical Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting Direct Hire opportunity for a Electrical Engineer with our client in Pasadena, California.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design, including part selection, schematic capture, and PCB layout, for new electronic hardware for the control of opto-electronic systems
• Interface with vendors for procurement of control electronics
• Test and bring-up new hardware
• Perform quality control testing on production circuitry
• Perform root cause analysis and corrective actions on failed components and products
• Set-up and run benchtop prototyping and breadboarding of new designs
• Develop and maintain interface control diagrams and documentation

Job Qualifications:

• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field; or B.S. in the above fields with 5 years of experience
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Low-noise analog circuit design
• Digital circuit design
• Schematic capture
• PCB layout, such as Altium or similar
• Experience with laboratory equipment including VNA, signal generators, spectrum analyzers
• Basic MS Office experience

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• RF/Microwave circuit design and analysis
• Mixed signal design
• Embedded systems
• Laser and temperature controller circuit design
• Signal processing methods
• Microprocessor (embedded C, C++) and/or FPGA programming (VHDL, Verilog)
• Radiation-hard/space-qualified circuit design

Job Details:

• Job Type: Direct Hire
• Location: Pasadena, California (Onsite)
• Salary Range: $140K to $175K
• ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.