Senior Electrical Engineer

Sciton

  • Palo Alto, California
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    Highlights

    This role works closely with a multidisciplinary technical team and requires deep hands-on experience across electronics design, embedded systems, and power electronics in a regulated product environment. Sciton is seeking a highly experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to play a key role in the design, development, and support of our aesthetic medical laser systems.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationPalo Alto, California
    Websitehttps://sciton.com/corporate-careers-at-sciton-in-palo-alto-ca

    Description

    Senior Electrical Engineer

    Sciton is a Silicon Valley based pioneer in laser, light, and energy technologies for aesthetic and medical applications. Our engineers helped bring laser products to market just a few years after lasers were first invented, and that same spirit of innovation still drives us today.

    We are built on a strong set of values: Selflessness, Candor, Innovation, Execution, Objectivity, Excellence, Learning, Ownership, and Clarity. With more than 500 employees worldwide, Sciton has been recognized as a USA TODAY Top Workplace for three consecutive years from 2022 to 2025.

    If you want to work on meaningful technology that directly improves patient outcomes and be part of a company that values curiosity, ownership, and excellence, we would love to meet you.

    Position Summary
    Sciton is seeking a highly experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to play a key role in the design, development, and support of our aesthetic medical laser systems. This role works closely with a multidisciplinary technical team and requires deep hands-on experience across electronics design, embedded systems, and power electronics in a regulated product environment.

    Key Responsibilities:
    • Lead electronic hardware design from concept through production, including circuit simulation and analysis
    • Select electronic components with consideration for performance, availability, cost, and long-term obsolescence
    • Design and develop PCBs using Altium Designer
    • Develop and support embedded controller solutions based on ARM architectures
    • Design system wiring harnesses and cables
    • Perform hardware and software integration, testing, and debugging
    • Support system-level compliance and regulatory testing
    • Build and debug prototypes, including SMD rework and lab troubleshooting
    • Collaborate closely with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to support product development and sustainment
    Required Technical Expertise:
    • Power electronics design using IGBTs and MOSFETs (high-power switching, motor control, switching supplies)
    • Switching power supply design
    • Analog circuit design, including constant current sources and signal conditioning
    • Magnetic circuit and transformer design
    • Mixed-signal systems, including ADCs, DACs, and microcontroller interfaces
    • Serial communication protocols (I²C, SPI, UART, and related buses)
    • Operational amplifier circuits (amplifiers, integrators, differentiators, instrumentation front ends)
    • Basic digital design and interfacing
    • Sensor and instrumentation systems, including pyroelectric detectors and electro-optical sensors
    • Robotics and motion systems, including motor control, control systems, and mechatronics
    Education & Experience
    • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) required
    • 10–15+ years of direct, hands-on electrical engineering experience
    • Extensive design experience across the full product development lifecycle
    • Strong hands-on experience with ARM-based embedded systems
    • Experience working with high-voltage and high-power systems (up to 1000 V, 400 A, and 4 kW)
    • Proven ability to work effectively in a collaborative engineering environment
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills; project-oriented mindset
    • Medical aesthetics or medical device industry experience strongly preferred
    Compensation and Benefits:
    The base salary range for this position is $125k - $162k. In addition to a competitive market-based salary, Sciton provides an opportunity to participate in equity/stock incentive programs, a profit-sharing bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package, including 401K with matching.
     

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