Principal Analog and Mixed Signal Electrical Engineer

Echodyne Corp•Kirkland, WA

8d•$164,594 - $246,788

About The Position

Echodyne is seeking a Principal Analog and Mixed-Signal Electrical Engineer to join its Advanced Technology Development team and lead new circuit architectures, signal-chain development, power solutions, and rapid hardware prototyping for future radar products. The role involves prototype development for a larger radar platform, including high-speed data acquisition, precision timing, compute interfaces, calibration hardware, and power entry and conditioning. The engineer will bring hands-on analog and mixed-signal design expertise, technical judgment, and experimental discipline to carry hardware from architecture through characterization and product transition. The role offers technical ownership in a cross-disciplinary team, with work moving from rapid experiments into future radar products.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field and at least 12 years of relevant electrical hardware development experience, or an equivalent combination of education and industry experience.
Strong hands-on analog and mixed-signal circuit design experience spanning architecture, schematic design, simulation, layout support, prototype bring-up, characterization, and verification.
Experience with low-noise receiver interfaces; ADCs or DACs; down-conversion or intermediate-frequency circuits; timing; clock distribution; and frequency synthesizers.
Broad knowledge of signal-chain analysis, noise, linearity, dynamic range, sampling, jitter, grounding, shielding, signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI/EMC.
Experience with circuit modeling, SPICE simulation, design analysis, PCB implementation, laboratory instrumentation, data acquisition, and automated testing.
Experience with power architecture, regulators and converters, power entry and conditioning, protection, sequencing, or higher-power electronic subsystems.
Ability to relate measured results to models, design decisions, operating limits, requirements, and technical risks.
Experience in advanced development, applied research, rapid prototyping, or early hardware technology maturation.
Competence with MATLAB, SPICE tools, Ansys Electronics Desktop, or equivalent analysis and simulation environments.
Ability to communicate complex electrical recommendations clearly across engineering disciplines.
Eligibility to handle export-controlled technical data, including ITAR- and EAR-controlled information.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing hardware for radar, sensing, aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, or other high-reliability and mission-critical products.
Experience with FPGA or SoC hardware integration, high-speed serial interfaces, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or automated prototype characterization.

Responsibilities

Lead analog, mixed-signal, timing, data-conversion, and power technology development for critical technologies and future Echodyne radar platforms.
Translate emerging system needs into receiver interfaces, converter and clocking architectures, power circuits, prototypes, and validated reference designs.
Design, simulate, build, bring up, and characterize prototype hardware to prove feasibility, expose limits, and reduce technical risk early.
Collaborate with RF, FPGA, PCB design, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and other stakeholders to deliver mission-critical hardware within engineering constraints.
Apply modern best practices and establish practical guidance for reliability, DFM, DFA, signal and power integrity, and testability.
Provide Principal-level leadership through architecture and design reviews, mentoring, hands-on problem solving, lab investigation, and transition of proven capabilities into product development.