Staff Electrical Engineer
Omega Solutions Inc•Berkeley, CA
•$50 - $55
About The Position
Form Energy is seeking a Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer to support the design, development, validation, and release of critical PCBAs used within its battery management and electrical systems architecture. This individual will own the full lifecycle of PCBA development, from requirements generation and component selection through schematic capture, layout oversight, design release, bring-up, verification, sustaining engineering, and root cause analysis.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
- 7+ years of electrical engineering experience (5+ with MS considered).
- Strong Altium experience (or equivalent ECAD platform).
- Demonstrated ownership of schematic capture and PCBA development.
- Multi-layer PCB design experience.
- Board bring-up and hardware validation experience.
- Experience across the full product development lifecycle.
- Hands-on experience with: Ethernet (1000BASE-T1 strongly preferred), CAN-FD, SPI, UART, I2C, Data acquisition systems, Control systems, MCU/MPU-based designs, Power electronics and power management circuits.
- Experience working in high-power, industrial, automotive, energy, battery, or similarly safety-critical environments.
- Knowledge of UL991, UL1973, UL1998, and/or UL9540 compliance requirements.
- Strong problem-solving, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills.
- Ability to operate independently with minimal oversight.
Nice To Haves
- 10+ years of experience.
- Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) experience.
- EV, automotive, industrial automation, or power systems background.
- Experience with DFMEA and CFMEA.
- Familiarity with Arena, Teamcenter, or other PLM tools.
- Experience with JIRA and JAMA.
- SOM/carrier board architecture experience.
- Deep hands-on PCB layout execution experience, not just design review.
- Experience supporting production release and sustaining engineering.
Responsibilities
- Own full PCBA development lifecycle from concept through production release.
- Generate electrical requirements, block diagrams, architecture documentation, and design specifications.
- Perform component selection and schematic capture using Altium.
- Drive PCB layout development and review for signal integrity, power integrity, manufacturability, and reliability.
- Support vendor DFM reviews and design release activities.
- Develop bring-up procedures, test plans, and verification strategies.
- Support board bring-up, debugging, validation, and root cause investigations.
- Troubleshoot released designs and support sustaining engineering efforts.
- Generate design documentation, test reports, decision matrices, and 8D corrective action reports.
- Partner closely with Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Firmware, Software, Manufacturing, and Test teams.
- Support design reviews and ensure alignment across hardware and system-level requirements.
- Balance speed, rigor, safety, and reliability within an aggressive development environment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
