Electrical Engineer II

Job Title: Electrical Engineer II

Location: On-Site, Melbourne, FL

Employment Type: Contract (12 months)

Schedule: 9x80

Join a collaborative engineering team where you'll take ownership of complex electronic designs from concept through production, working on cutting‑edge hardware and high‑speed systems. In this hands‑on role, you'll balance performance, cost, and manufacturability while solving real‑world challenges in the lab and alongside cross‑functional teams. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail‑oriented engineer who enjoys full lifecycle design, technical problem‑solving, and delivering high‑reliability solutions.

• Design, develop, analyze, and support testing of electronic systems, subsystems, and CCAs across multiple engineering disciplines
• Own end‑to‑end CCA development, including schematic design, bring‑up, debugging, validation, and delivery on time and within budget
• Troubleshoot and resolve system and component‑level issues, implementing design improvements and validating results through testing
• Interpret customer requirements and specifications to develop cost‑effective, manufacturable design solutions
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, suppliers, and manufacturers to support procurement, fabrication, and production readiness
• Develop prototypes to mitigate technical risks and support design‑to‑cost and design‑for‑manufacture objectives
• Communicate technical progress, risks, and design decisions clearly while supporting documentation, reporting, and team collaboration
• Cadence schematic capture and Allegro navigation
• Personally owned CCA designs: designing, building, bringing up, debugging, testing, delivering on time/budget (not support/adjacent)
• Conservative, margin‑aware, long‑life design choices
• Explain design decisions (written/oral); SWaP‑C tradeoffs
• Simulate circuits (SPICE or similar)
• Support procurement/fab: select alternates; answer PCB/CM technical questions
• Bring‑up new CCAs from scratch; troubleshoot HW vs FW/SW
• Define rework and write clear technician instructions
• Perform/document lab testing (thermal, scopes, DAQ, etc.)
• Design areas: high‑speed digital (processors, FPGAs, MCUs; DDRx/flash/EEPROM); interfaces PCIe/USB/Ethernet to 10G/serial/LVDS/DP/HDMI; point‑of‑load power (SMPS + linear)
• Nice to have:
  Allegro PCB layout/drawings; rugged cable design/drawing notes; VHDL/Verilog; mentoring/task leadership

• Supportive, team‑driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries
• People‑first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates

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• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field
• Minimum 3 years of experience owning CCA designs from concept through delivery, including hands‑on bring‑up, debug, and test
• Minimum 3 years of experience with high‑speed interfaces such as PCIe, USB, Ethernet (up to 10G), LVDS, Display Port, and HDMI
• Minimum 3 years of hands‑on experience with power design, including point‑of‑load solutions using switching (SMPS) and linear regulators

• Proficiency with Cadence tools (schematic capture and Allegro) and experience with circuit simulation tools such as SPICE
• Strong background in high‑speed digital design (processors, FPGAs, MCUs) and memory interfaces (DDRx, flash, EEPROM)
• Ability to troubleshoot across hardware, firmware, and software boundaries and perform detailed lab testing (e.g., oscilloscopes, thermal, DAQ)
• Experience supporting manufacturing…