Electronics Hardware Engineer Job Sterling area,Virginia USA,Engineering

Sterling, VA Onsite Up to $160000 per Year Direct Hire

Pinnacle Partners is recruiting for an Electronics Hardware Engineer in Sterling, VA. This is a hands-on electronics hardware engineering position supporting the full hardware development lifecycle, from initial circuit and schematic design through PCB layout, prototype bring-up, validation, troubleshooting, and manufacturing transition. The ideal candidate will have experience personally designing electronic circuits and multilayer PCBs, working with analog, digital, and mixed-signal systems, and performing hands-on board bring-up and debugging in a laboratory environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Design analog, digital, power supply, communication, and mixed-signal circuits.
Develop schematics and multilayer PCB layouts.
Work with approximately 4–8+ layer boards, with current designs primarily utilizing 6- and 8-layer PCBs.
Define PCB stackups, grounding strategies, routing rules, and controlled impedance requirements.
Perform high-speed routing including differential pairs, impedance control, termination, and length matching.
Design MCU and processor-based hardware.
Integrate ADCs, DACs, external memory, communications, and isolation circuitry.
Create schematic symbols, PCB footprints, and component libraries.
Select components and analyze datasheets.
Prepare BOMs and manufacturing documentation.
Review designs for signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC, and manufacturability.
Support PCB fabrication and assembly.
Personally perform prototype board bring-up, debugging, troubleshooting, validation, and calibration.
Perform soldering and rework when troubleshooting prototype hardware.
Develop test procedures and document validation results.
Work closely with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.
Support prototype development through transition into production.
Take ownership of hardware development activities in a small, fast-paced engineering environment.
Identify technical issues and independently drive solutions from design through validation.
Support the development of increasingly complex electronics involving mixed-signal systems, high-speed communications, processors, and power-related applications.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Approximately 3+ years of hands-on electronics hardware design experience.
Experience personally designing electronic circuits and schematics.
Strong multilayer PCB design and layout experience.
Experience with approximately 6+ layer boards preferred.
Analog and digital circuit design experience.
Knowledge of high-speed PCB routing, including controlled impedance and length matching.
MCU or processor-based board design experience.
ADC/DAC or comparable mixed-signal interface experience.
Hands-on board bring-up, debugging, troubleshooting, and validation experience.
Hands-on laboratory experience using oscilloscopes and other electronic test equipment.
Understanding of PCB fabrication, assembly, and design for manufacturability.
Ability to work independently and take ownership in a small, fast-moving engineering team.
Strong technical problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
Ability to work effectively with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and other engineering teams.
Ability to work 100% onsite in Sterling, VA.

Preferred:

Experience with Cadence, Allegro, OrCAD, Mentor, KiCad, or similar professional PCB design platforms.
STM
32 experience.
DSP and/or FPGA-based hardware experience.
High-speed communications experience with Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet, USB, SPI, CAN, RS-485, or similar interfaces.
Experience with SDRAM, DDR, Flash, or other external memory devices.
EMI/EMC compliance and testing experience.
UL or other regulatory testing experience.
System calibration or…