Electrical Engineer

About the role

Come join our team and help shape the future of high-performance thermal mass flow sensors. We invest in our people, processes, and technology so that when our team members thrive, our company thrives. You’ll work in a supportive, hands-on environment where your contributions make a difference every day and where autonomy is earned, hard work is rewarded, and every employee’s voice matters.

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• 10 paid holidays each year, plus vacation, sick time, and volunteer time
• 401(k) with employer match—immediately vested
• HSA and pre-tax health savings program
• Flexible work schedules that promote a healthy work-life balance
• Top-tier medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Pet insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarship programs

Responsibilities

• Balance new product development and sustaining engineering priorities to support innovation while ensuring strong performance of released products
• Partner with cross-functional teams (engineering, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and vendors) to define requirements, solve technical issues, release designs, and improve product reliability
• New product development (≈50%)
• Participate in R&D efforts including feasibility studies, architecture decisions, design reviews, prototype builds, validation, and product release planning
• Translate product requirements into electrical system designs for instrumentation and flow measurement products
• Design across analog and digital circuitry, microcontrollers, communications interfaces, sensing, signal conditioning, and power systems
• Perform schematic capture and provide input for PCB/PCA design, including design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-test (DFT) considerations
• Develop and test breadboards, prototypes, and proof-of-concept circuits to validate designs and reduce technical risk
• Plan and execute electrical verification and validation testing, including hardware/firmware interaction, communications, and environmental performance
• Support regulatory and compliance efforts (EMC/CE, safety, certifications), including pre-compliance testing and design updates
• Create and maintain engineering documentation such as BOMs, schematics, PCB files, drawings, test procedures, and design records
• Sustaining engineering
• Provide electrical engineering support for released products, including production builds, customer issues, field returns, and service needs
• Troubleshoot issues across component, circuit, PCA, product, and system levels, including hardware, firmware, and software interactions
• Investigate production test failures, customer returns, and reliability issues using structured root-cause and corrective action methods
• Evaluate alternative components, obsolescence (EOL), supply chain challenges, and cost-reduction opportunities while maintaining product performance and compliance
• Design, maintain, and improve PCA test fixtures, production test methods, troubleshooting guides, and manufacturing documentation
• Implement engineering changes (ECO/ECN), including updates to schematics, PCB/PCA designs, BOMs, and work instructions
• Coordinate product changes and releases with manufacturing and production teams
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and vendors to resolve issues, improve yield, reduce rework, and sustain long-term product availability

Required qualifications

• 2–4 years of electrical engineering experience in instrumentation, industrial electronics, or similar product environments
• Experience with schematic capture and support of PCB/PCA design, including layout reviews and production documentation
• Working knowledge of microcontrollers, analog and digital circuits, communications interfaces, sensing, and signal conditioning
• Ability to support both new product development and sustaining engineering, including prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, and engineering changes
• Experience with PCA test fixtures, production testing, and failure analysis
• Hands-on skills including soldering, rework, breadboarding, and lab equipment use
• Strong troubleshooting skills at the component level with clear documentation of root cause and corrective actions
• Familiarity with BOMs, drawings, ECO/ECN processes, and manufacturing workflows
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and engineering documentation tools
• Other duties as assigned

This role is based on-site and requires regular work across both our Marina and Monterey, CA locations.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Altium Designer and PADS
• Familiarity with EMC/CE design practices, including compliance, pre-compliance evaluation, and certification testing
• Knowledge of digital communication hardware and protocols such as RS232, RS485, USB, MODBUS, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus, BACnet, HART, Ethernet, or similar industrial standards
• Experience with ERP systems (preferably Epicor), including working with part records, BOMs, ECOs, and production documentation
• Mechanically inclined, with the ability to read blueprints, assembly drawings, and manufacturing documentation
• Understanding of modern circuit design practices, including component selection, design for manufacturability (DFM), design for testability (DFT), and lifecycle management
• Exposure to measurement technologies for temperature, pressure, and flow applications
• Experience supporting fielded products, including production yield improvements, supplier-driven component changes, cost reduction initiatives, reliability improvements, or customer return investigations

Traits

• Balances creative product development with practical, sustaining-engineering judgment
• Works independently under pressure and adapts quickly to changing priorities
• Positive, optimistic, collaborative, and service-oriented mindset
• Strong communicator, able to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• High level of initiative, ownership, motivation, and attention to detail
• Flexible and eager to learn, support teams, and contribute wherever needed
• Committed to upholding Fox and Sierra’s mission and values

Computer skills

• Proficient in basic computer skills, including professional email etiquette, clear written communication, and strong document control practices
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, and related tools)
• Ability to work with ECAD files, engineering documentation, bills of materials (BOMs), test records, and ERP/MRP systems to support product release and sustaining activities

Working conditions

• Physical demands include the ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and to sit and stand for reasonable periods of time
• Visual demands include the ability to look at a computer monitor for extended periods
• Work is performed in a manufacturing environment with associated hazards

Pay

The compensation range for this position is $95,000 – $112,000, depending on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location. In addition to base compensation, this role includes a comprehensive benefits package.