Electronics Engineer

Job Title: Electronics Engineer III

Job Description

This is a 6month project opportunity for an experienced Electronics Engineer III to lead embedded system architecture and hardware development on crossfunctional teams. The role independently owns technical development, drives client communication, and ensures that all deliverables meet quality, regulatory, and compliance standards from concept through productionready designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and hardware development of embedded electronic systems, owning board designs from requirements through layout, bringup, and validation.

• Communicate technical requirements, design plans, and project status clearly and professionally to clients, project managers, and engineering teams.

• Perform and document complex engineering analyses, laboratory testing, and hardware validation activities using industry best practices.

• Guide and mentor junior engineers, review their technical work, and provide constructive feedback to ensure highquality engineering output.

• Drive adherence to global regulatory standards, electrical design standards, testing requirements, and compliance considerations throughout the development lifecycle.

• Contribute to department process improvements by sharing best practices, refining workflows, and providing technical mentorship within the engineering team.

• Follow Business Technology policies to protect sensitive data, safeguard intellectual property, and reduce information security incidents.

• Translate customer requirements into robust electrical designs, including component selection and bill of materials (BOM) creation.

• Conduct schematic capture, PCB layout, design reviews, and design revisions, ensuring productionready circuit boards that meet performance and reliability targets.

• Lead board bringup, poweron testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and iterative hardware refinement to resolve technical issues.

• Collaborate closely with mechanical, firmware, software, systems, and manufacturing engineers across all phases of the product development lifecycle.

• Support products from concept and prototyping through fabrication, pilot builds, and preparation for production release.

• Participate actively in customer meetings, design reviews, and technical discussions, representing the engineering team with a professional presence.

• Work with PCB manufacturers and fabrication houses to support prototype development, fabrication processes, and design for manufacturability.

Essential Skills

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent discipline.

• 5+ years of relevant electrical/electronics engineering experience, with 68+ years preferred for seniorlevel technical leadership.

• Strong expertise in schematic capture, PCB layout, and compliance testing for digital electronic systems.

• Endtoend PCB/PCBA design experience from architecture through schematic capture, layout, board bringup, and validation.

• Handson proficiency with Altium for schematic capture, PCB layout, and managing design revisions.

• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead on engineering projects, independently owning board designs through the full development lifecycle.

• Experience designing digital circuits, including microcontrollerbased systems, power boards, interconnect boards, interface boards, and breakout boards.

• Familiarity with multilayer PCB design, typically 28 layer boards, focused on digital design.

• Experience with component selection, BOM creation, and translating customer requirements into robust electrical designs.

• Ability to perform board bringup, poweron testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and hardware validation in a lab environment.

• Experience working with oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, and other electronic test equipment.

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to participate in customer meetings, design reviews, and technical discussions.

• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within and across engineering work groups.

• Clientfacing communication skills and a professional demeanor suitable for direct interaction with customers.

• Commitment to following information security and Business Technology policies to protect sensitive data.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with circuit design for productionready digital electronic systems.

• Background in EMI/EMC testing and related compliance considerations.

• Exposure to FPGAbased designs and highspeed digital design is a plus.

• Experience with analog circuit design or mixedsignal circuitry is beneficial, although digital design is the primary focus.

• Familiarity with prototype development and fabrication processes, including working with PCB manufacturers and fabrication houses.

• Experience supporting products through all phases of development, from concept and prototyping through production release.

• Ability to conduct thorough design reviews and manage design revisions using industry best practices.

• Comfortable participating in project status meetings, design reviews, and crossfunctional technical discussions.

• Strong collaboration skills for working with mechanical, firmware, software, systems, and manufacturing engineers.

• Ability to maintain a professional presence in clientfacing situations and represent the engineering team effectively.

Work Environment

The role operates in a hybrid work environment that combines remote work with officebased collaboration and occasional clientsite support in the Portland/Vancouver metro area. You may begin with approximately half of your time onsite, transition to more remote work with periodic onsite visits, and then spend more time onsite toward the end of the project for handson hardware work, board bringup, and testing. Work is primarily performed in engineering office spaces and laboratory environments equipped with oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, and other standard electronic test equipment. The setting is collaborative and crossfunctional, with regular interaction between electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, systems, and manufacturing teams. Professional attire suitable for clientfacing meetings and lab work is expected, with flexibility based on specific onsite activities.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Camas, WA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $38.46 - $69.71/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Camas,WA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 21, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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