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Sparx Engineering

Contract engineering and product design services

Electrical PCB Design Engineer

Board & Electronics DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAustin, TX, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with significant focus in PCB design.
  • Strong problem-solving and written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience interfacing with customers and vendors.
  • Experience creating electrical specifications and electrical block diagrams for potential designs.
  • Experience mentoring less experienced engineers.
  • Experience with Altium for schematic capture and PCB layout.
  • Expertise in creating and simulating numerous electronics circuits.
  • Strong electronics troubleshooting experience.
  • Proficiency with precision analog, DC/DC converters, and high-speed designs.
  • Basic firmware development skills in C or C++.
  • Strong mathematical skills.
  • Experience designing products for ease of manufacturing.
  • Experience soldering and reworking PCBs.
  • At least 5 years of schematic and PCB design experience.

Responsibilities

  • Communicate with clients and project stakeholders.
  • Provide practical electronic solutions aligned with client budgets and business needs.
  • Provide scope of work, timeline estimates, and level-of-effort assessments for potential clients.
  • Develop electrical block diagrams and specifications that guide electrical engineers in component selection and schematic development.
  • Review schematic and PCB designs from other electrical engineers, identify potential issues, and offer solutions aligned with customer needs.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in existing designs using soldering and circuit-analysis equipment, while mentoring other engineers through technical challenges.
  • Independently create electrical designs, including component selection, circuit simulation, schematic capture, and PCB layout.
  • Collaborate with PCB fabrication and assembly houses to ensure products meet customer quality expectations.
  • Collaborate with software engineers to develop and test firmware.
  • Work directly with clients to help them meet their needs efficiently and predictably.

Desired Qualifications

  • The posting labels the listed qualifications as preferred, including strong problem-solving and communication skills; customer and vendor interfacing; electrical specification and block-diagram creation; mentoring; Altium; circuit creation and simulation; electronics troubleshooting; precision analog, DC/DC converters, and high-speed design; basic C/C++ firmware development; mathematics; design for manufacturability; and PCB soldering and rework.

About the Company

Sparx Engineering

Contract engineering and product design services

Sparx Engineering is a licensed engineering firm that provides contract engineering and product design services across many industries. Its team includes licensed engineers in electronics, mechanical design, software development, chemical synthesis, robotics, and automation, enabling them to work on a wide range of projects. The company helps clients translate ideas into real devices and systems by offering end-to-end design work—from concept through prototyping to production—using multidisciplinary skills, simulations, testing, and safety-compliant development. What sets Sparx apart is its breadth of expertise and its ability to provide a full, contracted engineering team for both large corporations and small businesses, rather than a single specialty. The goal is to help clients bring new technology to market efficiently by delivering reliable, manufacturable designs and integrated solutions that combine hardware, software, and process know-how.

Company size
11-50
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Manvel, TX
Founded
2009

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