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Job Description
Power Electronics Hardware Engineer Technical Talent Group - 5.0 Berkeley, CA Job Details $80 - $120 an hour 13 hours ago Qualifications Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) protocol Controller area network (CAN) bus Device driver development Thermal control Embedded systems Cable termination Universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (UART) protocol SoC Ethernet Printed circuit board (PCB) layout RTOS Design for manufacturability (DFM) Serial peripheral interface (SPI) protocol Motor control equipment Linux Electrical drafting for industrial equipment projects Microcontroller programming Hardware diagnostics Electronic component selection Design for reliability (DFR)
Microprocessors Full Job Description Role:
Power Electronics Hardware Engineer Project Type:
Safety Adjacent industrial/mobile controller
Location:
East Bay, CA|
Engagement:
Contract Seniority:
Senior (hands-on design owner) Pay Range $80-120 / hour Mission Own the design and delivery of a ruggedized control module that: Powers and controls actuators, fans, and sensors Powers and communicates with downstream electronics Provides a safety compliant comms pathway between a quad skid and pack system Integrates 1G Single Pair Ethernet (1000BASE T1) , CAN FD , and MCU/MPU compute Must Have Skills (Hard Requirements) Embedded power/hardware ownership Designed end to end power trees: 48V input 24V & 5V bucks3V3/1V8/1V1 LDOs Load control using motor drivers and high side drivers (HSDs) with diagnostics Industrial/automotive networking CAN FD bring-up, bus diagnostics, and fault handling (bit rate setup, termination, CRC/fault confinement basics) 1000BASET1 (Single Pair Ethernet) with PHY selection, magnetics/CM choke usage, and layout for controlled impedance Experience integrating an Ethernet switch (BGA ~196 pin, 0.8 mm pitch) in a multiport design Compute & SoC integration MCU (LQFP) for real-time control and safety supervision MPU SOM (SMARC carrier) integration (power sequencing, boot, peripherals, Linux/RTOS bring-up coordination) MCU?MPU comms via
SPI/UART/CAN
?FD (bonus: iso SPI , I²C, JTAG bring-up) Schematic/PCB & layout for EMC 4-8 layer boards with high current paths, star grounds, split analog/digital, impedance controlled routing for GbE T1 & high speed SPI DFM with BGA fan out, power/thermal design, and test point strategy Safety & reliability mindset Hardware watchdogs, brownout/UVLO/OVP, reverse polarity, surge/transient protection Graceful degradation: MCU retains control if MPU/Ethernet fails Nice to Have Skills Automotive/industrial standards exposure (ISO13485/14971/26262, IEC61508, CISPR/EMC pre comp) Experience with galvanic isolation for
CAN/ISOSPI
Thermal analysis and enclosure level EMI design for motor loads Linux driver bring up on SOMs, or boot sequencing with PMICs Production test fixture design (JTAG/SWD, boundary scan, automated functional test) Responsibilities Architect and document the hardware system (power, compute, comms, IO) Select major components:
MCU , MPU SOM
, Ethernet switch & PHYs , buck/LDO , HSDs , motor drivers , ADCs/DACs , IO expanders Own schematics, layout guidance, and design reviews; coordinate with PCB layout Bring up and validate: power sequencing, comms buses ( CAN
FD , 1000BASE T1
), motor/fan control, sensor IO Implement safety critical behaviors under MCU control; design for graceful degradation Create production ready documentation: BOM, test plans, power budgets, interface control docs
