Job Description
Job Title: Sr. Electrical Engineer
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Duration: 6+ months
Job Description:
We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer contractor to support robotics hardware development within Amazon’s Industrial Robotics Group. You will contribute to system-level electrical architecture across multi-board robotic platforms, execute board designs from schematic through bring-up, and provide technical review of external design partners’ schematic and layout work as directed by FTE engineers. You will perform design trade-off analysis — MCU/SoC selection, interface topology, power architecture, and sensor integration — across multiple concurrent projects, working with minimal supervision alongside a small, fast-moving hardware team led by full-time Amazon engineers.
Key Responsibilities-
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Duration: 6+ months
Job Description:
We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer contractor to support robotics hardware development within Amazon’s Industrial Robotics Group. You will contribute to system-level electrical architecture across multi-board robotic platforms, execute board designs from schematic through bring-up, and provide technical review of external design partners’ schematic and layout work as directed by FTE engineers. You will perform design trade-off analysis — MCU/SoC selection, interface topology, power architecture, and sensor integration — across multiple concurrent projects, working with minimal supervision alongside a small, fast-moving hardware team led by full-time Amazon engineers.
Key Responsibilities-
- Contribute to system-level electrical architecture (block diagrams, interface definitions, voltage domains) for multi-board robotic platforms spanning compute, motor control, sensing, and communication subsystems
- Review schematics produced by external design partners (ODMs, contract engineering firms), validating component selection and design trade-offs, and flagging misalignment with the system architecture
- Execute electrical design for PCBAs supporting robotic actuator and manipulation systems — including schematic capture, layout, component selection, subsystem architecture, and design for signal integrity, manufacturability, and testability. Design in Altium.
- Perform MCU/SoC architecture trade studies and component selection analysis (e.g., evaluating ARM Cortex-R/M MCUs, EtherCAT port constraints, package options, peripheral availability) across motor control and sensor interface boards
- Design and review PCB layouts for multi-layer boards with high-speed digital interfaces (Ethernet, GMSL, USB, MIPI CSI-2, CAN-FD), ensuring impedance control, power integrity, and EMC compliance. Perform layout for simple-to-medium boards or simple-to-medium changes on complex boards (in Altium), and coordinate with external layout houses on PCB layout execution for complex PCBs.
- Design power distribution systems including DC-DC converters, LDOs, power sequencing, load switches, and protection circuits for multi-voltage robotic subsystems; debug PMIC behavior and perform root-cause analysis on power delivery issues
- Collaborate with PCB fabrication vendors — stackup selection, DFM review, material trade-offs, Gerber release coordination, and alternate vendor sourcing across multiple concurrent builds
- Perform board bring-up, functional verification, root cause analysis, and debug using standard lab equipment (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, multimeter, soldering/rework tools)
- Partner with firmware engineers on hardware-software co-development, peripheral interface definition, and BSP bring-up
- Manage design documentation including block diagrams, schematics, BOMs, design rationale, constraint files, and test reports
- Support multiple boards simultaneously at different NPI stages (schematic, layout, fab, bring-up)
- 8+ years of experience in PCBA-level circuit design for robotics, industrial, automotive, or consumer electronics
- Experience reviewing designs produced by external engineering teams or ODMs and providing technical feedback on component selection and design trade-offs
- Proficiency with Altium Designer — schematic capture and PCB layout
- Experience with subsystem architecture and high-level electrical design for multi-board embedded systems
- Hands-on board bring-up and debug experience with standard EE test equipment
- Strong experience with communication interfaces: Ethernet (100Base-T1, 1000BASE-T), USB, MIPI CSI, SPI, I2C, CAN-FD
- Experience with EtherCAT hardware architecture — daisy-chain topology, PHY selection
- Experience with power architecture design — switching regulators, LDOs, power sequencing, high-current distribution, PMIC integration
- Experience with motor driver circuits, gate drivers, or power stage design for BLDC actuators
- Experience managing PCB fabrication vendors — stackup review, DFM, material availability, and multi-vendor coordination
- Experience with signal integrity fundamentals — constraint development, impedance control, timing budget analysis
- Ability to work independently on multiple concurrent board designs at different stages with minimal supervision
- Experience with signal integrity and power integrity analysis tools (HSpice, ADS, SIwave) and package-level delay analysis using IBIS/S-parameter models
- Experience with IMU/inertial sensor integration and low-noise analog front-end design
- Experience with tactile sensor interfaces
- Experience with semiconductor vendor technical engagement for component evaluation and design support
- Experience working with contract manufacturers on DFM review and production test development
- Familiarity with functional safety hardware mechanisms (watchdogs, voltage monitors, safe-state circuits, redundancy)
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Industry | Computer Software |
| Salary | $60–$65 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 2014 |
| Website | http://www.tekfortune.com/ |
About Company
Tekfortune is a software solutions company providing project development and staff augmentation services to companies in various industries including Healthcare, Banking, Finance, Telecommunication and Aviation.
Tekfortune Inc delivers solutions to a wide variety of organizations of various sizes and industries. Our clients include mid-market to Fortune 1000 companies spanning across industries such as: Insurance, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and many others.
In Tekfortune Inc, we are offering selection of services and solutions at very reasonable rates. With years of experience in the placement and recruitment Industry and over time we have acquired the knowledge essential to comprehend the exact need and dependence on customers. Therefore we provide the customers the best and also the brightest candidates for vacancies. Moreover, by understanding the working interest of customers who is able to place them within the companies where they are able to get maximum opportunity for professional growth.
Tekfortune Inc has a strong emphasis on quality. Its goal would be to achieve client satisfaction by looking into making deliveries satisfaction of customer's business needs. Our ability to quickly identify and effectively employ proven fundamental principles, techniques and resources yields highly desirable results for our clients.
We understand that each industry and organization share a level of uniqueness that requires a tailored approach in order to deliver specific solutions. Such factors as client culture, industry regulations, organizational maturity, financial health and many more items may impact our approach to delivering client solutions.
Having served a wide variety of clients has provided Tekfortune the ability to build subject matter expertise across numerous industries. Our industry expertise combined with our specialized knowledge of Business Process Improvement, Requirements Management and Program & Project Management provides a powerful combination and a tremendous value to our clients.
We are run by a group of industry experts who have decades of experience in delivering custom solutions to our clients.
Tekfortune Inc delivers solutions to a wide variety of organizations of various sizes and industries. Our clients include mid-market to Fortune 1000 companies spanning across industries such as: Insurance, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and many others.
In Tekfortune Inc, we are offering selection of services and solutions at very reasonable rates. With years of experience in the placement and recruitment Industry and over time we have acquired the knowledge essential to comprehend the exact need and dependence on customers. Therefore we provide the customers the best and also the brightest candidates for vacancies. Moreover, by understanding the working interest of customers who is able to place them within the companies where they are able to get maximum opportunity for professional growth.
Tekfortune Inc has a strong emphasis on quality. Its goal would be to achieve client satisfaction by looking into making deliveries satisfaction of customer's business needs. Our ability to quickly identify and effectively employ proven fundamental principles, techniques and resources yields highly desirable results for our clients.
We understand that each industry and organization share a level of uniqueness that requires a tailored approach in order to deliver specific solutions. Such factors as client culture, industry regulations, organizational maturity, financial health and many more items may impact our approach to delivering client solutions.
Having served a wide variety of clients has provided Tekfortune the ability to build subject matter expertise across numerous industries. Our industry expertise combined with our specialized knowledge of Business Process Improvement, Requirements Management and Program & Project Management provides a powerful combination and a tremendous value to our clients.
We are run by a group of industry experts who have decades of experience in delivering custom solutions to our clients.
Skills
- ARM (Advanced RISC Machine)unmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Architectural Designunmatched
- BSPunmatched
- Bill of Materials (BOM)unmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Circuit Designunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Communication Systemsunmatched
- Component Selectionunmatched
- Computer Firmwareunmatched
- Consumer Electronicsunmatched
- Contract Manufacturingunmatched
- Debugging Skillsunmatched
- Document Managementunmatched
- Electrical Designunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Electricityunmatched
- Embedded Systemsunmatched
- Ethernetunmatched
- Functional Testingunmatched
- HSPICEunmatched
- Hardware Administrationunmatched
- Hardware Architectureunmatched
- Hardware Developmentunmatched
- High Level Architecture (HLA)unmatched
- I2Cunmatched
- Industrial Roboticsunmatched
- Laboratory Equipmentunmatched
- Logic Analyzerunmatched
- Manufacturing Managementunmatched
- Manufacturing/Production Testingunmatched
- Microcontrollerunmatched
- Motor Control Systemsunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Original Design Manufacturer (ODM)unmatched
- Oscilloscopeunmatched
- PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Manufacturingunmatched
- PHYunmatched
- Printed Circuit Board (PCB)unmatched
- Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Layoutunmatched
- Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA)unmatched
- Printed Circuit Board Designunmatched
- Product/Service Launchunmatched
- Roboticsunmatched
- Root Cause Analysisunmatched
- Schematic Captureunmatched
- Schematicsunmatched
- Semiconductorsunmatched
- Signal Integrityunmatched
- Software Developmentunmatched
- Software Engineeringunmatched
- Solderingunmatched
- Switching Architectureunmatched
- System Architectureunmatched
- System-on-a-Chip (SoC)unmatched
- T-1 / DS1unmatched
- Test Equipmentunmatched
- Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
- Testabilityunmatched
- Testingunmatched
- Timing Verificationunmatched
- Topologyunmatched
- Trade Studiesunmatched
- Trade-Off Analysisunmatched
- USBunmatched
- User Interface Designunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Selectionunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Sourcingunmatched
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