$100,000–$115,000 Per Year
Electrical Engineer II – Product / NPI Focus – Scientific Instrumentation
Location: Greater Denver, CO (Relocation Available)
Compensation: $100–115K Base Salary
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, 401K
Contact: Andrew Millar; andrew.millar@irisscientific.com; 647-205-7151
Iris Scientific is a specialist recruitment agency focused on technical and commercial roles within the North American scientific instrumentation sector.
We’re partnering with a global developer of advanced scientific and precision instrumentation (confidential) to hire an Electrical Engineer II for their Colorado R&D team.
The Opportunity
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on taking real hardware into production—not just designing prototypes.
You’ll join a small, highly technical team working across electronics and complex instrumentation systems, helping translate designs into reliable, testable, and manufacturable products.
This role sits in the critical space between:
- prototype and product
- engineering and production
- design intent and real-world performance
What You’ll Be Doing
- Support the transition of electronic designs into repeatable, production-ready hardware
- Build, test, debug, and validate prototypes and early production units
- Develop and refine:
- test procedures
- build documentation
- manufacturing instructions
- Ensure products can be reliably built, tested, and serviced by others (technicians, production teams)
- Troubleshoot issues during bring-up, validation, and early production
- Work closely with design engineers to improve manufacturability, reliability, and testability
- Contribute to iterative product improvements across multiple builds/revisions
- Contribute to design improvements and gradually take on increasing ownership of circuit and system design
- Collaborate cross-functionally (mechanical, software, and systems engineering teams)
Why This Role Is Different
- Not a pure design role — focused on getting products working in the real world
- Opportunity to work across multiple product builds and iterations, not just a single design cycle
- Clear path to grow into full design and product ownership over time
- Ideal for engineers who have been focused on test, validation, or production, and want to expand into broader electrical engineering responsibilities
- Work alongside experienced engineers and gain exposure to complex mixed-system product development
What You Bring
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering (or similar)
- ~2+ years of experience in hardware, test, or product-focused engineering
Core Experience (What Really Matters)
- Experience supporting hardware through build, test, or production stages(with interest in expanding into design ownership)
- Exposure to multiple builds, revisions, or product iterations
- Hands-on experience with:
- board bring-up
- debugging and validation
- test and measurement
- Ability to contribute to:
- documentation
- test procedures
- build or manufacturing processes
- Strong practical mindset: understanding how systems are built, tested, and repaired in real-world environments
Technical Environment
- Circuit design and PCB tools (Altium preferred, not required)
- Lab equipment (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.)
- Mixed-signal systems (analog + digital exposure helpful, not required)
Nice to Have (Trainable)
- Analog or mixed-signal circuit design experience
- Exposure to DFM / DFT principles
- Experience in NPI or low-volume production environments
- Automated testing (Python, LabVIEW, C/C++)
- Embedded systems or communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB)
- Exposure to scientific instrumentation or precision hardware systems
Other Requirements
- US Citizenship or Green Card required
- Willingness to relocate (relocation support available)
Process Note
Full company details will be shared prior to formal submission.