Drimva

Thorlabs

Electrical Engineer II (Research Group)

$85K–$110K

Sterling, Virginia · Full-time · Posted Jul 27, 2026

Experience
4–8 years of professional electrical engineering experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a closely related engineering discipline with substantial electronic hardware design experience required; equivalent combination of education and directly applicable experience may be considered.

About the job

Designs, prototypes, validates, and supports electronic systems for scientific imaging, microscope systems, and research instrumentation from concept through production.

What you'll do

  • Develop analog, digital, and mixed-signal hardware, PCBs, and embedded firmware for imaging and precision-instrumentation products.
  • Integrate and troubleshoot electrical, firmware, software, optical, and electromechanical subsystems; perform testing and design verification.
  • Support product transfer to manufacturing, including documentation, test plans, and sustaining engineering.

What they ask for

  • 4–8 years of professional electrical engineering experience, including significant hands-on R&D or product-development experience with electronic hardware.
  • Experience developing electrical products or subsystems from requirements through PCB development, validation, manufacturing release, and production support.
  • Hands-on experience validating and troubleshooting analog, digital, mixed-signal, and integrated electronic systems; practical embedded-systems experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a closely related engineering discipline with substantial electronic hardware design experience; equivalent combination of education and directly applicable experience may be considered.

Nice to have

  • Experience with scientific imaging, microscopy, FPGA/VHDL/Verilog, EMC/EMI, precision motion control, semiconductor equipment, medical devices, or biotechnology instrumentation.

Pay

$84,900 - $ 110,000 annually (USD; pay range; pay basis not specified)

Tools

Altium Designer, C/C++, ARM Cortex, I2C, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet

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