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.