Electronics Engineer

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San Marcos, CA, USA
In-Office
101K-110K Annually
Junior
Agriculture • Industrial • Manufacturing
The Role
Designs, prototypes, tests, and validates low-power electronic hardware using analog and digital circuits. Responsibilities include schematic capture, component selection, BOM preparation, board bring-up, PCB layout support, PCBA prototype coordination, electromechanical component testing, production-line root-cause analysis, quality inspections, and supplier coordination. The role also conducts independent research and develops solutions to improve existing electronic products.
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About This Role:

The Electronics Engineer is responsible for supporting the end-to-end design, prototyping, and testing of our hardware systems.

Essential Functions:

  • Performs electrical designing of low-cost, ultra-low-power systems, working with both analog and digital circuits, including schematic capture, component selection, BOM preparation, and value engineering.
  • Assists with board bring-up and test equipment development.
  • Assists with support for PCB layout, Contract Manufacturing, technical services, and QA.
  • Tests and validates electromechanical components, ensuring microswitches, DC motors, harnesses, and batteries fit perfectly into new electronic systems.
  • Conducts root-cause analysis on active production lines to identify and resolve electronic product defects.
  • Coordinates with suppliers to outsource PCBA prototypes, track time and cost estimates, and perform incoming quality inspections.
  • Conducts engineering testing using fully functional prototypes to validate new design performance.
  • Drives independent research and leverages technological advancements to engineer solutions for existing shortcomings

Education/Training Required and Preferred:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering is required.

Experience Required and Preferred:

  • Minimum two years of experience.

What You Bring:

  • Knowledge of Altium Designer or KiCad.
  • Knowledge of analog/digital design principles and ultra low-power systems.
  • Ability to use core lab equipment like multimeters, oscilloscopes, and power supplies.
  • Ability to handle manual soldering for through-hole and surface-mound (SMD) components.
  • Ability to read, understand, and learn from existing circuit designs and industry best practices.
  • Proficient with MS Office applications and basic firmware concepts using Arduino.
  • Familiarity of version control systems like Git and development environments like MS Visual Studio preferred.
  • Basic programming skills in C, C#, or Python preferred.

What We Offer:

  • Amazing corporate culture - we walk the walk when it comes to our values!
  • Beautiful 20 acre park like campus with creek and walking trails
  • On site wellness center with personal training, fitness classes and massage
  • FUN company events!
  • Company donation matching and volunteer rewards
  • Career development opportunities and profit sharing bonus

Follow us on LinkedIn, check out our rave reviews on Glassdoor, and learn more about our company culture on our career site: http://corporate.hunterindustries.com/careers 

Hunter is a global leader in the irrigation, outdoor lighting, dispensing technology, and custom manufacturing industries. Driving our continued success is the combined energy and talents of the nearly 4,000 people on our team. Together, we create a diverse array of products that can be seen all over the world, from residential landscapes to national landmarks, stadiums, parks, hotels, and municipal buildings. 

Hunter Industries and its Family of Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.

The annual salary for this opportunity ranges from $101,000 - $110,000.

The Company complies with all federal/local/state regulations in regard to pay. The above represents the expected hourly range for this job requisition. Compensation offered to the successful candidate will be determined by qualifications, prior experience, other job-related factors, and geographic location.

Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering
  • At least two years of experience
  • Knowledge of Altium Designer or KiCad
  • Knowledge of analog and digital design principles
  • Knowledge of ultra-low-power systems
  • Ability to use multimeters, oscilloscopes, and power supplies
  • Ability to manually solder through-hole and surface-mount components
  • Ability to read and understand existing circuit designs
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
  • Basic firmware concepts using Arduino
  • Familiarity with version control systems such as Git
  • Familiarity with development environments such as Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Basic programming skills in C, C#, or Python
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The Company
4,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1981

What We Do

Hunter Industries is a family-owned global manufacturer of products and solutions for landscape and agricultural irrigation, outdoor lighting, dispensing technology, and custom manufacturing. Its offerings include water- and energy-efficient irrigation systems for residential, commercial, and golf-course settings, landscape and architectural lighting, agricultural irrigation products, washroom dispensing systems, and manufacturing, molding, and production services for customers across diverse industries. The company emphasizes quality, customer support, and resource efficiency.

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