Electrical Engineering Manager Photonics Denver
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Job Location:
Denver, CO - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Electrical Engineering Manager - Photonics - Denver
Location: Denver CO (Boulder/Lafayette Area - Relocation Available)
Compensation: 130-180k Base Salary
Benefits: Health Dental Vision Life Insurance Long Term Disability 401K
Contact: Andrew Millar; ;
Iris Scientific is a specialty recruitment agency laser focused on sales marketing and development roles in the North American Scientific Instrumentation Industry.
Were partnering with a global photonics innovator (confidential) to hire an Electrical Engineering Manager in Denver CO. Relocation is available.
As a key member of R&D youll lead design development and launch of electronics hardware and firmware across multiple product linesincluding low-noise precision electronics and quantum-adjacent instrumentation. This is a hands-on leadership role (60% individual contribution): architect mixed-signal boards (analog/digital/RF-lite) guide embedded (C/C/RTOS) and FPGA/CPLD workstreams and manage a small high-caliber team of electrical and firmware engineers.
Youll thrive here if you enjoy:
Developing and launching cutting-edge products used in research and product development
Leading and mentoring engineers while staying close to the bench
Working in a fast-paced hands-on environment
Chasing microvolts and dB in low-noise mixed-signal systems
What you bring:
BS/MS in Electrical Engineering
Either 2 years of formal people management or strong project leadership with 35 years EE experience and clear readiness to manage a small team
5 years designing analog and digital circuits for electronic products including measurable low-noise performance
Proven delivery of complex mixed-signal hardware
Proficiency with Altium Designer and circuit simulation tools (SPICE Ansys)
If this sounds like you lets talk.
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Purpose of the Position
The Electrical Engineering Manager is a mission critical role within the development team working across many key product lines to design develop and release electronics hardware and firmware for innovative products in the fields of quantum photonics low noise electronics and complex integrated systems.
Core scope includes low-noise mixed-signal PCB design electrical system architecture and leadership of electrical/firmware engineering. The role is 60% individual contribution and 40% technical leadership/people management.
This position requires occasional travel less than 15% (US and international)
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Contributes individually to electrical and firmware engineering efforts supporting product development sustaining engineering and system integration.
- Acts as a lead architect during electronic system design overseeing chip selection and system engineering.
- Acts as a lead architect for firmware design including FPGA and CPLD programming.
- Manages and mentors a team of 4-6 Electrical and Firmware Engineers to design electronic hardware and firmware.
- Develops ideas for new products and product families based on requirements for advanced photonics applications
- Develops maintains and communicates project schedules and conducts periodic meetings both with the leadership team and with the product design team.
- Accountable for sustaining support testing and quality control of electronics subsystems and firmware departmental products.
Qualifications
Experience:
2 years of engineering management or proven project leadership with 35 years of EE experience and readiness to lead people
- 5 years of demonstrated experience designing analog and digital circuits for electronic products
Education:
- BS or MS Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
Specialized Knowledge and Skills:
Track record delivering mixed-signal boards (precision AFEs/TIAs references filtering ADC/DAC selection clocking/jitter) with strong EMC/EMI practices
Fluent with electrical design tools (Altium preferred) and SPICE; familiarity with Ansys or similar a plus
Comfortable collaborating on embedded (C/C/RTOS) and coordinating FPGA/CPLD efforts
Useful extras: light RF/modulation experience; exposure to photonics/laser electronics (not required)
Strong bench skills (scopes spectrum/phase-noise analyzers lock-in methods) debugging and re-work
Experience with PCB procurement/manufacturing docs and BOM management
Servant-leader mindset excellent communication to technical/non-technical audiences and appetite to grow a team
Direct Reports
- Electrical and Firmware Engineering team members report to this position(initially 46 with near-term hiring planned).
Other Requirements
- US Citizenship or Green Card is required
- Valid drivers license is highly recommended
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Hospitality Experience
- Go
- Management Experience
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- AWS
- Mechanical Engineering
- Team Management
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Iris Scientific are recruitment specialists for scientific instrumentation sales and marketing. We connect scientific leaders to top sales and marketing talent. With over 20-years of experience in the roles we recruit for, we understand the skills needed to succeed.
