Principal Electrical Engineer
Duration: Long Term Contract (2-3 years minimum)
About the Opportunity
Are you passionate about solving complex engineering challenges that make a real difference in people's lives?
Principal Electrical Engineer who is excited to lead technical initiatives, drive innovation, and help deliver products that directly impact patient outcomes. This is more than an engineering role-it's an opportunity to shape the future of medical technology while working alongside a highly collaborative, mission-driven team that values technical excellence, creativity, and continuous improvement.
What You'll Do
Electrical Engineer, you'll serve as a key technical contributor responsible for the design, enhancement, and sustainment of sophisticated electronic systems used in regulated medical devices. You'll work across the entire product lifecycle, partnering with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative, high-quality solutions that meet the highest standards of safety, reliability, and performance.
Key Responsibilities
Design, analyze, and optimize electrical circuits for advanced medical devices and critical-care technologies.
Evaluate and identify qualified replacements for obsolete or end-of-life electronic components to ensure long-term product sustainability.
Create, modify, and validate PCB designs supporting both new product development and sustaining engineering initiatives.
Lead Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and collaborate closely with Mechanical, Software, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to implement design improvements.
Participate in proto@type development, laboratory testing, pilot builds, product verification and validation, and risk assessments.
Partner with internal teams, suppliers, and manufacturing partners to support design transfer, fixture development, testing, and production readiness.
Develop and maintain clear, comprehensive electrical and system-level requirements documentation.
Proactively identify technical, compliance, and product performance risks and drive effective mitigation strategies.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, and engineering processes.
What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
7+ years of electrical engineering experience, including a minimum of 3 years supporting regulated medical device development.
Strong system-level troubleshooting and diagnostic capabilities.
Experience working with embedded systems and electronic product development.
Proven success managing electrical design documentation and ECO processes.
Solid understanding of design controls, root-cause analysis, change management, and regulated product development environments.
Hands-on experience with analog and mixed-signal circuit design, including:
Motor control systems
Switching regulators
Operational amplifiers (Op-Amps)
EMC considerations
Wireless technologies
Preferred Experience
Advanced analog circuit design experience involving ADCs, DACs, motor drivers, solenoids, op-amps, and power conversion systems.
Experience developing products that comply with medical safety, EMC, and wireless certification requirements.
Ability to troubleshoot complex PCB assemblies down to the component level.
Familiarity with ISO standards and medical device regulatory frameworks.
Experience supporting long-term product lifecycle management and sustaining engineering efforts.
Exceptional communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional environments.
Self-driven problem solver capable of independently identifying root causes and implementing effective corrective actions.
Why You'll Love This Opportunity
Work on technology that directly improves and saves lives
Collaborate with a talented, close-knit team of engineers and innovators
Influence the development of next-generation ventilation and critical-care products
Join a growing organization investing heavily in R&D and future technologies
Gain visibility across engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and executive leadership teams
Play a key role in shaping processes, technical direction, and engineering best practices during a period of exciting growth
Team & Environment
Full-time position with a flexible work schedule.
Standard 40-hour work week.
Onsite collaboration five days per week in Irvine, California.
Join a highly skilled electrical engineering team of 3-5 engineers within a larger R&D organization of approximately 20 professionals.
Be part of an organization undergoing facility expansion and growth, creating unique opportunities for career development, innovation, and leadership impact
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Irvine, CA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $80.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Irvine,CA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Aug 20, 2026.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.
