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Job Title: PCB Design Engineer - Active Secret Clearance Required!

Location: Onsite - Littleton, CO

Pay: $65-70/hr

Placement Type: 12 Month Contract to Start

Job Description

This role focuses on board-level digital electronics design in support of advanced avionics and missile-related hardware development. The PCB Design Engineer leads schematic capture and supports PCB layout, performs detailed electrical analyses, and participates in integration, testing, troubleshooting, and certification activities for mission-critical aerospace and defense systems. The position offers hands-on involvement across the full hardware lifecycle and the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges alongside experienced engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform board-level digital circuit design and schematic capture for advanced avionics and missile-related hardware.
• Support PCB design and layout activities by collaborating closely with layout engineers to ensure robust, manufacturable designs.
• Conduct electrical analyses, including Worst Case Analysis (WCA), Electrical Power System Analysis (EPSA), and Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), to validate design robustness and reliability.
• Support integration of electronic hardware into larger avionics and missile systems, working with systems, software, manufacturing, and test teams.
• Execute hardware testing and validation activities, including lab-based bring-up, verification, and performance characterization of digital boards.
• Troubleshoot board-level issues, perform root cause analysis, and support electronics failure investigations to resolve design and manufacturing problems.
• Contribute to hardware certification activities by generating and reviewing documentation, analysis reports, and test evidence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment to ensure designs meet system-level requirements and program objectives.
• Communicate technical findings, design decisions, and analysis results clearly through presentations, documentation, and design reviews.
• Participate in continuous improvement of design processes, tools, and standards to enhance quality, reliability, and efficiency across hardware programs.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• 3+ years of professional electrical hardware design experience.
• Hands-on experience with digital circuit design and board-level schematic development.
• Proficiency with schematic capture tools for PCB design.
• Experience supporting aerospace or defense hardware development programs.
• Experience performing electrical analyses such as Worst Case Analysis (WCA) and related reliability assessments.
• Experience supporting electronics failure investigations and troubleshooting complex board-level issues.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional engineering environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with missile or weapons system hardware.
• Experience with Xpedition or similar schematic capture tools.
• Experience with PSPICE, Saber, or equivalent circuit simulation tools.
• Background in electronics failure investigations, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Experience contributing to hardware certification activities in aerospace or defense programs.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment.
• Interest in working on next-generation avionics hardware and mission-critical aerospace and defense applications.

Work Environment

The role is based in a collaborative Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment supporting advanced aerospace and defense programs. Engineers work closely with systems, software, manufacturing, and test teams throughout the full hardware development lifecycle, from initial design through test and certification. The position combines independent design responsibilities with hands-on lab work, including hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, and support for integration and test activities. The environment is fast-paced and technically challenging, offering exposure to cutting-edge avionics hardware, complex electronic systems, and long-term program stability, as well as strong opportunities for technical growth and meaningful impact.

This is a Contract position based out of Littleton, CO.

The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $70.00/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)

This is a fully onsite position in Littleton,CO.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 25, 2026.

About Actalent

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