About Forcen

ForceN is surpassing human manipulation through scalable force-torque sensing hardware, improving surgical precision and enabling the next generation of robotic sensing technology. ForceN designs and manufactures high-reliability, high-precision systems; leveraging a proprietary digitally-manufactured transducer film that can be wrapped around any surgical or robotic component to create a 'digital sense of touch'. ForceN's technology enables robotics and physical AI companies to tackle complex robotic interaction and manipulation problems.

Our customers are world leaders in surgical, logistics, and frontier robotics. We accelerate our customers’ development in robotics manipulation. We excel at providing a robust, reliable, and scalable solution with industry-leading development and deployment time.

Job Description

Forcen designs rigid and flexible printed circuit boards (PCB) in-house with strong focus on modularity, manufacturing and assembly. With the increasing demand for Forcen’s sensing systems, the software, electrical and firmware (SEF) team is looking to bring onboard a talented electrical designer with a portfolio of past PCB design experience to join the team.

Expected start date: May-July 2026

Responsibilities

Being an Electrical Designer within the SEF team, your day-to-day tasks will include the following:

• Design rigid and flexible PCBs in Altium for prototype and production projects, ensuring all gate processes are fulfilled before releasing for manufacturing
• Generate necessary documents for PCBA fabrication and carry out the purchasing process
• Validation of new PCBA designs including board bring-up and debugging
• Coordinate with suppliers to implement new core products and supporting automated testing capabilities
• Manufacturing validation including FOA batch conformance checks and inspection
• Support the design and automation of PCB test fixtures for functional testing including script development in python when necessary
• Communicate with cross-functional teams (Mechanical, manufacturing and product) to ensure design requirements are well defined and properly met
• Evaluate and explore manufacturing methodologies from a variety of suppliers
• Executing data analysis and presenting results in a clear and concise manor

Qualifications

The SEF team is full of passionate members that enjoy and love what they do. We are looking for a talented candidate that likes to take on a challenge and excel at finding solutions with an initiative to learn along the way, to grow together as a team!

• Electrical Engineering degree, portfolio of PCB design experience or equivalent
• Schematic capture and PCB layout experience including multi-layer, high-density (HDI), differential routing, analog and EMI/EMC conscious designs (Altium highly preferred)
• PCBA debugging experience for analog circuitry and/or industrial peripherals (eg: USB, Ethernet, CAN, SPI, … etc) including the use of electrical equipment such as DMM and Oscilloscopes
• Soldering and hot air reflow experience (BGA, QFN, 0201 components preferred)
• Ability to follow design process and accurately track assigned tasks (Jira preferred) as well as identifying gaps or areas of improvement and articulating them effectively to the team
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to document design process and articulate design decisions effectively
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills including attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality outputs
• Adequate Python programming experience
• Appreciation for how firmware and software interact with the hardware
• Knowledge of common and unique PCBA manufacturing processes/methodologies is a huge plus
• Familiarity with Altium 365 and component library management is a huge plus
• Familiarity with Python for automation is a huge plus
• Familiarity with PLM systems such as Arena is a plus
• Familiarity designing and working in an ISO 9001 and 13485 certified company is a plus

Why Forcen?

• Comprehensive medical, vision and dental benefits package
• Additional bonus and options compensation
• Opportunities for professional development and growth
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Hybrid work environment, open-concept hardware start-up environment - Dog-friendly office
• Culture outings with company sponsored events (intramurals, food expeditions, swag)