Ultrasound Front-End Hardware Design Engineer

Bellevue, WA R&D | Remote-first contract, 3–6 months, with strong potential to convert to full-time

Our client is making the move from a value-priced ultrasound provider to a premium market leader, and it is building a next-generation product line to match. As competitors pull back from the general ultrasound market, the opportunity to gain share has never been greater. We are seeking a senior hardware design contractor to join their

Bellevue R&D team, a focused group that has worked on ultrasound R&D since 2012. In this role, you will review and strengthen the ultrasound front-end hardware design, working closely with the Bellevue engineers and the Shenzhen team that carries out physical testing. Transducer design is out of scope for this position.

Responsibilities

• Review current front-end hardware designs, including schematics and layouts, to identify performance issues
• Recommend design improvements to boost system performance
• Propose additional tests and experiments to root-cause problems
• Collaborate with the Shenzhen team, who will perform physical testing based on your recommendations
• Contribute to system architecture decisions for next-generation ultrasound products
• Document findings, recommendations, and test results clearly for the broader engineering team

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in ultrasound front-end hardware design
• Strong background in system architecture
• Expertise in beamforming design and optimization
• Experience with signal acquisition and processing
• Hands-on experience with lab testing, validation, and troubleshooting, including acoustic physics
• Established U.S. work authorization (no sponsorship available)
• Nice to have: Mandarin Chinese proficiency (speaking and reading) to support collaboration with the Shenzhen team
• Nice to have: Located near Bellevue, WA, though remote work is fully supported