Josh, for those thicker strings, you don’t need or want to arch your fingers up and over and press with tips. It is normal to leave them flexed and stretched out much flatter then if you were playing chords and use a bit more of the tip where it merges to the pad.
Starting position 2nd finger on root, 4th finger on its fret.
Arriving at the note one fret below the root on the 6th string.
