Staff Electrical Engineer
Designs and builds custom electronics, integrates third-party components, and develops machine control systems for automated micromanufacturing. Requires 7-10 years experience in electrical engineering with strong skills in schematic design, debugging, and mixed-signal circuits.
About the job
What You'll Do
- Participate in system architecture definition and drive electrical architecture
- Design and build custom electronics for our automated manufacturing systems
- Integrate third-party electronics
- Support the building of engineering fixtures
- Create and maintain component and module libraries for reuse
- Generate manufacturing data and interact with vendors
- Work closely with embedded systems, software, and mechanical engineering teams
What You'll Need
- 7-10 years of experience as an Electrical Engineer
- Maker mentality, being hands-on to quickly build, integrate, and test proof of concepts
- Schematic entry, layout, and library management (Altium Designer preferred)
- Excellent bring-up and debugging skills
- Ability to write bring-up code for processors in C/C++ and test scripts in Python
- Strong background in mixed-signal circuit design
- Power electronics design and bring-up experience
- Familiarity with a range of sensors and actuators
- SPICE simulation knowledge
- SMD soldering skills, familiarity with test and measurement equipment
- Good working knowledge of signal integrity, EMI, and ESD handling
- Cable harness design
- Good documentation habits
- A first-principles mindset—questioning assumptions, reframing problems from the ground up, and approaching challenges with foundational understanding rather than relying solely on precedent.
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field
Bonus Points For
- Motor control experience
- Flex PCB design
- Industrial power distribution experience
- High reliability design
- FPGA skills
- Having worked with contract manufacturers
- Expertise in FMEA
Compensation
Salary Range $170,000—$230,000 USD (also includes equity and benefits)
Skills
Altium Designer, C/C++, Python, Spice, Smd Soldering, Mixed-Signal Design, Power Electronics, Signal Integrity, Emi, Esd, Flex Pcb, Fpga
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