# Staff Electrical Engineer

**Company:** [Atomicmachines](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/atomicmachines)
**Location:** Santa Clara, CA, Emeryville, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $170k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Altium Designer, C/C++, Python, Spice, Smd Soldering, Mixed-Signal Design, Power Electronics, Signal Integrity, Emi, Esd, Flex Pcb, Fpga
**Posted:** 2026-04-22

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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)

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