# Electrical Engineer

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $114k – $185k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Pcie, Ethernet, Ddr, I2C, Spi, Uart, Can, Lin, Flexray, Altium Designer, Pcb Design, Schematic Capture, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers
**Posted:** 2026-05-04

> Designs electrical schematics and PCBs for compute hardware in electric and autonomous vehicles, incorporating SoCs, power systems, and automotive interfaces like CAN and PCIe. Requires BS/MS in EE/CE and 2+ years hands-on hardware experience with digital/analog design and lab validation.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design electrical schematics for automotive, off-road, and defense applications, incorporating SoCs/MCUs, power (SMPS, Linear), memory components (eMMC, DDR, NVMe), and peripherals from concept to production
- Design boards that use high & low speed digital interfaces (**UART**, **SPI**, **I2C**, **USB**, **PCIe**, **MIPI**, **DP**, **ethernet**, etc), and automotive interfaces such as **LIN**, **CAN**, **Flexray**. Guide and oversee PCB layout, ensuring it meets DFx standards and adheres to performance, cost, mechanical, thermal, and reliability constraints
- Create detailed component block diagrams and engage with PCB/PCBA vendors for fabrication and assembly
- Collaborate with system, firmware, software, and integration teams to ensure successful bring-up and validation of the platform
- Develop and execute test plans to validate design performance and document results
- Stay updated on new technologies to ensure solutions remain cutting-edge

## Requirements
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
- At least 2 years of hands-on hardware design experience with strong grasp of analog and power design, digital design and interfaces, including **PCIe**, **Ethernet**, **DDR**, **I2C**, **SPI**, **UART**
- Proficiency in schematic capture and layout
- Skills in lab tools such as bench power supplies, multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and network analyzers
- In-depth understanding of PCB manufacturing, product delivery, and extensive experience in testing, validation, and troubleshooting of electrical systems

## Nice to Have
- Prior experience in building automotive hardware systems and/or designing and building prototype vehicles
- Prior experience high-volume production of hardware products
- Prior experience with building real-time HW systems with safety constraints
- Prior experience with **Altium Designer**
- Experience designing circuits that drive cameras &/or displays

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