# Electrical Engineer

**Company:** [Sesame](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sesame)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Bellevue, WA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $175k – $280k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Pcb Design, Pcba, Mcu, Soc, Fpga, Rf, Battery Management, Sensors, Audio, Dsp, Firmware, Analog Design, Digital Design, Simulation Tools
**Posted:** 2025-02-21

> Designs and owns electrical architecture for compact wearable hardware systems with MCU/SOC/FPGA, battery, sensing, RF, and audio. Requires 10+ years EE experience shipping complex battery-powered consumer electronics, strong PCB skills, and cross-functional collaboration.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own & drive the development of the electrical architecture, design, prototyping, and development of one or more hardware systems (**MCU/SOC/FPGA**, battery, sensing, **RF**, Audio).
- Contribute to hardware process and tool flow definition, hardware vendor engagement, and management.
- Serve as a domain expert on one or more areas of electrical design, such as audio, **DSP**, battery, **RF**, or sensing.
- Define hardware roadmaps, architectures, trade-offs, specifications, development plans, and evaluation methods for wearable electronics.
- Hands-on **PCBA** design and bring-up: component selection, schematic, layout, assembly, bring-up, test/debug, and integration into larger systems.
- Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, software, **UX**, and machine learning partners to define, evaluate, and optimize hardware systems.
- Identify, evaluate, engage, and drive partners and vendors to accelerate hardware development.

## Required Qualifications
- Experience working independently in high-ambiguity environments.
- **10+ years** of experience owning and delivering complex **EE** designs.
- **5+ years** of experience leading & delivering complex projects encompassing computing, electrical systems, sensors, power, mechanical, and firmware.
- Experience shipping and supporting a complex product including sensors, compute, **HMI**, and battery.
- Strong fundamental **EE** skills across analog & digital domains, **PCB** design, and simulation tools.
- Familiar with firmware development and comfortable with independent basic bring-up and debug code.
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
- Passion for learning, and experimentation evidenced by side projects or learning endeavors.
- **BS** or **MS** in **EE** or equivalent.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Deep experience with one of the following areas: battery, **RF**, capacitive touch, audio, or image sensors.
- Experience developing and shipping a wearable product, including machine perception or machine learning-powered features, with challenging power and form factor constraints.
- Experience selecting and guiding partners to augment development speed/bandwidth.
- Familiarity with machine learning algorithms, data collection, and hardware acceleration.
- Experience in a startup or research organization.

## Benefits
- **401(k)** max employer match: **3.5%** of compensation
- **100%** employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits for you and your dependents
- Unlimited **PTO** and sick time
- Flexible spending account with employer matching up to **$1,650/year** (**medical FSA**)
- **Guardian Employee Assistance Program (EAP)**
- Opportunity to share in the company's success with competitive stock options

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