# Staff Electrical Engineer
**Company:** [Carbon](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/carbon)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Salary:** $138K-$274K
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Pcba Design, Altium Designer, Analog Circuits, Digital Circuits, Power Circuits, Microcontrollers, Usb, I2C, Spi, Multimeters, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Emc Testing, Mechatronics, Wiring Harness Design
**Posted:** 2026-06-26
> Design and implement electronic systems and PCBAs spanning analog, digital, and power domains. Collaborate cross-functionally to prototype, validate, and transition designs to production. Requires 7+ years of electrical engineering experience and a BS in EE or related field.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Specify, design, and implement electronic systems at both the board and full-system level, spanning analog, digital, and high-power circuits.
- Own the architecture, design, and documentation of system wiring and harness solutions.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration with mechanical, firmware, software, and systems engineers to define requirements, build prototypes to validate designs, develop production designs, and troubleshoot issues.
- Define the strategy for building and maintaining test setups that the hardware and software teams use during development.
- Lead and perform reviews of specifications, schematics, layouts, test plans, and results.
- Create and maintain design documentation to support knowledge transfer across teams.
- Define the strategy for manufacturing and end-of-line testing, lead execution, and ensure successful handoff to the manufacturing team.

## Requirements
- BS in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
- 7+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience.
- End-to-end PCBA design experience: specification, design, simulation, layout, prototyping, validation, and manufacturing.
- Strong understanding of analog, digital, and power circuits.
- Experience with microcontrollers and communication interfaces (USB, I2C, SPI, etc.).
- Proficiency with test and debug techniques for troubleshooting at the circuit and system level using tools such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other bench equipment.

## Preferred
- Experience with Altium Designer.
- Experience hand-building PCBAs and wiring harnesses for prototype systems.
- Experience with in-circuit testing of PCBAs.
- Experience with electromagnetic compliance (EMC) testing.
- Experience with mechatronic electrical systems.
- Track record of taking electromechanical products from concept to production.
- Ability to work with the firmware team to implement low-level drivers for your boards.

## Compensation
- Compensation bracket: $137,600 - $273,600 per year.
- Target hiring range: $172,000 - $228,000 (midpoint), adjusted for experience, work location, certifications, and skills.
- Comprehensive total rewards package includes equity, benefits, and time off programs.
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