Senior Electrical Engineer

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Title: Senior Electrical Engineer
Duration: 6 months 
Location: San Francisco, CA
Benefits: Employee benefits at 100% including Medical, PTO, Holiday Pay, 401K Plan and much more!
Hours: Minimum 40 Hours/Week 

Responsibilities:

• Lead and own the design, development, and validation of an electrical sub-system
• Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Translate product requirements into electrical specifications and system architectures
• Design schematics, select components, PCB layout, create validation test plan, and bring-up plans with the firmware team
• Conduct sub-system to system-level debugging, root cause analysis, and performance optimization
• Support prototyping, testing, and validation activities (bench testing, environmental, compliance, etc.)
• Drive design for manufacturability (DFM), reliability, and cost optimization efforts
• Design for real-world deployment: signal integrity, power delivery, EMI/EMC, ESD, thermal management, vibration, environmental hardening, manufacturability, and serviceability
• Participate in supplier/vendor selection and technical evaluations as needed
• Ensure documentation is thorough, accurate, and maintained throughout development cycles

Qualifications:

• 5 years of hands-on hardware experience with demonstrated system ownership and technical leadership 
• A hands-on senior electrical engineer that has owned a PCBA and shipped hardware
• Broad experience across analog and digital design, power systems, and embedded interfaces (USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, LVDS, and PCIe)
• PCB design, schematic capture, and layout (Altium preferred)
• Proven ability to work across disciplines and communicate effectively with diverse teams
• Work with ambiguous requirements, prototype solution/s, and present tradeoffs
• Comfortable with basic lab equipment 
• Working in a startup environment with ambiguity in requirements
• Comfortable with ARM processors and microcontrollers
• EMI mitigation, signal integrity, and power system design
• Integrating RF and sensors 
• Has worked in large complex system
• Can see a larger system and understand integration challenges

Preferred Qualifications:

• Robotics, mobile platforms, or autonomous systems experience
• Sensor integration (cameras, LiDAR, IMU)
• Embedded firmware experience (C/C++, bare-metal or RTOS)
• High-reliability or functional safety design experience (ISO 26262, IEC 61508)

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Range is $75/hr to $85/hr.

Equal employment opportunity: All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, familial status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability for which a reasonable accommodation can be made or any other status protected by law.  Assistance will be gladly provided upon request for any applicant with sensory or non-sensory disabilities.

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