Staff Electrical Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to define the electrical architecture strategy across our autonomous platforms. You will own critical technology decisions that span multiple products and generations, from power and actuation to sensing, compute, and safety systems. You will lead flagship development efforts with significant business impact, build key supplier and technology partnerships, and evaluate emerging technologies to drive capability differentiation.

Responsibilities

• Define electrical architecture strategy across the product portfolio; own critical technology decisions affecting multiple products and generations
• Architect and own electrical systems from concept through production — spanning power, motor control, sensing, communication, and mixed-signal electronics
• Drive cross-functional integration by defining clear electrical requirements and interfaces, aligning constraints, and managing technical tradeoffs across teams
• Lead flagship product development efforts, making system-level tradeoffs across performance, reliability, safety, cost, and timeline
• Establish platform architecture strategies and reusable modules organization-wide
• Build and iterate on PCBs: schematic capture, layout, design reviews, bring-up, validation, and manufacturing release
• Design for real-world deployment: signal integrity, power delivery, EMI/EMC, ESD, thermal management, vibration, environmental hardening, manufacturability, and serviceability
• Design with reliability in mind: redundancy architectures, fault detection, graceful degradation, and endurance maximization
• Define or co-develop board and system-level operation with the firmware team
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies (solid-state LiDAR, advanced sensors, batteries, edge AI accelerators, next-gen networking) for capability differentiation
• Develop key supplier relationships and technology partnerships for motors, sensors, batteries, and compute platforms
• Resolve conflicts between competing requirements across programs
• Mentor Senior Engineers and develop their technical leadership; recruit and evaluate engineering talent
• Shape team technical culture, lead critical cross-functional initiatives, and build technical community across the organization

Requirements

• BS + 8 years of hands-on hardware experience with demonstrated system ownership and technical leadership (MS + 6 years, PhD + 3 years)
• Recognized expert across the electrical engineering domain with deep specialization in critical areas (actuation/mobility, sensors, power/energy management, wireless systems, or safety architectures)
• Expert-level knowledge of emerging technologies and their application potential
• Comprehensive understanding of platform strategy, applications, and technology roadmap
• Deep knowledge of safety-critical system design, environmental hardening, and field reliability
• Experience taking hardware from prototype to production at scale
• Comfortable making critical decisions under significant uncertainty
• Clear communicator who can explain tradeoffs and decisions without ego
• Energized by building teams and developing future technical leaders
• PCB design, schematic capture, and layout (Altium preferred)
• Hands-on board bring-up, debugging, and validation
• ARM processors and microcontrollers
• EMI mitigation, signal integrity, and power system design
• Interfaces such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, LVDS, and PCIe
• Firmware bring-up and hardware/firmware integration
• Cost optimization, design for manufacturability, and endurance maximization

Qualifications

• Nice to have: 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); You've shipped hardware that had to survive outside the lab

Skills

• Communication skills
• Technical writing skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Teamwork skills

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity grants at a high-growth company backed by top-tier VCs
• Fullly subsidized health coverage, including medical (baseline plans), dental, and vision for employees and dependents
• 401(k) plans and employer-subsidized life insurance
• Generous PTO and company-paid holidays, including one week over the winter break so everyone can recharge together
• Voluntary pet insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Commuter benefits, including a up to $150 monthly commuter benefit
• Lively, modern combined office and lab space where we rapidly iterate through design, build, and test phases
• Onsite gym and showers at headquarters

Pay

The Pay Range For This Role Is 190,000 - 230,000 USD per year