About the company
Our client is a hardware technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. This hands-on electrical engineering role focuses on designing and validating electrical systems for sensor and display hardware. The engineer takes boards from early bring-up through to finished devices, leading layout work and debugging with lab test equipment. The work combines circuit design, firmware coordination and clear technical documentation within a cross-functional team.
What you'll do
- Design, build and test electrical systems for sensor and display hardware.
- Work with high-speed serial interfaces for fast data transfer.
- Lead circuit board design and layout, with attention to signal integrity and power efficiency.
- Partner with firmware engineers on low-level code that controls sensors and displays.
- Debug embedded systems on the bench using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and other test gear.
- Write engineering specifications, verification procedures and results summaries.
- Communicate technical information clearly across a cross-functional team.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Completed university study at bachelor's or graduate level in electronics, electrical engineering or an adjacent technical field.
- Experience taking hardware from first board bring-up through to a finished device ready for use.
- Practical background drawing circuit schematics, arranging boards physically, routing fast signals and planning power networks in standard design software.
- Experience integrating display or camera sensor hardware and designing their interfaces.
- Experience with high-speed signaling protocols such as MIPI or LVDS.
- Practical track record troubleshooting embedded hardware at the bench with measurement instruments, including scopes, to verify signal quality.
- Background coordinating technical communication among internal groups and outside vendors.
Bonus points
- Experience with camera, AR/VR, robotics, aerospace or defense hardware, night vision, or early-stage hardware companies.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: $120K - $180K
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site
- In office most days, with occasional days at home during board design
- Full-time
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