Top Design Engineer Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

As a Staff Design Engineer, you'll prototype interactions in code, deliver front-end features for Go, collaborate with designers and engineers, and enhance product experiences.

Design and deliver mechanical subsystems from concept through production: translate requirements into CAD, drawings, BOMs, and verification plans; lead prototyping, FEA and first-principles analysis, test campaigns, supplier handoffs, and cross-functional integration to meet mass, life, and reliability targets.

Lead mechanical development of automated ground systems from concept to field deployment. Design structures, precision mechanisms, electromechanical assemblies; prototype, validate, and ensure manufacturability, reliability, safety, and operational usability while partnering cross-functionally and with suppliers.

Design and build polished web experiences across PSA products by partnering with design, product, and engineering. Ship production features, build rapid prototypes, maintain design systems, mentor engineers on design best practices, and elevate craft and consistency across the product ecosystem.

Design, build, and sustain electromechanical test equipment for batteries and power electronics. Deliver end-to-end test systems combining mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, controls, safety, and automation. Create CAD, schematics, wiring, automation scripts, and manufacturing documentation. Commission, validate, troubleshoot, and improve lab and production test fixtures while collaborating across mechanical, electrical, software, reliability, manufacturing, and field teams.

Design, prototype, validate, and qualify mixed-signal and digital electronics for radar payloads and satellite avionics. Own architecture, component selection, schematics, PCB design, bring-up, debugging, test campaigns, and manufacturing coordination. Collaborate with RF, antenna, mechanical, firmware, and systems teams to iterate designs for performance, power efficiency, EMI/EMC, and on-orbit reliability.

Design and validate RF electronics for radar sensors, including low-noise receive chains, high-power transmit chains, switching/protection, timing-critical subsystems. Lead schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, characterization, qualification, and cross-disciplinary integration. Perform design trade studies, testing, iteration, and mentor other engineers.

Design and validate mixed-signal and digital spacecraft electronics including high-speed interfaces, power regulation, timing, telemetry, and fault-tolerant avionics. Lead prototyping, bring-up, testing, manufacturing, and iterative improvements while collaborating across RF, mechanical, firmware, and systems teams and mentoring junior engineers.

Design and validate digital and mixed-signal electronics for radar payloads and satellite platforms, lead prototyping, bring-up, testing, manufacturability, and qualification, collaborate across RF, antenna, mechanical, firmware and systems teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Design, simulate, prototype, and validate spaceborne antennas and arrays (patch, microstrip, phased). Perform full EM analysis (HFSS/CST/ADS), lab and anechoic chamber testing, support integration, flight verification, link budgets, and develop manufacturing/test procedures with cross-functional teams.

Design and validate digital and mixed-signal spacecraft electronics for radar payloads and satellite platforms, including high-speed interfaces, precision timing, power regulation, telemetry, and fault-tolerant systems. Lead prototyping, bring-up, testing, manufacturing, and iterative improvement across laboratory, environmental, and on-orbit qualification efforts while collaborating with RF, antenna, mechanical, software, and systems teams.

Design and validate digital and mixed-signal electronics for radar payloads and satellite platforms. Responsibilities include architecture, component selection, schematic capture, PCB design, prototyping, bring-up, test, manufacturing oversight, and iterative improvement based on lab, environmental, and on-orbit testing while collaborating across RF, antenna, mechanical, firmware, and systems teams.

Design, prototype, and validate RF electronics for radar satellites including receive/transmit chains, switching, filtering, and protection. Lead subsystem definition, trade studies, component selection, bring-up, characterization, environmental qualification, and mentor other engineers while collaborating across antenna, mixed-signal, mechanical, firmware, and test teams.

Build and polish production-quality UI components and interactions, rapidly prototype features, translate designs into code, maintain design systems and component libraries, and collaborate with designers and engineers to ship polished developer-focused products.

Design and implement production-quality UI and components by combining visual design and frontend engineering. Improve and extend the in-house design system, ship end-to-end features, iterate quickly with user feedback, and collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to solve large-scale UX problems for Ashbys customer base.

Design and implement user-facing features end-to-end, improve and expand the design system, collaborate with product engineers and designers, ship fast, gather user feedback, and iterate on UI/UX for a high-scale recruiting product.

Design and implement polished UI/UX and reusable components, expand and maintain the design system, collaborate with product engineers, ship frontend features using TypeScript and React, and iterate quickly based on user feedback.

Design and implement wireless RF solutions across multiple bands, define system requirements, diagnose desense and noise coupling, support PCB/layout and integration, and lead end-to-end product qualification, certification, and production testing.

Lead end-to-end product design and front-end engineering: define problems, prototype with AI tools, validate with customers, and ship accessible, production-ready React/TypeScript interfaces while building the design-engineering practice.

Lead mechanical and process design for water and wastewater projects, develop construction documents and specifications, size and select equipment, perform hydraulic analyses and cost estimates, prepare technical memoranda, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, support project management and business development, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring quality control.

Design and develop Plasma-Enhanced CVD reactor systems and components, lead prototyping and manufacturing, produce drawings, collaborate with vendors and teams, troubleshoot and improve reactor performance and yield.

Design and develop primary and secondary structural components for a next-generation UAV. Execute full design lifecycle, perform hand calculations and limited FEA, support structural validation and testing, produce drawings and documentation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure manufacturability and system integration.

Lead design and development of primary and secondary structural components for next-generation UAVs, owning the full lifecycle from concept to production. Perform and guide linear/nonlinear FEA, stress and fatigue analysis, material selection (composites, aluminum), and structural validation testing. Collaborate with cross-functional teams for integration, manufacturability, and certification, mentor junior engineers, and improve design and configuration management processes.

Design and develop primary and secondary structural components for a next-generation UAV platform from concept through production. Create CAD models and drawings, perform hand calculations and basic FEA, collaborate with cross-functional teams for system integration, support structural testing and validation, resolve manufacturing and flight-test issues, and produce engineering documentation in compliance with aerospace standards.

Design and develop primary and secondary structural components for a next-generation UAV. Perform CAD modeling, hand calculations, limited FEA, generate drawings and documentation, support validation and testing, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and iterate hardware through manufacturing and flight tests.