We're looking for an exceptional Electrical Engineering Lead with extensive experience shipping consumer products to join our devices team. You'll have the opportunity to lead an exciting future program through conception, development and mass production in close collaboration with the industry’s best industrial designers, PD engineers, operations managers and software engineers.
This is a hybrid role requiring in-office time at our Bay Area hardware engineering office.
What you’ll be doing
Own electrical architecture and critical PCBA modules end to end, from initial concept through shipping and sustaining engineering
Lead a talented electrical engineering team, both US and in-region, through a phase gate driven product development process
Create design solutions based on first-principles and technical analysis followed by implementation in layout and testing via firmware
Communicate and collaborate with key cross-functional team members, including executives and leads
Validate designs through physical prototypes, including board bring-up, FA and build support
Raise the bar for electrical engineering best practices on the team
What's required
Demonstrated end-to-end experience owning 1-3+ shipped mass-market hardware programs on shipped mass-market products, including system architecture and platform creation
Excellent electrical engineering fundamentals, including analog and digital design
Experience in hardware testing via firmware including familiarity with I2C, I2S, SPI, UART, and USB buses, and the C/C++ programming languages
Exceptional communication and organization skills with ability to clearly articulate and document issues, including excellent presentation/slide skills
Experience using tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers
Demonstrated experience designing PCBA, including component selection, schematic creation, layout, and design for manufacturing (DFM)
Experience working in high-pressure, low-information environments requiring successful risk judgment, strong decision making skills and personal resiliency
Comfortable taking constructive feedback and improving performance at a dynamic and rapidly growing company
Able to work autonomously with strong commitment to ownership over tasks and prototypes, including accountability as a Directly Responsible Individual (DRI)
Ability to generate bursts of high-intensity output when needed
This role may require international travel
What's ideal
Electrical leadership role on multiple shipped mass-market products (1M+ units per year)
Experience using PCB design software such as Fusion 360 Electronics / Eagle and PADS
Experience with manual and/or automated EE test jigs
Hand-soldering skills including some experience with small CSP and QFN components
Experience with RF design, including antenna design and RF testing. Some experience with NFC advantageous.
Previous experience working on both small (startup) and large (big tech) teams
Previous experience directly working with overseas/APO CM and parts vendors
Interest in learning new hardware/software skills with goal of continuous growth
Desire to build cross-functional team relationships and continuously improve communication, development and analysis processes
Interest or experience in gaming industry, especially handhelds
BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Compensation:$170.000 - $230.000
