Electrical Engineer I
About The Position
SimpliSafe is a high-tech home security company dedicated to protecting homes and fostering career growth. They offer a collaborative, innovative, and ego-free culture where employees can find significant opportunities and make a substantial impact. The company is experiencing growth and seeks talented individuals who share their values to disrupt the home security market and fulfill their mission of keeping every home secure. SimpliSafe embraces a hybrid work model, requiring employees to be in the office on two core days per week (typically Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday) while allowing flexibility for the remainder of the week.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 1+ years of relevant industry experience (internships or co-ops count).
- Willingness to learn from and work closely with product management to understand customer needs.
- Strong communication skills and eagerness to learn from more experienced engineers.
- A demonstrated bias for action and a strong desire to grow into a systems engineering role.
- Willing to travel to our manufacturing partners in China 1-3 times per year.
Nice To Haves
- Coursework or project experience related to low-power or battery-operated electronics is a plus.
- Some exposure to designing, building, or testing electronic systems.
- Basic familiarity with embedded systems concepts such as UART, SPI, I2C, USB, or similar interfaces is a plus.
- Exposure to RF technologies (Sub-GHz, WiFi, BLE) is a plus but not required.
Responsibilities
- Support the design, testing, and documentation of security-focused products under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Assist with analyzing design alternatives and help surface tradeoffs in performance, cost, or schedule to your team.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including mechanical, firmware, industrial design, sourcing, and product management on assigned tasks.
- Help execute the product development process from prototyping through testing, following direction from senior engineers on requirements, cost, and schedule targets.
- Build and run prototype tests, and help troubleshoot issues under supervision.
- Participate in design reviews with suppliers and manufacturing partners, and help prepare materials for those reviews.
- Escalate resource or knowledge gaps to your lead or manager.
- Assist with documentation for the Technical Requirements Document.
- Complete well-defined engineering tasks and deliverables assigned by senior engineers or the engineering lead.
- Support risk identification within your assigned scope of work.
- Build foundational knowledge of emerging technologies, sensors, and manufacturing processes relevant to product design.
- Bring energy and curiosity to your work and ask questions to grow quickly.
Benefits
- A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe, inclusive environment where you can build, grow and thrive
- A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families
- Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
