Principal Electrical Engineer
About The Position
As Evolv’s Principal Electrical Engineer, you’ll define the technical direction for our most complex products. You’ll be the organization’s top electrical engineering authority, trusted to solve problems no one else can, and to make high impact design decisions that shape our technology roadmap. You’ll lead by example, mentoring a team of talented engineers, raising the technical bar, and ensuring every design meets the highest standards of performance, reliability, and manufacturability. Your deep expertise in RF, mixed-signal, digital, and low-noise PCB design will guide the development of systems that push the boundaries of innovation and deliver exceptional value to our customers. If you excel at seeing the big picture while diving into the most intricate technical challenges, and you’re also ready to have a direct, visible impact on our products and our business, then this is your role. Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing? In the first 30 days, you will: Establish working relationships across Engineering, Manufacturing, Technical Support, and Field Service. Develop a full understanding of Evolv’s products, workflows, and hardware development roadmap. Participate in product builds at Contract Manufacturing partners and observe at least one customer installation. Provide initial peer review feedback on active hardware designs, highlighting top technical risks. Within 3 months, you will: Become recognized as the primary technical authority for complex electrical engineering challenges. Lead design work on high-priority projects, delivering solutions to critical technical problems. Partner with quality and manufacturing to improve product yield and reliability through targeted design changes. Conduct and lead schematic and printed circuit board design reviews, reducing production risk. Ensure product requirements are consistently met without costly late-stage changes. By the end of the first year, you will: Set and maintain technical standards for electrical engineering across all projects. Deliver measurable contributions to key program milestones and the technology roadmap. Implement at least two process or tool improvements that shorten design cycles or improve product quality. Mentor and coach team members, raising overall technical capability. Close identified gaps in design-for-manufacturing, design-for-test, and design-for-serviceability practices, reducing lifecycle costs.
Requirements
- deep expertise in RF, mixed-signal, digital, and low-noise PCB design
Responsibilities
- Work across engineering functions to architect, design, and help direct the execution of assigned projects.
- Work cross-functionally (product, manufacturing, regulatory, service and quality) to develop system architecture, specifications, verification testing, and troubleshooting
- Work within engineering to translate product requirements (PRDs) into design specifications for assigned projects.
- Hands-on design of electronics that successfully integrate with electromechanical and software subsystems.
- Mastery in contemporary tools for simulation, CAD, analysis, and documentation.
- Contribute to detailed electrical and firmware design, including analog, digital, power supply, power electronics, timing and PLLs, and low-noise PCB design.
- Create and maintain test protocols for design verification and validation activities as required.
- Oversee the execution of testing to prescribed protocols, documenting results and creating final reports for assigned projects.
- Create and maintain a traceability matrix between requirements, design, specifications, and testing for assigned projects.
- Work with the Product Management team to define and execute system integration activities and usability studies within projects.
- Prepare, present, and participate in comprehensive technical and/or design reviews.
Benefits
- Equity as part of your total compensation package
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- A 401(k) plan (and 2% company match)
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)- take the time you need to recharge, with manager approval and business needs in mind
- Quarterly stipend for perks and benefits that matter most to you
- Tuition reimbursement to support your ongoing learning and development
- Subscription to Calm
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
