Principal Electrical Engineer

Echodyne Corp•Kirkland, WA

8d•$145,300 - $217,900

About The Position

Radar Reinvented. Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM). Echodyne is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our fast-growing team. RESPONSIBILITIES In this role, you will lead the maturation and sustainment of Digital & Mixed-Signal hardware subsystems for advanced radar systems, ensuring technical excellence and fostering strong cross-functional collaboration. You will dive deep into ideation, design, prototyping, verification, transition to manufacturing, and long-term sustainment of printed circuit board assemblies and subsystems, serving as the primary technical point of contact for related engineering activities. This includes driving design-shaping discussions and technical reviews with multidisciplinary teams—such as Systems, Software, Mechanical, and Manufacturing to develop robust radar architectures, resolve complex technical challenges, and align work with program objectives and Design for Excellence (DFX) principles. You will provide technical expertise in digital and mixed signal circuit design, simulation, and analysis to guide design execution, verification planning, and risk mitigation. Additionally, you will define and architect production test strategies and supporting infrastructure to enable efficient, reliable manufacturing and quality assurance. Throughout the product lifecycle, you will lead root-cause investigations, trade studies, and continuous improvement initiatives to sustain and enhance subsystem performance.

Requirements

BSEE with 7 or more years of experience in mixed-signal and digital circuit design
Strong foundation in digital & mixed-signal circuit theory and hands-on experience developing high-reliability commercial or consumer products
Practical experience applying principles of Design for Manufacturability, Assembly, and Test to improve product quality, testability and yield throughout the design lifecycle
Digital & High-Speed Design in Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBAs)
Experience designing printed circuit schematics and layouts for designs such as those requiring high-speed digital interfaces to devices like FPGAs, SoCs, and PHYs
Experience co-designing layouts that meet impedance control, timing and other signal integrity requirements for of high-speed buses such as those used for DDR memory implementations
Familiarity with high-speed data converters (Msps or Gsps ADCs and DACs) and the best practices required for successful PCBA implementation
Overall understanding of PCBA stackup definition, transmission line theory, impedance matching, crosstalk, and isolation for reliable high-speed performance
Circuit Design for PCBAs
Experience designing with core circuit building blocks including operational amplifiers, logic gates, clock buffers, level shifters, power management ICs, current mirrors, charge pumps, oscillators, and voltage regulators
Strong knowledge of mixed-signal communication protocols used in both primary and peripheral systems such as SPI, I²C, UART
Experience designing conductively cooled electronics and applying thermal management techniques for high-performance systems
Expertise in electronic SMT compatible component selection and layout optimization, balancing efficiency, thermal performance, and signal integrity
Hands-on experience in PCBA board bring-up, Acceptance Testing, and Design Verification, ensuring seamless transitions from eval to prototype to production
Testing & Verification
Skilled in debugging and troubleshooting complex, multi-subsystem designs using electronics lab equipment
Echodyne’s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant’s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations.  Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.

Responsibilities

Lead the maturation and sustainment of Digital & Mixed-Signal hardware subsystems for advanced radar systems, ensuring technical excellence and fostering strong cross-functional collaboration.
Dive deep into ideation, design, prototyping, verification, transition to manufacturing, and long-term sustainment of printed circuit board assemblies and subsystems, serving as the primary technical point of contact for related engineering activities.
Drive design-shaping discussions and technical reviews with multidisciplinary teams—such as Systems, Software, Mechanical, and Manufacturing to develop robust radar architectures, resolve complex technical challenges, and align work with program objectives and Design for Excellence (DFX) principles.
Provide technical expertise in digital and mixed signal circuit design, simulation, and analysis to guide design execution, verification planning, and risk mitigation.
Define and architect production test strategies and supporting infrastructure to enable efficient, reliable manufacturing and quality assurance.
Lead root-cause investigations, trade studies, and continuous improvement initiatives to sustain and enhance subsystem performance.