Senior Electrical Engineer, High Speed Hardware Design

Maven Robotics • Santa Clara, CA

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About The Position

As a Senior Electrical Engineer focused on High-Speed Hardware Design at Maven Robotics, you will design, develop, and validate high-performance electronic systems that enable reliable, high-speed communication and data processing across robotic platforms. You will own the development of complex digital circuits and PCBAs from initial architecture through detailed design, signal integrity analysis, board bring-up, and system integration. Working closely with cross-functional engineering teams, you will help deliver robust, high-speed hardware for demanding real-world environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of electrical engineering experience designing high-speed digital circuits, complex PCBAs, or embedded electronic systems.
• Strong experience with high-speed PCB design, multilayer board stack-ups, impedance control, and differential pair routing.
• Hands-on experience designing high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, USB, Ethernet, or MIPI.
• Proficiency with eCAD tools for schematic capture, PCB layout, and circuit simulation.
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, timing analysis, and electromagnetic interference (EMI/EMC).
• Experience with board bring-up, debugging, and validation using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other diagnostic tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to independently drive hardware designs while collaborating across teams.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Expert proficiency with Altium Designer.
• Experience with signal and power integrity simulation tools such as Ansys SIwave, HyperLynx, or similar.
• Experience designing hardware for robotics, autonomous systems, industrial automation, or other complex electromechanical platforms.
• Familiarity with high-speed connectors, cables, EMI/EMC compliance, and thermal management.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-speed digital circuits and complex multilayer PCBAs for advanced robotic systems.
• Define hardware architectures, select components, and evaluate design trade-offs to meet performance, power, and reliability requirements.
• Design and integrate high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, USB, Ethernet, and MIPI.
• Perform signal integrity, power integrity, and timing analyses to optimize PCB layout and ensure reliable system performance.
• Collaborate with mechanical, software, systems, and integration teams to define electrical interfaces, packaging constraints, and system requirements.
• Lead PCB design reviews, hardware bring-up, debugging, design verification, and validation testing.
• Partner with vendors and manufacturers on PCB fabrication, assembly, component sourcing, and design for manufacturability (DFM).
• Drive hardware development from concept through prototyping, testing, and production release.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior