Senior Electrical Engineer
Stafl Systems•South San Francisco, CA
•$150,000 - $185,000•Onsite
About The Position
We're looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to own battery management system hardware from first schematic through production release. Reporting to the Electrical Engineering Team Lead, you'll act as technical lead on client programs and work closely with firmware, systems, and mechanical engineers to deliver hardware that is safe, testable, and manufacturable. This is a hands-on role with real room to shape how the team designs, tests, and grows, and a clear path to advance within the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field
- 5+ years of hands-on electrical engineering experience, with multiple boards taken from concept through production
- Experience designing PCBs (schematic capture and board layout), bring up and testing
- Experience designing low-power embedded systems
- Experience working with contractors, clients, vendors, and manufacturers
- Experience collaborating in a team environment across engineering disciplines
- Experience documenting engineering design work
Nice To Haves
- Experience with design prototypes and system integration
- Proficient in Altium Designer
- Experience with designing for testing and manufacturability
- Experience operating lab bench equipment (soldering, oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, measurement techniques…etc.)
- Experience in high-current and high-voltage design and layout practice: FET drive, thermal design, copper sizing, creepage and clearance
- Experience with lithium-ion battery systems: pack behavior, cell monitoring and balancing, and current, voltage, and temperature measurement chains
- Experience with ARM Cortex MCUs and FPGAs
- Experience designing power electronics
- Experience designing both digital and analog circuits
- Experience designing products through high volume production
- Experience designing electronics for harsh environments
- A systematic approach to debugging, isolating faults to root cause and documenting what you found
- Experience building test infrastructure, automated test stations with SCPI/PyVISA instrument control, custom fixtures and breakout boards, DAQ-based data logging
Responsibilities
- Designing PCBs for battery management systems or embedded control modules in Altium Designer (schematic capture and PCB board layout)
- Start-to-finish ownership of PCB designs from schematic to layout
- Board-level bring-up and testing to identify critical characteristics and optimize performance
- Designing systems to specified product requirements
- Create technical documentation, product requirements, test plans
- Communicate technical progress to clients and internal team members
- Working autonomously and taking initiative to manage priorities
- Improving how the team works through test infrastructure, design reuse, and documentation that captures design rationale
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation: Base salary, sign-on bonus, plus an equity award
- 401(k) Plan: Employer match up to 5% to help contribute to your future
- Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, with 99% of employee premiums and 50% of dependent premiums covered by the company
- Paid Parental Leave: Fully paid leave to support your growing family
- Accrued vacation and sick leave.
- Paid holidays in accordance with the company schedule
- Unpaid personal leave options available when needed
- PTO Nomination Program: Recognize and reward your teammates with additional time off
- Bereavement Leave: 1 week fully paid
- Jury Duty Leave: Up to 1 week fully paid
- Professional Development: Annual training budget to support your career growth
- Safety Shoe Stipend: Company-provided support for required safety gear
- Commuter Benefits
- Travel & Charging: Uber Business access, free on-site EV charging, and more
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
