Senior Staff Electrical Engineer

Aurora•Mountain View, CA

63d•$197,000 - $285,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone. At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Senior Staff Electrical Engineer. In this role, you will join an exceptional team of electrical engineers responsible for the development of electronics for Aurora’s custom hardware. You will collaborate with numerous internal and external teams gathering requirements, defining HW architecture, modeling, and delivering electronics that achieve performance and product metrics. You will build, integrate, test, and debug electronics on the bench and in systems; leveraging software tools and advanced test equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers). You will partner with mechanical, operations, and validation teams to mature high quality electrical designs to manufacturing; including supporting test infrastructure development to meet product coverage and yield targets. You will leverage expertise in product development (define/build/test), and have extensive prior experience launching product. You will mentor and guide junior engineers and help define and optimize processes to streamline product development.

Requirements

This role requires a bachelor's or master's degree with a focus in electrical or computer engineering
10+ years experience in industry developing complex electrical hardware
Mentor and guide junior engineers
Experience working with Mechanical engineering team on board design and device cooling
Expertise in system architecture, signal and power integrity design and analysis, high speed signaling, grounding, analog electronics
High proficiency and ability to analyze systems for balancing electro-mechanical and EMI/EMC constraints
Extensive experience with hardware productization: system, board and chip level implementation
Strong electrical engineering fundamentals supported by the use of CAD tools to capture schematic designs, manage PCB layout, leverage Power/Signal simulation/emulation input
Expertise with lab instruments (TDR, Oscilloscopes, Analyzers, DMMs, Power Supplies, and E-loads)

Nice To Haves

Experience with custom sensor development and/or network design
Knowledge of automotive requirements, safety framework (ISO26262) and qualification processes
Experience with both rapid prototyping and design for manufacturing
Programming and Scripting (C++, Python or equivalent) experience
FPGA/ASIC Design experience

Responsibilities

Join an exceptional team of electrical engineers responsible for the development of electronics for Aurora’s custom hardware
Collaborate with numerous internal and external teams gathering requirements, defining HW architecture, modeling, and delivering electronics that achieve performance and product metrics
Build, integrate, test, and debug electronics on the bench and in systems; leverage software tools and advanced test equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers)
Partner with mechanical, operations, and validation teams to mature high quality electrical designs to manufacturing; including supporting test infrastructure development to meet product coverage and yield targets
Leverage expertise in product development (define/build/test), and have extensive prior experience launching product
Mentor and guide junior engineers
Help define and optimize processes to streamline product development