Staff Electrical Engineer

Mytra•Brisbane, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to define the electrical architecture strategy across our autonomous platforms. You bring deep, multi-domain hardware expertise, strong technical judgment, and the ability to make high-stakes design decisions under uncertainty. You'll own critical technology decisions that span multiple products and generations — from power and actuation to sensing, compute, and safety systems. You'll lead flagship development efforts with significant business impact, build key supplier and technology partnerships, and evaluate emerging technologies to drive capability differentiation. You'll operate with near-complete autonomy, make strategic technical decisions that shape our 2–4 year roadmap, and help build the engineering culture and team around you.

Requirements

BS + 8 years of hands-on hardware experience with demonstrated system ownership and technical leadership (MS + 6 years, PhD + 3 years)
Recognized expert across the electrical engineering domain with deep specialization in critical areas (actuation/mobility, sensors, power/energy management, wireless systems, or safety architectures)
Expert-level knowledge of emerging technologies and their application potential
Comprehensive understanding of platform strategy, applications, and technology roadmap
Deep knowledge of safety-critical system design, environmental hardening, and field reliability
Experience taking hardware from prototype to production at scale
Comfortable making critical decisions under significant uncertainty
Clear communicator who can explain tradeoffs and decisions without ego
Energized by building teams and developing future technical leaders
PCB design, schematic capture, and layout (Altium preferred)
Hands-on board bring-up, debugging, and validation
ARM processors and microcontrollers
EMI mitigation, signal integrity, and power system design
Interfaces such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, LVDS, and PCIe
Firmware bring-up and hardware/firmware integration
Cost optimization, design for manufacturability, and endurance maximization

Nice To Haves

Robotics, mobile platforms, or autonomous systems experience
Sensor integration (cameras, LiDAR, IMU)
Embedded firmware experience (C/C++, bare-metal or RTOS)
High-reliability or functional safety design experience (ISO 26262, IEC 61508)
You've shipped hardware that had to survive outside the lab

Responsibilities

Define electrical architecture strategy across the product portfolio; own critical technology decisions affecting multiple products and generations
Architect and own electrical systems from concept through production — spanning power, motor control, sensing, communication, and mixed-signal electronics
Drive cross-functional integration by defining clear electrical requirements and interfaces, aligning constraints, and managing technical tradeoffs across teams. Define electrical requirements and interfaces to drive integration with cross-functional partners, align constraints, and manage technical tradeoffs.
Lead flagship product development efforts, making system-level tradeoffs across performance, reliability, safety, cost, and timeline
Establish platform architecture strategies and reusable modules organization-wide
Build and iterate on PCBs: schematic capture, layout, design reviews, bring-up, validation, and manufacturing release
Design for real-world deployment: signal integrity, power delivery, EMI/EMC, ESD, thermal management, vibration, environmental hardening, manufacturability, and serviceability
Design with reliability in mind: redundancy architectures, fault detection, graceful degradation, and endurance maximization
Define or co-develop board and system-level operation with the firmware team
Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies (solid-state LiDAR, advanced sensors, batteries, edge AI accelerators, next-gen networking) for capability differentiation
Develop key supplier relationships and technology partnerships for motors, sensors, batteries, and compute platforms
Resolve conflicts between competing requirements across programs
Support manufacturing bring-up and work directly with contract manufacturers
Mentor Senior Engineers and develop their technical leadership; recruit and evaluate engineering talent
Shape team technical culture, lead critical cross-functional initiatives, and build technical community across the organization

Benefits

Competitive compensation and equity grants at a high-growth company backed by top-tier VCs
Fully subsidized health coverage, including medical (baseline plans), dental, and vision for employees and dependents
401(k) plans and employer-subsidized life insurance
Fully subsidized lunch and snacks at HQ—we eat and share stories together at the “long” table
Generous PTO and company-paid holidays, including one week over the winter break so everyone can recharge together
Voluntary pet insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
Fully subsidized tax advisory services and education to help you understand your equity
Commuter benefits, including a up to $150 monthly commuter benefit
Lively, modern combined office and lab space where we rapidly iterate through design, build, and test phases
Fully equipped onsite gym and showers at headquarters