Staff Electrical Engineer

Aurora•Mountain View, CA

4d•$181,000 - $262,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Aurora is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to join their exceptional team responsible for the development of electronics for Aurora’s custom hardware. In this role, you will collaborate with numerous internal and external teams to gather requirements, define hardware architecture, model, and deliver electronics that meet performance and product metrics. You will also build, integrate, test, and debug electronics on the bench and in systems, leveraging software tools and advanced test equipment. A key part of this role involves partnering with mechanical, operations, and validation teams to mature high-quality electrical designs for manufacturing, including supporting test infrastructure development to meet product coverage and yield targets. This position requires expertise in product development (define/build/test) and extensive prior experience launching products.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree with a focus in electrical or computer engineering.
8+ years of experience in industry developing complex electrical hardware.
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

Develop electronics for Aurora’s custom hardware.
Collaborate with internal and external teams to gather requirements, define HW architecture, model, and deliver electronics.
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.
Support test infrastructure development to meet product coverage and yield targets.
Leverage expertise in product development (define/build/test).
Have extensive prior experience launching product.