Hardware Electrical Engineer
Onsite in Foster City, CA | 5 days in office
Travel within the Bay Area, as well as international travel is required
As an Electrical Engineer on the Infotainment and Connectivity Hardware team, you will own the development of some of the key human-machine interfaces (HMI) our riders use to interact with our robot/vehicle. This includes hardware for user authentication, ingress access, communication, and cabin/occupant monitoring. In this highly cross-functional role, you will need to develop requirements, solve challenging design problems, create and test prototypes, and coordinate projects to meet critical company milestones.
Responsibilities:
You are expected to be hands-on, investigating issues whenever and wherever they occur to resolve problems, drive design updates, and enable the company to scale.
You will specify electrical component and system requirements and lead engineering discussions and development with suppliers including drawing reviews, requirement validation, and change request documentation.
You will coordinate supplier tooling and production to meet critical vehicle milestones.
You will collaborate with mechanical, systems, firmware, and software engineering teams as well as system operators to iterate on existing designs and develop future solutions.
You will conduct root cause analysis during the development, validation, build, and deployment phases for issue resolution including detailed log reviews and component investigations.
You will support the development and execution of system and component-level validation test plans.
You will work with manufacturing and quality engineers to mature components and support vehicle build, bring-up, and test activities.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent)
5-10 years of experience in electrical component/system design and troubleshooting
Experience taking a part or assembly from concept through production, working with external suppliers, and managing deliverables for multiple projects
Automotive (CAN bus, automotive Ethernet, A2B, and other automotive networks), aerospace, or safety critical industry experience
Experience with on-board digital serial interfaces such as SPI, UART, I2C, and I2S
Experience with electrical and EMI/C testing
Bonus Qualifications:
Knowledge of automotive functional safety (ISO26262) standards
Firmware / Software experience (managing/developing/testing) including functional knowledge of python, c/c++, and other scripting languages.
Experience with chassis and/or electromechanical systems
Experience with high speed bus protocols such as PCIe, Display Port, and HDMI
Experience using Altium, 3DX, Catia V5/V6, or similar tools