Electrical Engineer

Valve; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Valve is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design and produce groundbreaking hardware products like the Steam Deck and Valve Index. The ideal candidate will have expertise in CAD/EDA tools and hands-on experience with electronics prototyping.

The role involves collaborating to define product goals and working closely with contract manufacturers to scale production from tens to millions of units. A demonstrated history of designing and shipping high-volume consumer electronics is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven start-to-finish design skills in CAD/EDA tools.
• Hands-on electronics prototyping experience required.
• Strong lab skills using test equipment for debugging.
• Experience with embedded systems and digital communication interfaces.
• Record of designing high-volume consumer electronics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to define product goals.
• Design and produce novel gaming hardware.
• Work with manufacturers to ensure hardware production.

Skills

CAD/EDA tools

Electronics prototyping

Lab skills

Embedded systems design

High-volume consumer electronics

Design for manufacture and test

Analog circuit design

Firmware development

RF/wireless circuit design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

At Valve, electrical engineers deliver world‑class hardware products, such as Steam Deck, Valve Index, and Steam Controller. Across the electrical engineering group, we contribute in a variety of ways:

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to define product goals
• Conceive, design, evaluate, and produce novel gaming hardware
• Work closely with contract manufacturers to prototype and produce hardware at scales from tens to millions of units

Qualifications

• Proven start‑to‑finish design skills with industry‑standard CAD/EDA tools (Altium Designer experience strongly preferred), including schematic entry, PCB layout, component definition, and CAD library management
• Hands‑on electronics prototyping experience, including soldering and rework of fine‑pitch SMT components
• Strong lab skills, including the use of common test and measurement equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.) to debug and characterize complex electronic circuits
• Experience with embedded systems design and common digital communication interfaces (USB, SPI, I2C)
• Experience working directly on‑site with manufacturing partners
• A proven track record of designing and shipping high‑volume consumer electronics products
• Experience in design for manufacture and design for test (DFM/DFT) of electronic devices
• Ability to think and work across a variety of subject areas
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent work experience) in electrical engineering or a related field

Areas of Expertise

• Analog circuit design and simulation (e.g., SPICE)
• Low‑power design, including battery management and charging circuits for portable devices
• RF/wireless circuit design, including design of antennas and EMC
• Firmware development for 8, 16, 32‑bit microcontrollers (e.g., ARM)
• High‑speed/HDI board design
• Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
• High‑speed video interfaces (HDMI, Display Port, LVDS, MIPI)
• Regulatory compliance testing (e.g., FCC/CE/UL)
• C/C++ software development
• Test automation
• FPGA/ASIC design