Electrical Engineer - Hardware for AI Prototyping

Visible Hands; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Root Access is a NYC-based frontier electronics startup seeking an Electrical Engineer to own the design of electronic hardware from concept through prototype and into production. You will work alongside the cofounder/CTO who earned 7 patents for electronics, turning product requirements into schematics, circuits, and manufacturable boards, and overseeing verification and test.

The role involves bringing up prototypes, collaborating across firmware, mechanical, verification, and test teams, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in EE or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on electronic circuit and PCB design experience.
• Proficiency with a schematic / PCB design tool (e.g. Altium, Cadence, KiCad, etc).
• Solid grounding in analog and digital fundamentals, power electronics, and high-speed design concepts.
• Comfortable debugging hardware at the bench with standard lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc).

Responsibilities

• Drive schematic capture and lead PCB layout including component selection, footprints, and BOM management.
• Develop and perform circuit simulation and analysis (e.g. SPICE), covering power, signal integrity, timing, and thermal considerations.
• Design power supplies, sensor interfaces, communication interfaces (I²C, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet, etc.), and microcontroller/processor subsystems.
• Bring up and debug prototypes in the lab using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other bench equipment.
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, verification, and test engineers throughout the development cycle.
• Prepare design documentation, review packages, and support Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and cost reduction efforts.
• Support compliance activities (EMC/EMI, safety, regulatory) as designs mature.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Circuit simulation

Power electronics

Digital and analog design

Debugging hardware

DFM and cost reduction

Regulatory compliance

Interfaces: I2C/SPI/UART/USB

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Altium

Cadence

KiCad

Ansys HFSS

SIwave

Icepak

CST

Job description

Root Access is a NYC-based frontier electronics startup seeking an Electrical Engineer to own the design of electronic hardware from concept through prototype and into production. You will work alongside the cofounder/CTO who earned 7 patents for electronics, turning product requirements into schematics, circuits, and manufacturable boards, and overseeing verification and test.

The role involves bringing up prototypes, collaborating across firmware, mechanical, verification, and test teams, and