Electrical Engineering Lead: Architect & Deliver Hardware

moss robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

moss.inc is hiring an Electrical Engineering Lead to own the electrical direction across all sensor products. You will oversee architecture, PCB design, bring-up, firmware, and field testing in a fast-moving hardware team that ships globally.

You will mentor interns and engineers, collaborate with mechanical and robotics teams, and travel to customer sites and manufacturing partners as needed.

Qualifications

• Shipped hardware product from concept to production; can explain failure causes and fixes.
• Designed RF boards with impedance matching, GNSS, and RF front ends.
• Strong systems architecture covering power input to compute and sensors.
• Deep PCB design: schematics, high-speed routing, power integrity, grounding strategy.
• Power systems design: DC-DC regulation, battery integration, EMI considerations.
• Experience with high-speed/mixed-signal: USB, Ethernet, MIPI/CSI, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C.
• Electronics for harsh outdoor environments: sealing, IP rating, vibration, thermal.
• Firmware proficiency in C/C++ for board bring-up and peripherals.
• Experience integrating autonomous hardware (LiDAR, cameras, GPS, IMUs, Jetson)
• Production with overseas contract manufacturers; lead yield and failure analysis.
• Experience leading engineers or mentoring interns.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and manufacturing partners.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical architecture decisions and PCB layout for moss products.
• Take current sensor kit through production: sourcing, DFM, production test, and field repairs.
• Design next sensor kit revision and bring to production.
• Validate hardware against IP, vibration, thermal, and fatigue; fix failures.
• Write bring-up and board-level firmware in C/C++.
• Collaborate with mechanical, perception, and robotics teams to fit hardware and software.
• Manage relationships with manufacturing partners and suppliers in US and overseas.
• Lead design reviews with suppliers and partners.
• Test hardware with customers in real deployments.
• Mentor interns and junior electrical engineers.

Skills

PCB design

RF design

Systems architecture

Power electronics

High-speed/mixed-signal

Firmware (C/C++)

Hardware bring-up

Manufacturing with contract makers

Mentoring interns

Customer-site travel

Job description

moss.inc is hiring an Electrical Engineering Lead to own the electrical direction across all sensor products. You will oversee architecture, PCB design, bring-up, firmware, and field testing in a fast-moving hardware team that ships globally.

You will mentor interns and engineers, collaborate with mechanical and robotics teams, and travel to customer sites and manufacturing partners as needed.