Lead Electrical Engineer - Field-Ready Hardware & AI Sensors

moss robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

moss robotics, a cutting-edge hardware startup in the San Francisco Bay Area, seeks an Electrical Engineering Lead to drive the full electrical stack for multi-sensor vehicle kits. You will own architecture, PCB design, bring-up, and production testing, while mentoring junior engineers and coordinating with manufacturing partners.

You will guide design reviews, work with mechanical and perception teams, and ensure field deployments meet IP, thermal, and vibration requirements for

Qualifications

• Shipped hardware from concept to production and can explain failures and fixes.
• Designed RF boards including antenna integration and impedance matching.
• Defined full electrical stack from power input to compute and sensors.
• Deep PCB design with high-speed routing, power integrity and grounding.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Hardware product lifecycle

RF design experience

Systems architecture

PCB design

Power systems design

High-speed/mixed-signal design

Harsh outdoor electronics

First-principles trade-offs

Firmware C/C++

Autonomous system hardware integration

Production with contract manufacturers

Leadership/mentoring

Travel to customer sites

Tools

GNSS/RF front ends

USB/Ethernet/MIPI-CSI/CAN/UART/SPI/I2C

DFM reviews and supplier management

Job description

moss robotics, a cutting-edge hardware startup in the San Francisco Bay Area, seeks an Electrical Engineering Lead to drive the full electrical stack for multi-sensor vehicle kits. You will own architecture, PCB design, bring-up, and production testing, while mentoring junior engineers and coordinating with manufacturing partners.

You will guide design reviews, work with mechanical and perception teams, and ensure field deployments meet IP, thermal, and vibration requirements for