Onsite Electrical Engineer – Wearable Tech & Firmware

Valinor; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Equity

Development stipends

Job summary

Valinor is seeking an Electrical Engineer to own electronics for its next-generation smart optics system, from circuit design and PCB layout to firmware/software for hardware control. This hands-on role collaborates with mechanical and software engineers on a small team building AI-enabled wearables for mission-critical environments.

You'll bring components from prototype to field-ready hardware, establish electrical design standards, and contribute to power management and system-level design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• 2–4 years of electrical engineering experience with hands-on hardware.
• Experience building electronic devices, circuit boards, or hardware prototypes.
• Strong PCB design experience including schematic capture and layout.
• Comfort assembling, soldering, testing, and debugging boards by hand.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop circuit boards for Reflex hardware, including schematic and layout.
• Build, assemble, test, and debug electronic devices, including glasses and peripheral hardware.
• Work hands-on with compact PCB assemblies, small components, stencils, and fine-pitch parts.
• Select components and shape system-level design including power management and architecture.
• Evaluate sensors and new hardware integrations for future capabilities.
• Write firmware and software for hardware control, testing, and operation.
• Support board bring-up, failure analysis, and rapid iteration across prototypes.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers to integrate electronics into wearables.
• Move hardware from prototype to field-ready systems.

Skills

PCB design

Soldering

Firmware for hardware

Sensor integration

Hardware debugging

Prototype build

Power management design

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PCB layout software

Job description

Valinor is seeking an Electrical Engineer to own electronics for its next-generation smart optics system, from circuit design and PCB layout to firmware/software for hardware control. This hands-on role collaborates with mechanical and software engineers on a small team building AI-enabled wearables for mission-critical environments.

You'll bring components from prototype to field-ready hardware, establish electrical design standards, and contribute to power management and system-level design.