Principal Electrical Engineer, Accessories

Madrona Venture Labs; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSU

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) match

Commuter Benefits

Paid Holidays

Generous PTO

Job summary

Echodyne seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead the accessory electrical development across the product lifecycle for our radar portfolio. You will drive architecture, requirements, interfaces, and verification, coordinating with cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver reliable, manufacturable solutions.

Responsibilities include defining approaches, trade studies, and risk mitigation, plus guiding COTS and vendor co-development, design-for-manufacturability, and production

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or related field with extensive hardware experience.
• Export control eligibility including ITAR/EAR considerations.
• 15+ years of electrical hardware development experience.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical architecture, requirements, and interfaces for accessory products.
• Lead concepts to detailed design, including trade studies and risk management.
• Guide COTS/build-to-print/vendor co-development and design-to-spec.
• Lead integration, verification, EMI/EMC, safety, and qualification activities.
• Support NPI, production, revisions, and sustaining changes with cross-functional teams.
• Provide technical leadership, reviews, mentorship, and reusable architectures.

Skills

Electrical architecture

SWaP tradeoffs

Power conversion

Wired networking

Embedded computing

Connectors & cables

EMI/EMC

DFM/DFT

Design reviews

PLM experience

Leadership

Export controls

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Arena

PLM systems

Job description

Radar Reinvented.

Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).

Echodyne is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer, Accessories to join our fast-growing team.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Accessory Ecosystem is critical to deploying, integrating, and operating Echodyne’s advanced radar products. Echodyne is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) Engineering team and lead the electrical architecture, development, and lifecycle support of our accessory portfolio.

In this role, you will translate product and system needs into reliable, manufacturable electrical solutions spanning power distribution, communications and networking, embedded computing, interconnects, junction boxes, electrical protection, and related integration hardware. Working with cross-functional teams and external partners, you will lead these solutions across the product lifecycle, from concept and architecture through qualification, production release, and sustaining support, using the appropriate combination of internal development, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, supplier-manufactured hardware, vendor co-development, and external design services. The ideal candidate combines broad, hands-on electrical design expertise with Principal-level technical judgment and the ability to align technical decisions across functions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the electrical architecture, derived requirements, and interfaces for assigned accessory products and programs, ensuring compatibility among Echodyne radars, accessories, external equipment, power sources, computing platforms, and communications systems.
• Define and drive electrical solutions from concept through detailed design, including technical approaches, trade studies, estimates, dependencies, risks, and decisions. Balance performance, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, cost, quality, and schedule.
• Lead the technical execution of COTS, build-to-print, vendor co-development, and design-to-spec solutions. Define specifications, interfaces, acceptance criteria, and deliverables; evaluate products and vendor capabilities; review external designs and test evidence; and maintain Echodyne’s technical ownership of the electrical solution.
• Lead electrical integration, verification, qualification, and release readiness in partnership with the appropriate functional owners, including electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility (EMI/EMC), electrical safety, reliability, environmental performance, interface verification, and controlled design documentation.
• Support new product introduction (NPI), production, product revisions, and sustaining changes by resolving electrical, integration, manufacturing, quality, and field issues with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Provide Principal-level technical leadership for accessory electrical development and lifecycle support. Lead major technical reviews, guide key design decisions, mentor engineers, and advance reusable architectures, standards, and development practices.

REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

• Experience defining electrical architecture, derived requirements, and interfaces for complex electronic or electromechanical products, including leading trade studies and balancing size, weight, and power (SWaP), performance, reliability, and cost
• Knowledge of power conversion and distribution, wired communications and networking, embedded computing platforms, connectors, cables and harnesses, grounding and bonding, electrical protection, and related integration hardware
• Ability to analyze and mitigate electrical design and integration risks involving wire sizing, voltage drop, shielding, crosstalk, EMI/EMC performance, thermal effects, connector selection, and system topology
• Experience technically leading COTS evaluation, build-to-print, vendor co-development, and design-to-spec or design-house development, including specifications, design reviews, and technical acceptance
• Experience leading electrical integration, verification, and qualification, including EMI/EMC, electrical safety, reliability, environmental performance, and interface verification
• Experience taking electrical hardware through production release and NPI, including design for manufacturability, assembly, and test (DFM/DFA/DFT), engineering changes, controlled documentation, and configuration management
• Ability to operate from broad direction, resolve complex cross-disciplinary technical problems, manage technical risks and competing priorities, and influence cross-functional teams and external partners

DESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
(Looking for one or more as a complement to the core skills)

• Experience developing electrical hardware for radar, aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, or other high-reliability products
• Experience applying relevant electrical safety, EMI/EMC, environmental, interconnect, and high-reliability product standards
• Experience with Arena or a similar product lifecycle management (PLM) system

QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field and at least 15 years of relevant electrical hardware development experience, or an equivalent combination of education and industry experience
• Eligibility to handle export-controlled technical data, including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR)-controlled information

Echodyne’s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant’s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.

WHAT WE OFFER

This is an exempt role.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $149,659—$224,437 USD

We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time, US-based employees, including:

• RSU (Restricted Stock Units)
• Generous Benefits:
  • Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you
  • Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
  • Virtual Care – 98Point6
  • Employee Assistance Program
• Mental Health coverage through Springhealth & Talkspace (Premera)
• Travel Assistance Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability
• Flexible PTO (exempt) / 15 days per year (non-exempt)
• 401(k) match
• Pet Insurance
• Prepaid Legal Program
• Commuter Benefits
• Paid Company Holidays

All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.