Principal Electrical Engineer, Embedded Systems Leader

Unlimit Ventures

San Diego (CA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 210,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Unlimit Ventures is seeking a Staff/Principal Electrical Engineer to lead hardware and embedded systems development across multiple programs. You will distill complex problems into workable electrical-mechanical solutions and guide cross-functional teams from concept through market readiness.

The role emphasizes mentorship, architecture definition, and risk-driven design across mechanical, electrical, software, and quality disciplines.

Qualifications

Degree in Electrical Engineering and/or other relevant educational background.
12+ years of applied experience successfully developing electrical and embedded systems.
In-depth hardware design experience with both system-level and component-level development.
Experience with PLCs/microcontrollers; programming, architecture, debugging.
Experience designing custom PCB's (in Altium or equivalent) and preparing schematics for manufacturing.
Experience designing automotive grade power & communication wire harnesses.
Demonstrated ability to foresee and identify technical risk, and engineering mindset of addressing risks early.
Demonstrated experience with troubleshooting of sophisticated systems including circuit issues, EMI/EMC/ESD mitigation.
Experience managing projects, mentoring other engineers, and interfacing with technical customers.
Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills to levels above, below and in-line.

Responsibilities

Serve as technical advisor on multiple concurrent development programs and provide mentorship to other engineers.
Define priorities, identify technical risk and guide diverse technical teams in the execution of electronics and embedded systems development.
Develop electronics architectures from board to system level for sophisticated electrical-mechanical systems.
Ensure diverse engineering teams (mechanical, electrical, software, quality, regulatory) are aligned and operating towards clear product requirements.
Design electrical systems that meet use-case, technical, operational, manufacturing, cost and schedule requirements.
Review and guide key component selection including sensors, actuators, controllers.
Develop test plans and lead hardware integration, testing, debug and validation.
Execute mixed/analog, power electronics, and digital circuit design and layout of printed circuit boards.
Facilitate board bring-up, test, and debug of newly designed electrical hardware.
Develop electrical system budgets including estimating labor, material, and any other relevant costs.
Participate in design reviews and design FMEA analysis.