Senior Electrical Engineer

Teleo; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Teleo is seeking an experienced PCB Design Engineer to own the full lifecycle of board development from schematic to production release. You will clean up existing designs, and documentations, and design power stages, analog/digital interfaces, while ensuring robust validation and EMC compliance.

On-site in Palo Alto, you will collaborate closely with the embedded firmware team to enable rapid bring-up. Required: a B.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of professional electrical engineering experience with PCB design through production.
• Strong analog and digital circuit design fundamentals.
• Experience designing low-voltage power circuits with high-current stages.
• Proficient in KiCad (schematic capture, layout, BOM management).

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of PCB design: schematic capture, layout, simulation, prototyping, validation, and production release.
• Clean up schematics, BOMs, and documentation for maintainability.
• Design power stages, sensor interfaces, high-precision analog I/O, digital I/O, and galvanic isolation circuits.
• Establish and own validation and test practices: bench testing, ESD, load testing, resonance tuning.
• Manage DFM reviews and liaise with contract manufacturers and fab houses.
• Own compliance and EMC testing.
• Collaborate with embedded firmware team on board bring-up and hardware-software integration.
• Provide high-level systems guidance on cable harnesses and electrical architecture.

Skills

PCB design

Analog & digital design

KiCad

Oscilloscopes & test gear

DFM / production support

Vendor management

End-to-end ownership

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

KiCad

Job description

Own Teleo's board-level electrical hardware from schematic to production. Take ownership of existing PCB designs, bring them up to a professional standard, and establish the processes and rigor needed to design, validate, and manufacture reliable boards at the pace of a fast-growing startup.

Core Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of PCB design: schematic capture, layout, simulation, prototyping, validation, and production release
• Take ownership of existing board designs — clean up schematics, BOMs, and documentation to a maintainable, professional standard
• Design power stages, sensor interfaces, high-precision analog I/O, digital I/O, and galvanic isolation circuits
• Establish and own validation and test practices: bench testing, ESD, load testing, resonance tuning, and whatever else the design demands
• Manage DFM reviews and own the relationship with contract manufacturers and fab houses
• Own compliance and EMC testing
• Collaborate with the embedded firmware team on board bring-up and hardware-software integration
• Provide high-level systems guidance on cable harnesses and electrical architecture to junior engineers

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of professional electrical engineering experience with a focus on PCB design through production
• Strong analog and digital circuit design fundamentals
• Experience designing low-voltage power circuits with high-current stages
• Proficient in KiCad (schematic capture, layout, BOM management)
• Hands-on validation and debugging: oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, load testing
• Experience managing contract manufacturers and fab houses through DFM and production
• Demonstrated ability to own board designs end to end with minimal oversight
• Comfortable working on-site in Palo Alto, CA

Strong Experience With

• Mixed-signal design: high-precision analog, sensor interfaces, galvanic isolation
• DFM practices: panelization, tolerancing, component selection for manufacturability
• Compliance and EMC testing processes
• Rapid iteration: comfortable spinning boards quickly without sacrificing quality
• Maintaining clean, well-documented schematics and BOMs across multiple active designs

Nice to Have

• Experience in automotive, heavy equipment, or ruggedized industrial environments
• Familiarity with embedded firmware concepts — enough to be a strong partner during bring-up
• Experience establishing electrical engineering standards and validation processes on a small team
• Early-stage startup experience — comfortable with broad ownership and fast iteration