Senior Electrical Engineer

Ouster; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Ouster is seeking an electrical engineer for the Industrial Autonomy Team to design core electrical architecture, schematics, and integrated PCBs powering autonomy products.

In collaboration with a small hardware team you will take concepts from prototype through high-volume manufacturing, addressing power, sensor integration, compute platforms, and system reliability while documenting designs and changes for scalable development.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years designing and delivering complex electrical designs.
• Embedded hardware/sensor/compute platforms for mass manufacturing.
• Experience with Altium (or similar).
• Able to lead multiple projects concurrently with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electrical systems for autonomy products, including schematics, component selection, and PCB layout.
• Partner closely with other HW/FW engineers to bring up, debug, and validate prototype hardware.
• Support hardware architecture decisions across power, compute, sensor integration, and system reliability.
• Support sensor integration, signal integrity analysis, power optimization, and system-level debugging.
• Partner with mechanical engineering on enclosure, thermal, connector, and integration constraints.
• Work with manufacturing and supply chain teams to support prototype builds, NPI, and production ramp.
• Support component qualification and vendor selection.
• Document designs, test results, and engineering changes to support scalable product development.

Skills

Electrical design

Embedded hardware

Multi-project leadership

Industrial-grade standards

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

At Ouster, we are pioneering the future of Physical AI. Our advanced vision algorithms and cutting-edge sensor hardware power the next generation of autonomous systems - from robots to smart infrastructure - building a safer and more efficient world.

The Industrial Autonomy Team is seeking an electrical engineer to design and validate the core electrical architecture, schematics, and integrated PCBs powering products for autonomy and physical AI customers. Collaborating with a small hardware team, you will help shape our roadmap while taking complex systems from early prototype through high-volume manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electrical systems for autonomy products, including schematics, component selection, and PCB layout
• Partner closely with other HW/FW engineers to bring up, debug, and validate prototype hardware
• Support hardware architecture decisions across power, compute, sensor integration, and system reliability
• Support sensor integration, signal integrity analysis, power optimization, and system-level debugging
• Partner with mechanical engineering on enclosure, thermal, connector, and integration constraints
• Work with manufacturing and supply chain teams to support prototype builds, NPI, and production ramp
• Support component qualification and vendor selection
• Document designs, test results, and engineering changes to support scalable product development

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience designing, testing, and delivering complex and highly integrated electrical designs
• Experience designing embedded hardware, sensor systems, or compute platforms to industrial-grade standards at mass manufacturing scale (10,000+yr)
• Experience with Altium (or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to concurrently champion multiple projects at varying lifecycle stages, with minimal project management oversight

Preferred experience

• Experience with high-volume production, including direct collaboration with overseas contract manufacturers
• Experience with Functional Safety standards (ISO 26262 or similar) and rigorous validation frameworks

The base pay will be dependent on your skills, work experience, location, and qualifications. This role may also be eligible for equity & benefits. ($123,000 - $177,000)

We acknowledge the confidence gap at Ouster. You do not need to meet all of these requirements to be the ideal candidate for this role.

Ouster is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Ouster does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military status, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ouster also strives for a healthy and safe workplace, and prohibits harassment of any kind. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ouster considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.