Senior Electrical Engineer

Snap Inc.; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave up to 28 weeks

Wellbeing and family support

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company match

FSA/HSA options

Gym memberships/discounts

Mental health resources

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer, Devices to join the Spectacles team in Santa Monica. You will define and supervise schematic/layout for PCB designs, lead architecture trade-offs, and validate designs across memory interfaces, power regulators, and PDNs.

The role requires hands-on failure analysis, technical leadership for junior engineers, and collaboration with firmware, software, thermal, and RF teams. Some travel to external suppliers and partners is expected.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in electrical or hardware engineering.
• BS/BA degree in Electrical Engineering, related field, or equivalent years of experience.
• Experience with PCB design, schematic and layout.

Responsibilities

• Define, design, review and supervise schematic and layout for PCB designs.
• Lead technical discussions and provide architectural-level trade-offs for product requirements, including performance, power, area, and cost.
• Test and validate electrical designs, including memory interfaces, power regulators, and power delivery networks.
• Own challenging failure analysis with hands-on debugging and root-cause analysis.
• Provide technical leadership to junior engineers through best practices and guidance.
• Collaborate with firmware, software, thermal, RF to align on requirements and execution.
• Travel internationally up to 20% to support development builds onsite at external suppliers and partners.

Skills

PCB design

Schematic capture

Power delivery network

Lab instrumentation

Root cause analysis

Technical leadership

Cadence Allegro

OrCAD Capture

IC design (VHDL/Analog)

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence Allegro

OrCAD Capture

Job description

Responsibilities

• We’re looking for an Electrical Engineer, Devices to join the Spectacles team at Snap Inc!
• Define, design, review and supervise schematic and layout for PCB designs
• Lead technical discussions and provide architectural-level trade-offs for product requirements. This involves performance, power, area, and cost
• Test and validate electrical designs – including but not limited to memory interfaces, power regulators, power delivery networks
• Own most challenging failure analysis – including hand‑on debugging, root cause analysis and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to implement corrective actions
• Technical leadership of junior engineers through best practices and technical guidance of engineering designs
• Collaborate with firmware, software, thermal, RF to align on requirements and execution
• Travel internationally up to 20% to support development builds onsite at external suppliers and partners

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in electrical or hardware engineering
• BS/BA degree in Electrical Engineering, related field, or equivalent years of experience
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and understanding of best practices
• Familiarity with Rigid, Flex and Rigid Flex PCB design
• Experience with lab instrumentation
• Experience in electronic design, including component selection, schematic design, and familiarity with tools like Cadence Allegro and OrCAD Capture
• Demonstrated experience developing and shipping consumer electronic products at scale
• MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Experience with integrated circuit design such as VHDL or analog design
• Knowledge of layout strategies to meet Power Delivery Network impedance targets or in deriving power impedance masks
• Excellent process development and documentation skills

Benefits

• Up to 28 weeks of parental leave and return-to-work program
• Adoption, surrogacy, infertility, and fertility preservation benefits
• Backup child care coverage, center-based care support, & caregiver assistance
• Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Account
• For Snap, employees taking care of loved ones with complex, chronic, or ongoing care needs (i.e. parent with Dementia, spouse with Cancer, child with Autism), your family can save time, money, & stress with Wellthy
• Services to support your path to parenthood & beyond - fertility support & family planning via Carrot, SNOO, Hinge Health
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, basic life insurance, and AD&D insurance
• Lactation rooms (based on office location) and breastmilk shipping coverage
• Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HDHP with HSA, and HMO options
• Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
• Vision coverage, including frame and contact allowance and LASIK benefits
• Free membership to One Medical for primary and urgent healthcare services
• Business Travel Insurance
• Gym perks and discounts
• Team fitness classes and races
• Sports leagues
• Cooking and nutritional workshops
• Well-being reimbursement
• Unlimited access to virtual physical therapy with Anthem
• 15 sessions per year of mental health for you + dependents through Lyra
• Generous time off and leave programs. In the US, this includes the following:
• Up to 3 weeks (120 hours) of vacation time and 1 floating holiday for non-exempt team members
• 12 paid holidays per year
• 15 sick and safe days per year
• Meditation and yoga classes
• Social gatherings, team outings, and volunteering programs
• Speaker series, classes, and subscriptions to educational programs
• Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth, and after‑tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega backdoor option!) Snap will also match 100% up to 3% of your contribution and then 50% on your 4th and 5th%
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare, daycare and commuter
• Health Savings Account with employer contributions
• Rocket Lawyer memberships
• Financial education programs
• Snap exclusive discounts and perks
• Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long‑term success!