Senior Electrical Engineer

Lyte; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Flexible vacation and time-off policy

Job summary

Lyte, based in Sunnyvale, California, is seeking a Senior Level Electrical Engineer to lead electrical designs for robotics platforms. The role requires extensive experience, a degree in Electrical Engineering, and proficiency with relevant tools.

The position offers a competitive salary of $150,000 - $250,000 per year and promotes a collaborative, inclusive work environment along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in electrical engineering is required.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with PCB layout and system-level design is essential.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical designs from concept through production.
• Generate electrical schematics/layouts and bring up PCB assemblies.
• Collaborate with diverse teams on cross-functional issues.

Skills

Proficiency with Altium 365

Experience with power/energy management architectures

Fluent in English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Cadence Orcad

Keysight ADS

Job description

Company Overview

Lyte builds perception systems for Physical AI operating in complex environments. The company combines custom silicon, integrated sensors, and software into a unified platform for robotics, mobility, and next-generation automation. Lyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a global presence. For more information, visit www.lyte.ai

About The Role

We are seeking a Senior Level Electrical Engineer with a degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

What You’ll Do

• Own electrical designs from concept through production—spanning power, motor control, sensing, communication, and mixed‑signal electronics for robotics platform.
• Generate electrical schematics / layouts and bring‑up power, digital and mixed‑signal printed circuit board assemblies, including but not limited to main logic boards (MLBs), control boards, test and characterization boards (SoCs, FPGAs, analog front ends, testing ASICs, multi‑chip packages), interface boards for high‑speed video and networking connections to NVIDIA Jetson and Thor platforms.
• Collaborate across diverse teams to resolve cross‑functional issues including those related to architecture (performance, power consumption, thermal behavior), production (quality, failure analysis, manufacturing, cost), compliance (safety, reliability, regulatory, environmental) and overall system integration.
• Design for volume manufacturing and support factory engineers from prototyping to product launch.
• Develop engineering test plans and methodologies for in‑circuit and functional testing.
• Validate power and signal integrity in laboratory settings, ensuring alignment with design specifications, identify design issues and propose corrective actions.
• Ability to support multiple projects concurrently, ensuring timely completion of design and validation tasks.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience.
• Proficiency with Altium 365, Cadence Orcad, Allegro, PLM tools such as Arena and Component Management database.
• Recognized expert across the electrical engineering domain with deep specialization in critical areas involving SoCs, camera, sensors, power/energy management architectures and high‑speed interfaces such as USB 3.1 Gen 2, LPDDR4/4x, MIPI, 10G/25G Ethernet and PCIe Gen 2/3.
• Drive cost optimization, design for test, design for manufacturability, and endurance maximization.
• Hands‑on with PCB layout of power distribution network (PDN), analog and digital signals accounting for system‑level timing, loss budget including silicon, package and board impairments.
• Experience with lab measurements, debugging, and SI correlations using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzer, VNA and TDR.
• Fluent in English communication, able to collaborate with teammates in different time zones.
• Ability to travel internationally as needed.
• Maintain company confidential information is a must.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree with more experience is highly desired.
• Familiarity with Ansys SIwave, Ansys HFSS, Cadence Sigrity, and Keysight ADS.
• Robotics, mobile platforms, or autonomous systems experience.
• Sensor integration (cameras, solid‑state LiDAR, IMU).
• Embedded firmware / hardware integration experience (C/C++, Python).
• Functional safety design experience (ISO 26262, IEC 61508).
• Proactive member of the multi‑disciplinary team, takes ownership of technical challenges and works with others to resolve issues.
• Data analysis experience such as JMPs is a plus; Excel is OK.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Flexible vacation and time‑off policy.
• Collaborative, fast‑paced, and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge technologies with a highly cross‑functional team.

Pay Range

150,000 - 250,000 USD per year (Bay Area, Ca)