Senior Electrical Engineer

CHIRP Robotics Corporation; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CHIRP Robotics seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the avionics powering autonomous systems. You will lead electrical design from architecture and component selection through board bring-up and production, collaborating with firmware, radar, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.

You will define architectures, perform schematic capture, and guide PCB layouts for high-speed interfaces while ensuring signal integrity and EMI/EMC compliance across the system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of electrical hardware development, including ownership of boards or subsystems through bring-up and production.
• Proficiency in schematic capture and PCB design tools, with experience reviewing multilayer PCB layouts.

Responsibilities

• Define electrical architectures, interfaces, power budgets, and design requirements for embedded compute, sensing, communications, and actuation.
• Design schematics and guide PCB layout for mixed-signal electronics, processors, memory, sensors, and power conversion and distribution.
• Analyze signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, clocking, thermal constraints, and component derating; review layouts and resolve design risks.
• Lead board bring-up and characterize electrical performance using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, electronic loads, and other laboratory equipment.
• Integrate radar and other sensor modules, addressing power quality, timing, interface integrity, shielding, and electromagnetic compatibility.
• Define and execute verification plans, troubleshoot failures, and support environmental and EMC testing appropriate to the product.
• Own design reviews, bills of materials, component lifecycle decisions, and engineering changes; support test fixtures, manufacturing transfer, and production yield.
• Mentor engineers and coordinate electrical decisions with firmware, mechanical packaging, and system performance requirements.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB design

Embedded firmware collaboration

Lab debugging

Signal integrity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Cadence/Pspice

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to design and own the avionics that power, connect, and support our autonomous systems. You will lead electrical design from architecture and component selection through board bring-up, system integration, verification, and production, working closely with firmware, radar, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers.

Responsibilities

• Define electrical architectures, interfaces, power budgets, and design requirements for embedded compute, sensing, communications, and actuation
• Design schematics and guide PCB layout for mixed-signal electronics, processors, memory, sensors, and power conversion and distribution
• Analyze signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, clocking, thermal constraints, and component derating; review layouts and resolve design risks
• Lead board bring-up and characterize electrical performance using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, electronic loads, and other laboratory equipment
• Integrate radar and other sensor modules, addressing power quality, timing, interface integrity, shielding, and electromagnetic compatibility
• Define and execute verification plans, troubleshoot failures, and support environmental and EMC testing appropriate to the product
• Own design reviews, bills of materials, component lifecycle decisions, and engineering changes; support test fixtures, manufacturing transfer, and production yield
• Mentor engineers and coordinate electrical decisions with firmware, mechanical packaging, and system performance requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• At least 7 years of electrical hardware development, including ownership of boards or subsystems taken through bring-up and production
• Proficiency in schematic capture and PCB design tools, with experience reviewing multilayer PCB layouts
• Experience with tools such as Altium, KiCad and Cadence/Pspice
• Experience designing processor-based electronics, analog interfaces, and DC/DC power supplies and distribution
• Working knowledge of signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, EMI/EMC, and hardware protection
• Strong laboratory debugging skills and experience integrating electronics with embedded firmware
• Experience with design documentation, verification, component selection, and manufacturing support

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace electronics, or rugged embedded products
• Experience with high-speed interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, USB, or Ethernet and their layout and validation requirements
• Experience with RF or radar hardware integration, low-noise analog circuits, high-speed data converters, or precision clock distribution
• Experience with FPGA or SoC platforms, battery-powered systems, motor drives, or actuator interfaces

Experience with environmental qualification, reliability analysis, design for test, and design for manufacturing.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work on innovative and complex systems
• Hands-on experience with a broad range of engineering challenges
• Collaborative and growth-oriented work environment
• Competitive salary and benefits package

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Company Overview

CHIRP Robotics is a well-funded seed-stage startup operating in stealth mode and based in Torrance, California. The company aims to become a leading U.S. provider of modular intelligence and autonomous systems for a wide range of vehicles and applications. It has an impressive portfolio of patents on the hardware side and IP in software / algorithms. CHIRP’s CEO, a founding member of SpaceX, brings extensive technical expertise, a strong professional network, and significant business leadership experience.