Senior Electrical Engineer - Autonomy Hardware for AI

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

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.