Senior Electrical Engineer: Embedded Hardware for Waste

Mill; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Mill is a waste prevention technology company reimagining how to eliminate waste, starting with food. We build smart systems and infrastructure for homes, businesses, and municipalities to transform food scraps from landfill-bound waste into valuable resources.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer at Mill, you will own the compute, sensing, and connectivity layer of the hardware—embedded Linux platforms, mixed-signal PCBAs, and camera systems—driving architecture through production with

Qualifications

• End-to-end ownership of low-voltage digital and mixed-signal PCBAs.
• Design carrier boards for SoM platforms with high-speed interfaces (MIPI CSI-2, GMSL2/SERDES, PCIe, USB, GigE).
• Familiar with embedded Linux, BSP bring-up, and interface debugging.
• Independent hardware bring-up and debugging; hands-on with test equipment.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and bring up mixed-signal PCBAs and SoM carrier boards from schematic to validation.
• Integrate camera modules, image sensors, and sensing hardware end-to-end.
• Design multi-branch wire harnesses for rugged environments.
• Build test infrastructure, bench fixtures, automated tests, and ATE procedures.
• Lead platform validation and drive root-cause analysis with firmware.
• Collaborate with manufacturing on DFM/DFT, stackup, vendor qualification, and NPI.
• Own system-level scope across concurrent programs; adapt to shifting priorities.

Skills

PCB design

SoM carrier boards

Embedded Linux

Hardware debugging

Communication

Test automation scripting (Python/Bash

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

Bench Equipment

Job description

Mill is a waste prevention technology company reimagining how to eliminate waste, starting with food. We build smart systems and infrastructure for homes, businesses, and municipalities to transform food scraps from landfill-bound waste into valuable resources.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer at Mill, you will own the compute, sensing, and connectivity layer of the hardware—embedded Linux platforms, mixed-signal PCBAs, and camera systems—driving architecture through production with