Senior Electrical Engineer, PCBA

Neuron Industries (YC S26); Gardena (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Neuron Industries (YC S26) seeks an electrical generalist to own Cortex hardware, from concept through production. You’ll define system-level architecture, verify interfaces, and drive design decisions with firmware and software teams.

You will design schematics, select components, and push boards from bring-up to production, establishing practical hardware standards for a small team delivering reliable hardware quickly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Electronics Engineering or closely related field.
• Experience taking electronics from concept to production and ability to explain architecture and changes.
• System-level decisions across digital processing, analog interfaces, communications, and power.
• Strong signal integrity and power integrity fundamentals.
• Board debugging with oscilloscopes and rework tools; support firmware bring-up.
• Proficiency in Altium Designer.
• Root-cause analysis of manufacturing or field failures to improve designs.
• Ability to prioritize with incomplete requirements and explain tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Architect boards and interfaces across embedded compute and power.
• Design schematics and manage PCB layouts in Altium Designer.
• Bring up hardware and debug across hardware and firmware boundaries.
• Validate designs against EMC, thermal, vibration, surges, and miswiring.
• Own manufacturing handoff, DFx reviews, test strategy, and production improvements.
• Establish design reviews and release documentation for a small team.

Skills

System-level design

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Board debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

You’ll own the electrical architecture and product electronics inside Cortex: embedded compute, industrial I/O, and power. Your designs will go from requirements and first schematic through bring-up, validation, and production.

This is a hands-on role for an electrical generalist who can make system-level decisions and execute the details. You’ll work directly with the founders and firmware and software engineers, establish practical hardware engineering standards, and help shape future electrical engineering hires.

What you’ll build

• Architect boards and interfaces across embedded compute, mixed-signal I/O, communications, and power.
• Design schematics, select components, and develop or direct PCB layouts in Altium Designer.
• Bring up hardware, debug across electrical and firmware boundaries, and turn measurements into design improvements.
• Validate designs against EMC, thermal, vibration, brownouts, surges, and miswiring.
• Own manufacturing handoff, DFM reviews, test strategy, first-article issues, and production improvements.
• Establish useful design reviews, release documentation, and engineering practices that help a small team ship reliable hardware quickly.

What you’ve already proven

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• You’ve personally taken new electronics from concept through production and can explain the architecture, your contribution, what you tested, and what changed.
• You’ve made system-level decisions across digital processing, analog interfaces, communications, and power.
• Strong signal integrity, power integrity, and mixed-signal design fundamentals.
• You own board debugging with oscilloscopes, electronic loads, and rework tools, and can support firmware bring-up.
• Proficiency in Altium Designer.
• You’ve traced manufacturing or field failures to their root causes and improved subsequent designs.
• You can prioritize with incomplete requirements and explain technical tradeoffs to a small team.

What gets you here faster

• Industrial automation or robotics products with demanding reliability requirements.
• SoC or FPGA boards, high-speed interfaces, or high-channel-count industrial I/O.
• EMC testing, manufacturing test development, or contract manufacturer management.