Senior / Staff Electrical Engineer

Waabi; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite work in Pittsburgh and SF

Career growth in AV hardware

Job summary

Waabi is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to own PCBAs from schematic to vehicle integration at our Pittsburgh/SF base. You will design high-speed, analog, and digital circuits, and collaborate with contract manufacturers to bring boards up in the lab and verify performance in real-world conditions.

You will lead 10+ year hardware development initiatives, manage test fixtures, V&V efforts, and ensure compliance with automotive standards.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years in hardware development, with hands-on lab work.
• 2–3+ years in a formal leadership role.
• Experience with ECAD tools: Altium, OrCAD, KiCAD.
• Familiarity with automotive standards ISO 26262, ISO 16750, AEC-Q.
• Ability to read schematics, layouts, and engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Own PCBAs from schematic to vehicle integration.
• Design high-speed, power, analog, and digital circuits.
• Work with contract manufacturers to build and test boards.
• Verify designs with SPICE and ensure lab bring-up.
• Develop test fixtures and oversee end-of-line verification.
• Scale hardware from prototype to production with CM coordination.

Skills

Leadership experience

Lab debugging in hardware

Embedded Linux familiarity

Soldering and lab debugging

Traceability and documentation

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

KiCAD

CAN bus

Ethernet

SPI

I2C

JTAG/SWD

Job description

• Waabi’s autonomous vehicles run on road-ready custom electronics. In this role, you’ll own that hardware from schematic to vehicle
• You’ll design boards, work with our contract manufacturers to build them, bring them up in the lab, and prove they hold up in the real world. You will also be responsible for ensuring the quality of our designs by designing test fixtures and working on V&V efforts
• This is an onsite position to be based in Pittsburgh/SF with the expectations of 3-4 days onsite
• Design PCBAs across high-speed, power, analog, and digital circuits
• Translate OEM technical and non-functional requirements into board-level design decisions
• Take modules from requirements through customer delivery
• Develop new modules or features, weighing COTS versus custom hardware
• Verify circuit designs with SPICE or equivalent
• Own board bring-up at scale and direct technician work
• Debug and solder at the component level using scopes, signal generators, DMMs, and other lab equipment
• Support vehicle end-of-line testing by diagnosing board- and vehicle-level issues
• Build module end-of-line test fixtures and load boxes with the design and V&V teams
• Test designs under nominal and stressed electrical and environmental conditions
• Support EMI/EMC testing and qualification
• Manage CM builds from fabrication through assembly, tracking schedules and flagging risks early
• Scale hardware from low-volume prototypes to reliable high-volume production
• Develop quality controls and in-process monitors with the quality team
• Lead incoming inspection, rework, hand assembly, and enclosure integration with technicians
• Ensure compliance with OEM partner and internal quality standards
• Track components, boards, and assemblies: what’s on hand, in transit, and due for reorder
• Work closely with systems, firmware, mechanical, V&V, bring-up, and quality teams
• Document procedures, test results, design revisions, and performance data for traceability
• Define and improve internal processes and quality standards

• Experience partnering with CMs to deliver high-quality products
• Familiarity with communication interfaces (e.g. CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, LIN, USB, UART, and JTAG/SWD)
• Experience with firmware testing and debug, scripting, and embedded Linux
• Sound judgment on component and topology tradeoffs
• Hands-on experience debugging circuit-level functionality
• 2–3+ years in a formal leadership role
• Familiarity with ECAD tools (e.g. Altium, OrCAD, KiCAD)
• Analog circuit design from first principles, including filtering, protection, and voltage/current sensing
• Ability to read schematics, board layouts, engineering drawings, and technical documentation
• 10+ years in hardware development. Some experience with test engineering is beneficial
• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Comfortable switching between hands-on lab work and roadmap planning
• Nice to have: automotive, robotics, or AV experience
• Familiarity with automotive standards (e.g. ISO 26262, ISO 16750, AEC-Q)