Senior Staff Electrical Engineer, XR Hardware

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's XR Hardware Engineering team is seeking a Staff Hardware Electrical Engineer to define electrical architecture for cutting-edge XR devices from concept to mass production. You will lead cross-functional alignment across Silicon, Product Design (Mechanical), Display/Optics, Firmware, and System Integration teams.

You will operate with technical autonomy, resolving ambiguity, architect subsystem interconnects, and mentor junior engineers to ensure robust hardware design reviews and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• Experience leading hardware design projects and architecture decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define system-level electrical architecture and PCB stackups for compact XR devices.
• Design and optimize power distribution networks and high-speed interfaces to meet power, thermal, and SI/PI limits.
• Integrate silicon, display optics drivers, camera/sensor suites, and wireless coexistence.
• Lead board bring-up, lab characterization, and hardware debugging across prototype builds.
• Mentor junior engineers and establish hardware design review processes.

Skills

Technical leadership

Hardware development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

HDI PCB design tools

Job description

Google's XR Hardware Engineering team is seeking a Staff Hardware Electrical Engineer to define electrical architecture for cutting-edge XR devices from concept to mass production. You will lead cross-functional alignment across Silicon, Product Design (Mechanical), Display/Optics, Firmware, and System Integration teams.

You will operate with technical autonomy, resolving ambiguity, architect subsystem interconnects, and mentor junior engineers to ensure robust hardware design reviews and