Senior Electrical Engineer

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Draw on deep hands-on electrical engineering experience to create practical technical exercises for engineering organizations across several sectors. Guide a small group of contract and intern engineers, consult directly with senior engineering leaders, and lead an internal research effort that maps out the skills within the discipline.

What you'll do

• Author practical exercises in board layout, schematic capture and circuit analysis for clients in aerospace, robotics and manufacturing.
• Direct a group of contractors and interns, handing out assignments and reviewing the quality of their output.
• Hold discovery conversations with engineering directors and vice presidents to learn how their teams work and shape content to fit.
• Lead a research initiative that decomposes electrical engineering into its component skills and coverage areas.
• Partner closely with the founder and a mechanical engineer on product direction.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• 4 to 10 years of experience as an electrical engineer, ideally in a space and defense setting.
• Breadth across electrical domains such as power, avionics, embedded systems and controls.
• Proficiency with at least one ECAD tool, such as Altium or KiCad.
• End-to-end PCB and schematic design experience.
• Senior engineer level or above.
• Experience interviewing or mentoring junior engineers.
• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering.
• Comfort holding technical discussions with senior engineering leaders at client companies.
• Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate.
• Curiosity about electrical engineering beyond the day job, such as personal projects.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 130,000 to 200,000 per year
• Equity

Location and work model

• San Francisco, CA, United States
• Hybrid, minimum 3 days per week in office
• Full-time