Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).
ROLE OVERVIEW
Echodyne is seeking a Component Engineer II to support the development and sustainment of high-performance electronic assemblies that power our breakthrough radar products. You will work closely with our Lead Component Engineer and multidisciplinary design teams to qualify components, manage lifecycle health, and ensure our designs are robust, manufacturable, and supply-chain ready.
Echodyne builds the world’s first compact, solid-state, true beam-steering radars used across autonomous systems, security, transportation, critical infrastructure, and next-generation airspace management. Our radars combine advanced metamaterials with powerful software, enabling unprecedented performance at commercial price points.
As a Component Engineer II, you will contribute directly to our ability to bring new designs to market, sustain released hardware, and navigate the fast-changing electronics supply chain.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the selection, evaluation, and documentation of electronic components for new and existing radar designs
- Review datasheets, parametric data, and supplier documentation to validate compliance against design requirements
- Support environmental & material compliance (including but not limited to RoHS/REACH)
- Contribute to cost and availability aware component tradeoffs
- Support component-level trade studies to assess performance, reliability, availability, and lifecycle status
- Assist with lifecycle/PCN/EOL reviews and alternate identification
- Create and maintain component records, schematic symbols, footprints, 3D models, and metadata in the company ECAD/PLM ecosystem
- Support BOM reviews for new designs, ECOs, and sustaining updates
- Flag lifecycle risks, specification gaps, and questionable components early in the development process
- Participate in evaluation of supplier data, qualification results, and component performance notes
- Support failure analysis for component related issues
- Experience working with electronic components used in mixed-signal, digital, analog, and power-related circuit designs
- Ability to interpret datasheets, evaluate component suitability, and identify key performance and reliability parameters
- Hands-on experience with ECAD environments (Altium preferred; Cadence/Mentor acceptable)
- Experience creating footprints, schematic symbols, and ECAD library items
- Familiarity with PLM environments (Arena, Agile, or similar)
- Strong attention to detail, documentation rigor, and process discipline
- Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams
(Looking for one or more as a complement to the core skills)
- Experience supporting prototype builds and interacting with PCB manufacturers or assembly vendors
- Understanding of PCB fabrication and assembly processes as they relate to component selection and footprint design
- Familiarity with RF, high-speed digital, or power component considerations
- Experience creating inspection or qualification plans for electronic components
- Exposure to component lifecycle management and supply-chain risk evaluation
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field
- 2–4 years or more of experience in component engineering, hardware development, electronics manufacturing, or related discipline
- Eligibility to handle export-controlled information (ITAR/EAR)
Echodyne’s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant’s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.
WHAT WE OFFERThe pay range for this position is $101,000 - $151,300 annuallyThis is an exempt role.
If your skills generally align but not perfectly, please apply anyway. There may be another role that’s a great fit for you!
We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time, US-based employees, including:
- RSU (Restricted Stock Units)
- Generous Benefits:
- Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you
- Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
- Virtual Care – 98Point6
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental Health coverage through Springhealth & Talkspace (Premera)
- Travel Assistance Insurance
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability
- Flexible PTO (exempt) / 15 days per year (non-exempt)
- 401(k) match
- Pet Insurance
- Prepaid Legal Program
- Commuter Benefits
- Paid Company Holidays
All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.
Top Skills
What We Do
Echodyne designs and builds advanced radar solutions that unlock new capabilities for intelligent systems and autonomous machines and shatter price-performance barriers for sensor arrays. Our combination of patented metamaterials electronically scanned array (MESA®) technology with powerful software ultimately means significantly greater situational awareness that increases safety and saves lives. Our first radar is the size of a paperback book, weighs less than bowling pin, draws less power than a light bulb, yet outperforms every comparable radar on the market. We are just getting started.
Echodyne delivers commercial radar solutions for end users and integrators in Government and Defense, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Autonomous Vehicle markets globally. The company is based in Kirkland, Washington and backed by Bill Gates, NEA, Madrona Venture Group, Baillie Gifford, Vulcan Capital, Vanedge Capital, and Irongrey among others.
Discover more at echodyne.com.
