Senior Electrical Engineer

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San Mateo, CA, USA
In-Office
180K-240K Annually
Senior level
Professional Services • Consulting
The Role
Own electrical system integration for robotic hardware, including motor drivers, power electronics, sensor circuits, PCB design, grounding, shielding, filtering, cabling, and communications. Design, validate, and debug hardware and electromagnetic interference in the laboratory while managing tradeoffs across performance, reliability, manufacturing, cost, and schedule. Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, and controls teams through schematic, layout, bring-up, validation, and production.
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About the company

Our client is a robotics company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own electrical system integration for robotic hardware, combining power electronics, sensor integration, and hands-on electromagnetic compatibility work.

What you'll do

- Design and validate motor drivers, power electronics, and sensor circuits.

- Define grounding, shielding, filtering, and cable strategies.

- Integrate sensors and communications at the circuit-board level.

- Debug hardware and electromagnetic interference in the laboratory.

- Balance performance, reliability, manufacturing, cost, and schedule across disciplines.


Requirements

What we're looking for

- 5 to 12 years of relevant electrical engineering experience.

- A bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, robotics, mechatronics, or a related field.

- Ownership of electrical hardware from schematic and layout through bring-up, validation, and production.

- Hands-on EMC/EMI design and debugging experience.

- Strong PCB layout, power electronics, analog circuit, and system-level design skills.

- Ability to explain tradeoffs across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and controls teams.

Bonus points

- Robotics, drones, electric vehicles, or motor-driven system experience.

- Sensor integration and CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, or RS-485 experience.


Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 240,000 per year.

- Equity: Competitive equity.

- Relocation support.

Location and work model

- Full-time onsite in San Mateo, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

- Visa support is described for O-1, H-1B, and TN categories; eligibility is reviewed during hiring.

Skills Required

  • 5 to 12 years of relevant electrical engineering experience
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, robotics, mechatronics, or a related field
  • Experience owning electrical hardware from schematic and layout through bring-up, validation, and production
  • Hands-on EMC/EMI design and debugging experience
  • Strong PCB layout, power electronics, analog circuit, and system-level design skills
  • Ability to explain tradeoffs across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and controls teams
  • Experience with robotics, drones, electric vehicles, or motor-driven systems
  • Experience with sensor integration and CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, or RS-485
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The Company
28 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.

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