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.

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.

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