Applied Intuition
Senior Electrical Engineer - Compute Hardware
$140K–$220K
Sunnyvale · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 28, 2026
- Experience
- At least 5 years of hands-on hardware design experience.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
About the job
Designs, validates, and brings to production compute hardware for next-generation electric and autonomous vehicles.
What you'll do
- Design electrical schematics and PCBs, and oversee layout for automotive, off-road, and defense applications.
- Coordinate with vendors and cross-functional teams on fabrication, assembly, platform bring-up, and validation.
- Develop and run test plans, document results, and troubleshoot electrical systems.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- At least 5 years of hands-on hardware design experience, including digital design and interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, I2C, SPI, eMMC, USB, UART, and GMSL.
- Proficient in schematic capture and PCB layout.
- Experience testing, validating, and troubleshooting electrical systems; skilled with lab tools and knowledgeable about PCB manufacturing and product delivery.
Nice to have
- Prior experience with automotive, robotics, off-road, defense, real-time, prototype, or high-volume hardware systems.
- Experience with Altium Designer or circuits for cameras and/or displays.
Pay
$140K – $220K USD base salary
Tools
PCIe Gen 3.0/4.0/5.0, Ethernet 1G-T/T1 and 10G-T1, DDR, LPDDR, I2C, SPI, eMMC, Altium Designer
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