Scout AI
Senior Electrical Engineer
$180K–$297K
Sunnyvale, CA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities; may be expected to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
About the job
Designs, prototypes, validates, and prepares electronics for production across robotic vehicle platforms.
What you'll do
- Design, bring up, and implement PCBAs; define system electrical architecture.
- Integrate electronics with mechanical, software, and firmware systems, and troubleshoot issues.
- Procure components and boards, assemble and rework PCBAs and wiring harnesses, and help shape the team and roadmap.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of experience designing, testing, and ramping up PCBA manufacturing.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Strong schematic capture, layout, circuit design, Altium Designer, and electronic test equipment skills.
- Experience with SPI, I2C, or UART and high-speed interfaces such as PCIe or MIPI CSI; must be a U.S. Person.
Nice to have
- PCBA manufacturing, large-quantity production, or high-rate electrical test experience.
- Firmware development or basic MCU bring-up experience (C or C++).
Pay
$180K – $297K (currency and whether base salary or total pay not stated)
Tools
Altium Designer, SPI, I2C, UART, PCIe, MIPI CSI, C, C++
AI focus
Works with hardware, robotics, and AI teams to produce accurate, stable, production-ready sensor data for robotic systems.
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