Tacit
System Electrical Engineer
$180K–$220K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in electrical engineering, hardware design, or hardware validation.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship
About the job
Validates, debugs, and improves electrical blocks in sensing hardware from prototype development toward production.
What you'll do
- Bring up prototype boards and validate and characterize electrical blocks across operating conditions.
- Root-cause hardware issues and translate findings into schematic, PCB, and test improvements.
- Build repeatable bench tests, analyze results for yield and reliability, and support production testing and manufacturer builds.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in electrical engineering, hardware design, or hardware validation.
- Strong EE fundamentals and hands-on hardware debugging and board bring-up experience.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB design for multilayer boards, using Altium Designer or an equivalent tool.
Nice to have
- Python or similar scripting for lab automation and instrument control (PyVISA, SCPI).
- Experience with wearable, body-worn, or battery-powered devices with tight power, size, and thermal limits.
Pay
$180K – $220K USD base salary
Tools
Altium Designer, USB, Quad-SPI, MIPI, DDR, I2C, SPI, UART
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