Electrical Engineer

Job Description:
 
Job Title:          Electrical Engineer
Job Duration:  6+ months
Pay range:       $80-$92 USD per hour
Work Type:      Onsite (Foster City, CA 94404)
 
Overview/Responsibilities:
 
As an Electrical Engineer on our Infotainment and Connectivity Hardware team, you will own the development of some of the key human-machine interfaces (HMI) our riders use to interact with our robot/vehicle. This includes hardware for user authentication, ingress access, communication, and cabin/occupant monitoring. In this highly cross-functional role, you will need to develop requirements, solve challenging design problems, create and test prototypes, and coordinate projects to meet critical company milestones.
 
Responsibilities:
 

• You are expected to be hands-on, investigating issues whenever and wherever they occur to resolve problems, drive design updates, and enable to scale.
• You will specify electrical component and system requirements and lead engineering discussions and development with suppliers including drawing reviews, requirement validation, and change request documentation.
• You will coordinate supplier tooling and production to meet critical vehicle milestones.
• You will collaborate with mechanical, systems, firmware, and software engineering teams as well as system operators to iterate on existing designs and develop future solutions.
• You will conduct root cause analysis during the development, validation, build, and deployment phases for issue resolution including detailed log reviews and component investigations.
• You will support the development and execution of system and component-level validation test plans.
• You will work with manufacturing and quality engineers to mature components and support vehicle build, bring-up, and test activities.

 
Qualifications:
 

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent)
• 5-10 years of experience in electrical component/system design and troubleshooting
• Experience taking a part or assembly from concept through production, working with external suppliers, and managing deliverables for multiple projects
• Automotive (CAN bus, automotive Ethernet, A2B, and other automotive networks), aerospace, or safety critical industry experience
• Experience with on-board digital serial interfaces such as SPI, UART, I2C, and I2S
• Experience with electrical and EMI/C testing

 
Bonus Qualifications:
 

• Knowledge of automotive functional safety (ISO26262) standards
• Firmware / Software experience (managing/developing/testing) including functional knowledge of python, c/c++, and other scripting languages.
• Experience with chassis and/or electromechanical systems
• Experience with high speed bus protocols such as PCIe, Display Port, and HDMI
• Experience using Altium, 3DX, Catia V5/V6, or similar tools