About the Role
This is a single hire onto a hardware team of five to six, working out of the company's in-house lab in San Francisco. The electrical engineer works on small form factor consumer devices, and the expectation is breadth rather than depth in one narrow specialty: the team is small enough that engineers carry a product from early prototype through to production, including the parts of the job that would sit with a separate function at a larger company.
The hardware team is led by an early Tesla engineer, and the group sits alongside software, firmware, and industrial design in the same space, with prototyping happening continuously. Today, the team is concentrated on the product closest to launch; as the company grows, engineers will split into pods, with one group on the priority device and another on products a year or more out. Some devices go into mass production, and others are built for smaller runs, which gives more room to experiment on the product side.
What You'll Own
- Electrical design for small form factor consumer devices, carried from early prototype through to production
- Hands-on prototyping and bring-up in the in-house lab, with fast iteration cycles alongside industrial design
- Cross-functional work with firmware, software, and design teams to bring a device from concept to a shipped product
- Design decisions that account for both mass production and smaller, more experimental production runs
- Broad ownership across the electrical scope of a product rather than one narrow subsystem
Requirements
Must-Have
- 8+ years of electrical engineering experience, with a strong preference for consumer products
- Experience with small form factor hardware, where size, thermals, and packaging constrain the design
- A track record of carrying electrical work from prototype through to production, rather than owning a single subsystem within a larger program
- Ability to operate in a small team with high autonomy: self-managing, taking on whatever the product needs, and working without heavy process
- On-site in San Francisco, 5 days per week
Nice-to-Have
- Adjacent product categories where the constraints translate, such as certain medical devices, consumer appliances, and kitchen hardware
- Strong personal hardware projects or independent building outside of work
- Experience taking a consumer device through mass production
- Direct collaboration experience with firmware and industrial design teams
Pay: $160,000.00 - $250,000.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- 8 to 12 years of electrical engineering experience, with a strong preference for consumer products?
- Do you have experience with small form factor hardware, where size, thermals, and packaging constrain the design?
- Do you have a track record of carrying electrical work from prototype through to production, rather than owning a single subsystem within a larger program?
Work Location: In person
