Senior Electrical Engineer
$190,000–$284,000 year
On-siteLos Angeles, California, United States
Job Summary
Define, design, review, and supervise schematic and layout for PCB designs, leading technical discussions to provide architectural-level trade-offs for performance, power, area, and cost. Test and validate electrical designs including memory interfaces, power regulators, and power delivery networks while owning challenging failure analysis through hand-on debugging and root cause analysis. Lead junior engineers through best practices and collaborate with firmware, software, thermal, and RF teams to align on requirements. Travel internationally up to 20% to support development builds onsite at external suppliers and partners. This role joins the Spectacles team at Snap Inc., where Specs Inc. develops advanced eyewear that integrates digital experiences into the physical world using Snap OS.
Required Qualifications
- BS/BA degree in Electrical Engineering, related field, or equivalent years of experience
- 7+ years of relevant experience in electrical or hardware engineering
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and understanding of best practices
- Familiarity with Rigid, Flex and Rigid Flex PCB design
- Experience in electronic design, including component selection, schematic design, and familiarity with tools like Cadence Allegro and OrCAD Capture
- Experience with lab instrumentation
- Travel internationally up to 20% to support development builds onsite at external suppliers and partners
Desired Qualifications
- MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Demonstrated experience developing and shipping consumer electronic products at scale
- Experience with integrated circuit design such as VHDL or analog design
- Knowledge of layout strategies to meet Power Delivery Network impedance targets or in deriving power impedance masks
- Excellent process development and documentation skills
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