Senior Electrical Engineer

Brain Corp is a San Diego-based AI company that specializes in the development of self-driving technology. Our AI tech represents the next generation of artificial brains for robots - it enables machines to perceive, learn, and navigate complex environments, while avoiding people and obstacles. We partner with commercial equipment manufacturers, and global consumer electronics brands, to transform their products into self-driving robots.

This position is for an experienced, hands-on Senior Electrical Engineer to design, develop, modify, and evaluate electrical circuitry to be used on autonomous mobile robots in a fast and dynamic product development environment.
 

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Developer of board and circuit designs incorporating specialized hardware devices such as CPUs, MCUs, FPGAs, cameras, analog and digital sensors, motor drivers, etc.
• Independently responsible for all stages of electrical hardware design and development for complex products, solutions, and platforms, including design, validation, tooling, manufacturing, and testing
• Create detailed electrical design package (including specifications, BOMs, schematics, wiring diagrams, analyses, etc.) to support design reviews, testing, certifications, and production
• Review and evaluate designs and project activities for compliance with technology and development guidelines and standards to improve product quality
• Manage and expand relationships with internal and outsourced development partners on electrical hardware design and development
• Perform peer-review of associates’ designs, and provide guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members

Required Experience

• Design and layout of high speed Single Board Computers
• Using CAD tools and software packages such as OrCAD, Altium, Allegro, etc.
• Experience with board designs that include high performance CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, Buck/Boost PWM controllers and microcontrollers
• Design experience with high speed differential buses such as PCIE, SATA and USB3
• Design experience with DDR3-4 Memory arrays
• Evaluate and propose modeling and testing methodologies to validate component, circuit, and hardware designs and thermal/emissions management
• Design for manufacturability and design for test experience

Requirements:

• BS/MS degree in EE or equivalent
• 8+ years hands-on experience designing hardware devices
• Experience working with robots is a plus
• Experience with power supply design, power inverters, power conditioning, and power distribution in a noisy environment
• Familiar with signal integrity optimization techniques
• Experience using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, soldering equipment, etc.
• Understanding of analog signal conditioning and digital sensor processing; including IR, sonar, and MEMS sensors
• Experience with serial communication busses including UART, USART, SPI, I2C, CAN bus, USB, Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Experience sourcing electronic components and working with domestic and international PCB manufacturing and assembly facilities
• Desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment with high expectations
• Self-motivated and self-starter, problem solver unfazed by ambiguity

Additional Preferred Experience:

• Experience with wireless technology. (e.g WiFi, Bluetooth, 4G, LTE, etc.)
• Experience with high-current brushed DC motors
• Familiar with EMI mitigation and noise reduction techniques
• Experience with various FCC, IEC, UL, CSA, ISO, CE, and ANSI standards

Travel: Limited domestic and international travel will be required (10% of time)