Senior Electrical Engineer

About Lyte

Lyte builds perception systems for Physical AI operating in complex environments. The company combines custom silicon, integrated sensors, and software into a unified platform for robotics, mobility, and next-generation automation. Lyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a global presence. For more information, visit www.lyte.ai

If you’re excited about building impactful technology in a dynamic, hands-on environment, we’d love to hear from you!

About the role

• We are seeking Senior Level Electrical Engineer with degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

What you'll do

• Own electrical designs from concept through production - spanning power, motor control, sensing, communication, and mixed-signal electronics for robotics platform.
• Generate electrical schematics / layouts and bring-up power, digital and mixed-signal printed circuit board assemblies, including but not limited to, main logic boards (MLBs), control boards, test and characterization boards (SoCs, FPGAs, analog front ends, testing ASICs, multi-chip packages), interface boards for high-speed video and networking connections to NVIDIA Jetson and Thor platforms.
• Collaborate across diverse teams to resolve cross-functional issues including those related to architecture (performance, power consumption, thermal behavior), production (quality, failure analysis, manufacturing, cost), compliance (safety, reliability, regulatory, environmental) and overall system integration
• Design for volume manufacturing and support factory engineers from prototyping to product launch.
• Develop engineering test plans and methodologies for in-circuit and functional testing.
• Validate power and signal integrity in laboratory settings, ensuring alignment with design specifications, identify design issues and propose corrective actions.
• Ability to support multiple projects concurrently, ensuring timely completion of design and validation tasks.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience
• Proficiency with Altium 365, Cadence Orcad, Allegro, PLM tools such as Arena and Component Management database
• Recognized expert across the electrical engineering domain with deep specialization in critical areas involving SoCs, camera, sensors, power/energy management architectures and high-speed interfaces such as USB 3.1 Gen 2, LPDDR4/4x, MIPI, 10G/25G Ethernet and PCIe Gen 2/3
• Drive cost optimization, design for test, design for manufacturability, and endurance maximization
• Hands-on with PCB layout of power distribution network (PDN), analog and digital signals accounting for system-level timing, loss budget including silicon, package and board impairments
• Experience with lab measurements, debugging, and SI correlations using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzer, VNA and TDR
• Fluent in English communication, able to collaborate with teammates in different time zones
• Ability to travel internationally as needed
• Maintain company confidential information are a must

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree with more experience is highly desired
• Familiarity with Ansys SIwave, Ansys HFSS, Cadence Sigrity, and Keysight ADS.

• Robotics, mobile platforms, or autonomous systems experience
• Sensor integration (cameras, solid-state LiDAR, IMU)
• Embedded firmware / hardware integration experience (C/C++, Python)
• Functional safety design experience (ISO 26262, IEC 61508)
• Proactive member of the multi-disciplinary team, takes ownership of technical challenges and work with others to resolve issues
• Data analysis experience such as JMPs is a plus; Excel is OK.

Benefits (subject to location and local regulations)

• Competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible vacation and time-off policy
• Collaborative, fast-paced, and inclusive work environment
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies with a highly cross-functional team