Senior / Staff Electrical Engineer

Waabi's autonomous vehicles run on road-ready custom electronics. In this role, you'll own that hardware from schematic to vehicle. You'll design boards, work with our contract manufacturers to build them, bring them up in the lab, and prove they hold up in the real world. You will also be responsible for ensuring the quality of our designs by designing test fixtures and working on V&V efforts.

This is an onsite position to be based in Pittsburgh/SF with the expectations of 3-4 days onsite.

You Will...

Design & Test

• Design PCBAs across high-speed, power, analog, and digital circuits

• Translate OEM technical and non-functional requirements into board-level design decisions

• Take modules from requirements through customer delivery

• Develop new modules or features, weighing COTS versus custom hardware

• Verify circuit designs with SPICE or equivalent

• Own board bring-up at scale and direct technician work

• Debug and solder at the component level using scopes, signal generators, DMMs, and other lab equipment

• Support vehicle end-of-line testing by diagnosing board- and vehicle-level issues

• Build module end-of-line test fixtures and load boxes with the design and V&V teams

• Test designs under nominal and stressed electrical and environmental conditions

• Support EMI/EMC testing and qualification

Manufacturing & Quality

• Manage CM builds from fabrication through assembly, tracking schedules and flagging risks early

• Scale hardware from low-volume prototypes to reliable high-volume production

• Develop quality controls and in-process monitors with the quality team

• Lead incoming inspection, rework, hand assembly, and enclosure integration with technicians

• Ensure compliance with OEM partner and internal quality standards

• Track components, boards, and assemblies: what's on hand, in transit, and due for reorder

Collaboration & Process

• Work closely with systems, firmware, mechanical, V&V, bring-up, and quality teams

• Document procedures, test results, design revisions, and performance data for traceability

• Define and improve internal processes and quality standards

Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field

• 10+ years in hardware development. Some experience with test engineering is beneficial

• 2-3+ years in a formal leadership role

• Analog circuit design from first principles, including filtering, protection, and voltage/current sensing

• Familiarity with ECAD tools (e.g. Altium, OrCAD, KiCAD)

• Sound judgment on component and topology tradeoffs

• Hands-on experience debugging circuit-level functionality

• Experience partnering with CMs to deliver high-quality products

• Ability to read schematics, board layouts, engineering drawings, and technical documentation

• Familiarity with communication interfaces (e.g. CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, LIN, USB, UART, and JTAG/SWD)

• Familiarity with automotive standards (e.g. ISO 26262, ISO 16750, AEC-Q)

• Experience with firmware testing and debug, scripting, and embedded Linux

• Comfortable switching between hands-on lab work and roadmap planning

• Nice to have: automotive, robotics, or AV experience