Senior Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• What You Will Own
• As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will architect and deliver the electrical systems that enable AIM's autonomous machines to operate safely and reliably in the field.
• Architect & Build Electrical Systems for Autonomy
• Architect end-to-end electrical subsystems, including compute/MCU platforms, sensor interfaces, power architectures, safety/fault-detection circuitry, and communication buses.
• Translate product and customer requirements into hardware architectures and detailed electrical designs.
• Define electrical integration approaches across autonomy, mechanical, and OEM platforms.
• Design, Implement & Validate Electronics
• Own the full lifecycle of PCBA designs (schematic → simulation → layout → bring-up → validation) using Altium.
• Perform circuit-level simulations (SPICE), signal-integrity analysis, power budgeting, and thermal considerations.
• Validate designs through analog/digital testing, hardware debugging, and failure analysis using oscilloscopes, DMMs, and signal analyzers.
• Design wiring harnesses and connectors suitable for harsh, real-world environments.
• Develop Test, Validation & Safety Mechanisms
• Own electrical and firmware-driven automated test systems for manufacturing test, design validation, and field diagnostics.
• Partner with Product and Safety to define reliability and environmental test specifications (humidity, vibration, temperature, ingress).
• Ensure designs are compliant with safety and functional safety frameworks (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 15998).
• Integrate Across Autonomy, Software, Mechanical & Field Ops
• Work with autonomy and software teams to define electrical interfaces, communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I²C, Ethernet), and cross-domain failure behaviors.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers on packaging, thermal, structural, and environmental constraints.
• Work with Field Deployment to incorporate operational truth and real-world debugging into electrical design improvements.
• Own End-to-End Execution
• Work with vendors and assembly houses to scale prototyping and manufacturing of electrical systems.
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective-action loops for reliability issues in lab and field.
• Ensure electrical systems meet performance, manufacturability, serviceability, and reliability requirements at production scale.
• Raise the Electrical Engineering Bar
• Mentor junior and mid-level electrical engineers; lead design reviews and architecture discussions.
• Improve electrical engineering mechanisms - schematic standards, layout reviews, test frameworks, documentation, and vendor qualification.
• Help define what Electrical Engineering excellence looks like at AIM.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 7+ years of experience designing and delivering production electrical systems.
• Strong proficiency in schematic design, PCB layout, and electrical simulation (SPICE).
• Hands-on experience with analog/digital validation, oscilloscopes, DMMs, logic analyzers, and lab bring-up.
• Experience with CAN, UART, Ethernet, and other communication protocols.
• Experience with harness design, ruggedized connectors, and systems for harsh environments.
• Experience debugging EMI/EMC issues and designing for compliance.
• Proven ability to deliver reliable, fault-tolerant electrical systems in cross-functional contexts.
• Experience collaborating with mechanical, software, autonomy, and field teams.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in robotics, autonomy, automotive, off-road machinery, or other ruggedized systems.
• Experience with MCU firmware for embedded systems.
• Experience with power electronics, DC-DC conversion, load management, or battery systems.
• Experience designing to functional safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 15998, ISO 10218).
• Experience scaling designs from prototype to manufacturing and field deployment.
• How You'll Stand Out
• You design electrical systems that are simple, robust, and deeply reliable.
• You anticipate failure modes early and build systems that degrade safely.
• You balance analytical rigor with practical, field-informed engineering judgment.
• You elevate the quality, reliability, and clarity of electrical designs across the organization.
• You convert ambiguous requirements into clean hardware architectures.
• You own outcomes end-to-end - from prototype to production to field reliability.
• What We Offer
• Opportunity to build electronics that directly shape the future of autonomy and heavy equipment robotics.
• High-impact ownership across AIM's autonomy stack and global deployments.
• Collaboration with world-class engineers across software, autonomy, hardware, and robotics.
• Competitive compensation, equity, medical/dental/vision, 401(k), life insurance.
• Travel opportunities to customer jobsites across the U.S., Australia, Europe, Africa, South America, and more.

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