Senior Electrical Engineer

About The Role

This role will influence the design of the next generation of Digit, aimed at meeting customer needs at a commercial scale. The Senior Engineer will help drive the robot design and will develop robust and reliable electronics for this and future robot generations. Collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers is essential to understand product requirements and ensure designs are robust, safe, and production-ready.

The Senior Electrical Engineer's responsibilities include:

• Implementing Printed Circuit Board schematics and implementing and/or overseeing PCB layout to create PCB engineering deliverables for release.
• Estimating duration of work efforts to contribute to project schedules.
• Identifying, selecting, and qualifying components; generating new parts & symbols.
• Creating engineering verification checklists, executing verification, and documenting results.
• Executing design and release checklists and presenting your design at cross‑functional design reviews.
• Executing rapid prototyping and bring‑up of electrical systems at the board level.
• Implementing design for emissions, test, manufacturing, and assembly test.
• Participating in debugging efforts and root cause analysis for hardware and software defects within Engineering, Systems, and Operations.
• Managing _________ ambiguity – (capable of filling in the blanks)

Candidates should possess the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
• 7 or more years of electrical design experience.
• Deep experience with Altium for component generation and schematic entry.
• Experience managing inside and outside PCB layout designers, including written layout briefs.
• Experience in embedded controls, high‑speed differential signaling, microcontrollers, memory buses, digital design, and power electronics (switching power supplies).
• 3D visualization capabilities to imagine and optimize space‑constrained circuitry in challenging mechanical and thermal environments.

Candidates should thrive in a highly dynamic environment with rapidly evolving requirements, tight schedules, and enjoy building collaborative relationships on a daily basis.

Candidates with more of the following will be more highly regarded:

• An advanced degree with robotics experience.
• Technical knowledge and hands‑on experience with one or more of:
  • High‑capacity Li batteries and BMS implementations.
  • DC‑DC conversion (switching power supplies, standard and LDO linear regulators).
  • Sensor fusion (Lidar, radar, cameras, etc.).
  • RF SOM and antenna design.
  • Flex circuit design.
  • Cable harness design (esp. Altium Harness experience).
  • Analog design, especially sensing and instrumentation (sensors, op‑amps & A/Ds).
  • Motors and motor control, particularly BLDC motors.
• Multidisciplinary debugging techniques operable in the engineering lab or factory floor.
• Adjacent engineering disciplines (PCB layout, firmware, mechanical, test).
• Project management experience (especially using Jira).
• Altium super‑user for schematics or layout.
• A strong understanding of structured product development (including requirements‑driven engineering, comprehensive documentation, and rigorous verification).

• This a hybrid position based out of our Fremont office. Candidates should anticipate regular travel to Salem, Oregon, averaging one week per month over a year, with bursts of extended stays in Salem during critical project phases.

Anticipated Base Salary Range: $174,000 – $226,000 USD

In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full‑time employees:

• 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
• Equity: Company stock options.
• Insurance Coverage: 100% company‑paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long‑term disability insurance for employees.
• Benefit
  
  Start Date:
  
  Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
• Well‑Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Time Off:
  • Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
  • Non‑Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
• On‑Site…