BS or MS in Electrical Engineering with 7+ years of experience in vehicle or industrial machine electrical systems design.
Experience managing a product through its full lifecycle from requirements to production release.
Ability to translate high-level requirements into detailed design documents including schematics and test plans.
Expertise in sub-100 V DC battery distribution and motor inverter control interfaces.
Knowledge of high-speed compute architecture for x86 and ARM modules, including power supply integration.
Familiarity with antenna design and integration for wireless communication systems.
Proficient in wire harnessing and connector requirements for complex autonomous mobile robots.
Responsibilities
Translate vehicle requirements into detailed electrical design documents including schematics and test plans.
Own the electrical architecture for new vehicles, focusing on battery distribution and motor control.
Engineer the compute subsystem, ensuring power supply and thermal management for high-speed interfaces.
Integrate antennas and radios for various communication technologies, ensuring optimal placement and performance.
Design comprehensive harnesses for autonomous vehicles, managing supplier RFQs and production hand-offs.
Lead bench-top testing and vehicle bring-up, collaborating with firmware and mechanical teams to resolve issues.
Support compliance testing and validation, ensuring adherence to safety and emissions standards.
Benefits
Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision) with multiple plan options.
Ancillary benefits including accident and critical illness plans.
Company-paid basic life insurance with optional supplemental coverage.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options.
Employee Assistance Program for personal support.
1:1 Health Concierge service for personalized health management.
Company 401(k) plan for retirement savings.
Commuter benefits to ease travel costs.
Flexible PTO policy for work-life balance.
Paid parental leave for new parents.
Daily lunches for in-office employees and a fully-stocked kitchen with snacks.
Full Job Description
About the role
We are searching for a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the electrical systems of our autonomous industrial vehicles, from 48 V power distribution and motor drives to the compute platform, its power supplies and its radios. Our vehicles are complex autonomous mobile machines: multi-kilowatt traction and steering, safety-rated stop chains, LIDARs and cameras on high-speed links, and an x86 or ARM compute platform with cellular, Wi-Fi and GNSS connectivity, all carried on harnesses that must survive years of industrial duty. You will take the next vehicle from system requirements through electrical architecture, detailed design and harness release, then through bench and vehicle bring-up, validation and compliance testing, and into production. Along the way you will help define the common controller platform that our future vehicles will share.
What you'll do
Turn high-level vehicle requirements from systems engineering and architecture into detailed electrical design documents: architecture, power and signal budgets, interface control documents, schematics, harness drawings, design reviews and test plans
Own the electrical architecture of a new vehicle: battery and sub-100 V DC distribution for multi-motor traction and steering, motor inverter selection and control interfaces, contactors and fusing, DC/DC conversion, charging, and the safety-rated stop and interlock chain
Engineer the compute subsystem: power supplies, sequencing and protection for x86 and ARM compute modules and their peripherals; thermal and power budgets; routing requirements for high-speed interfaces up to PCIe Gen 4 and for multi-gigabit sensor and Ethernet links, working with an external layout partner where needed
Own antenna and radio integration for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LTE / 5G and active GNSS / GPS, including antenna placement on a metal vehicle, RF cabling, grounding and co-existence
Design harnesses end to end for a complex autonomous mobile robot: schematics, wire sizing, sealed connector selection, routing and strain relief, harness drawings and formboards; run the supplier RFQ and first article for production harnesses
Own the bench-top electrical twin and lead vehicle power-on and bring-up with the firmware and controls engineers; drive issues to root cause across electrical, firmware and mechanical
Support validation and compliance testing: unintentional-emissions testing to FCC Part 15 Class B, EMC immunity pre-compliance, and electrical-safety evidence for industrial vehicles (the ISO 13849, ISO 3691-4 and UL 3100 class of standards), plus hazard analysis and FMEA. Prepare the units, act as the technical owner at the lab, and close the findings in the design
Design the electrical test fixtures for production (harness continuity and hipot, end-of-line functional test, safety-function test) and support contract-manufacturer bring-up; release BOMs and drawings through the PLM system with second-source and domestic-sourcing constraints in mind
Qualifications
BS or MS in Electrical Engineering and 7+ years designing electrical systems for vehicles, robots or industrial machines
Has taken at least one product through the full lifecycle (requirements, design, design verification and validation, compliance, production release) to shipment, and managed the details along the way
Comfortable turning high-level requirements from systems engineers and architects into detailed design documents: architecture, interface definitions, schematics, drawings and test plans
Vehicle electrical design: sub-100 V DC battery distribution, motor inverters and their control interfaces, contactors and fusing, DC/DC conversion, safety-rated I/O
High-speed compute architecture: has engineered power supplies, sequencing and board-level integration for x86 and ARM compute modules
Familiar with routing requirements for high-speed interfaces up to PCIe Gen 4 and for multi-gigabit sensor and Ethernet links
Familiar with antenna design and integration, and with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LTE / 5G and active GNSS / GPS systems on vehicles
Detailed knowledge of wire harnessing and connector requirements for complex AMRs: sealed connector families, routing, drawings and production hand-off
Has supported compliance testing, including unintentional-emissions testing to FCC Part 15 Class B and EMC immunity; working knowledge of the functional-safety and electrical-safety standards for industrial vehicles (ISO 13849, ISO 3691-4, UL 3100)
Fluent in CAN / CANopen, with hands-on bring-up and debug experience (oscilloscope, CAN tools, safe practices around high-current DC)
Familiarity with the design release process using PLM tools (Arena or similar); strong documentation and communication
Bonus Qualifications
Robotics or autonomous-vehicle experience (AMRs, AGVs, field robots)
Has led a compute or controller board program with an external layout partner (a Staff-level signal)
Full EMC test campaigns at an accredited lab; UL or CE machinery submissions
Rugged HMI, tablet or display integration; wireless remote-control hardware
Benefits & Perks
Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision) through Aetna, Kaiser Permanente, and Guardian, with multiple plan tiers to choose from
Ancillary benefits including accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans (Voya)
Company-paid basic life insurance, plus voluntary (supplemental) life for you and your dependents
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
HSA and FSA (Health & Dependent Daycare)
Employee Assistance Program
1:1 Health Concierge
Company 401(k)
Commuter Benefits
Flexible PTO policy
Paid Parental Leave
Daily lunches for in-office employees and fully-stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages
The pay range for this role is:
160,000 - 180,000 USD per year (HQ - Terra Bella)
About CYNGN
Cyanogen Inc. was a company that developed open-source software for Android devices. The company was founded in 2013 by Kirt McMaster, Steve Kondik and others. CyanogenMod was the company's initial product. CyanogenMod was a customized, aftermarket firmware distribution for Android devices. CyanogenMod was based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). CyanogenMod was designed to increase performance and reliability over Android-based ROMs released by vendors and carriers. CyanogenMod was discontinued in 2016. Cyanogen Inc. also developed other software products, such as the Cyanogen OS, which was a commercial version of CyanogenMod. Cyanogen OS was pre-installed on some smartphones, such as the OnePlus One, the YU Yureka, and the Wileyfox Swift. Cyanogen Inc. also developed the MOD platform, which was a platform for developers to create and distribute mods for Android devices. Cyanogen Inc. was dissolved in 2016.
