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Senior Electrical Engineer

Raydar · San Mateo · United States

Salary
$180,000–$240,000 per year
Contract
Full time
Occupation
Electrical Engineer

Posted: 9/19/2026 · Last checked: 10/29/2026

Job description

Quoted in full from Raydar's job posting. Gavroche does not edit it.

About the company

Our client is a robotics company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own electrical system integration for robotic hardware, combining power electronics, sensor integration, and hands-on electromagnetic compatibility work.

What you'll do

- Design and validate motor drivers, power electronics, and sensor circuits.

- Define grounding, shielding, filtering, and cable strategies.

- Integrate sensors and communications at the circuit-board level.

- Debug hardware and electromagnetic interference in the laboratory.

- Balance performance, reliability, manufacturing, cost, and schedule across disciplines.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- 5 to 12 years of relevant electrical engineering experience.

- A bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, robotics, mechatronics, or a related field.

- Ownership of electrical hardware from schematic and layout through bring-up, validation, and production.

- Hands-on EMC/EMI design and debugging experience.

- Strong PCB layout, power electronics, analog circuit, and system-level design skills.

- Ability to explain tradeoffs across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and controls teams.

Bonus points

- Robotics, drones, electric vehicles, or motor-driven system experience.

- Sensor integration and CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, or RS-485 experience.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 240,000 per year.

- Equity: Competitive equity.

- Relocation support.

Location and work model

- Full-time onsite in San Mateo, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

- Visa support is described for O-1, H-1B, and TN categories; eligibility is reviewed during hiring.

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Similar roles in San Mateo

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What electrical engineer adverts in the United States state

Middle half: 132,500 – 197,125 USD a year; median 167,500 USD.

From 436 adverts by 103 employers that state a salary, annualised.

How electrical engineer roles in the United States are worked

1% fully remote · 1% hybrid · 98% do not say

Of 181 adverts. An advert that does not state a work mode is counted as not saying, not as on-site.

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263 openings over 12 weeks, by the week they were published.

Other roles at Raydar

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