Senior Hardware Systems Engineer

Summary

Join Samsara's fast-growing product line and team as a Senior Electrical Systems Electrical Engineer to drive the EE aspects of architecture and design for products based on thorough feasibility, design, and cost studies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience shipping high volume hardware programs with ODM and JDM partners
• Systems design expertise such as chipset/SoC selection, power optimization, antennas/RF, batteries, sensors, PCB design, etc
• Proven record navigating tradeoffs between design, manufacturability, schedule, and cost
• Worked on a wide variety of systems for different use cases including automotive, indoor and outdoor industrial areas leveraging low power, wireless (LTE, BLE, WiFi, GPS), embedded AI/ML, imaging, sensors, etc
• Proven record of system bring up/debug including desense, validation, power, etc
• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field
• Ability to travel up to 25% when necessary
• Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive independent work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Ship successful products at scale (High Volume)
• Conduct research: Stay informed of the latest silicon possibilities from all the top semiconductor companies
• Be an architect: Evaluate system feature tradeoffs and create the system specifications for development with product management and cross-functional engineering teams
• Spearhead the development process from prototyping through field validation according to performance, cost and schedule goals
• Manage: We bolster our internal development team with top JDM companies to design, validate, certify and manufacture quality products, certification labs and other external consultants
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with certifications and testing involved with industrial and automotive settings (ISO16750, AECQ100, etc)
• Schematic and layout experience in Altium and Cadence Allegro
• Systems design expertise with cameras, extreme environmental conditions
• Experience with design for supply, design for reliability / testing, design for manufacture

Benefits

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more