Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

About the position

Owl Labs is hiring a Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Systems Engineering team comprising of Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical Engineering. This is a hands-on role where the ideal candidate has core competencies and subject matter expertise in various aspects of electrical design, and has successfully influenced decision-makers, product features and the customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally to define, guide, and own aspects of system architecture product definition.
• Analyze key system trade-offs and proposing solutions including but not limited to: design of high performance / low power / high-quality products, guiding electrical and mechanical layouts and feature integration feasibility.
• Own high-speed board-level electrical designs which include schematic capture, layout, power budgeting, navigating signal / power integrity, EMC, and RF challenges.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop system validation, which includes testing of Thermal, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Acoustic, Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, and Stress testing.
• Responsible for defining board-level hardware bring-up plan and execution.
• Responsible for defining manufacturing test plan at board and system level. Work closely with 3rd party test fixture vendors to define, develop and validate test fixtures for manufacturing tests.
• Collaborate with Mechanical and Optical team to ensure designs meet Mechanical keep outs, height restrictions and Camera Module related I/O requirements.
• Work with Embedded Firmware and Application Software team on hardware design reviews and debugging issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (master's preferred) in Electrical Engineering with 15+ years of experience in electrical hardware development
• Proven track record on developing consumer products from prototype to mass production
• Must have hands-on experience designing boards with Application Processors from Qualcomm, MediaTek or NXP
• Extensive experience designing high-speed boards involving MIPI, USB, DisplayPort, Sensors, PCIe Gen 3/4, RF (802.11 and Bluetooth), HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, LPDDR 4x/5x, eMMC, UFS, I2S, I2C, and SPI
• Ability to work with 3rd party vendors to guide layout requirements, pre-layout and post-layout Signal Integrity and Power Deliver simulations
• Has worked with audio / video devices including microphones, speakers, and CMOS imaging sensors
• Design experience that meets compliance requirements such as EMC, ESD, Safety, RF and Environmental
• Must have hands-on experience with Electrical Schematic Capture and Layout software such as Altium, OrCAD and Allegro and interactions between EE and ME tools and ERP systems like Arena
• Must have created and influenced system specification documents for electrical, power delivery, thermal and physical fit requirements
• Experience working with offshore OEM, ODM and JDM including manufacturing and assembly processes
• Experience working in a fast-paced engineering environment utilizing real time crisis management skills
• Strong analytical skills using data-driven decisions, back up assumptions, and develop scale of expectations
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, written and verbal communication, and presentation communication skills
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally if needed

Nice-to-haves

• Grit & resilience
• Empathy
• Problem-solving
• Work ethic
• Drive
• Curiosity
• Teamwork & collaboration with peers/co-workers
• A measurable history of performance
• Self-awareness & coachability