Senior Electrical Engineer
Raydar
Senior Electrical Engineer
Raydar
AI-powered recruiting agency for tech roles
Raydar · San Francisco, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-01
Salary: USD 130,000–200,000
Workplace: hybrid
About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Draw on deep hands-on electrical engineering experience to create practical technical exercises for engineering organizations across several sectors. Guide a small group of contract and intern engineers, consult directly with senior engineering leaders, and lead an internal research effort that maps out the skills within the discipline.
What you'll do
- Author practical exercises in board layout, schematic capture and circuit analysis for clients in aerospace, robotics and manufacturing.
- Direct a group of contractors and interns, handing out assignments and reviewing the quality of their output.
- Hold discovery conversations with engineering directors and vice presidents to learn how their teams work and shape content to fit.
- Lead a research initiative that decomposes electrical engineering into its component skills and coverage areas.
- Partner closely with the founder and a mechanical engineer on product direction.
What we're looking for
- 4 to 10 years of experience as an electrical engineer, ideally in a space and defense setting.
- Breadth across electrical domains such as power, avionics, embedded systems and controls.
- Proficiency with at least one ECAD tool, such as Altium or KiCad.
- End-to-end PCB and schematic design experience.
- Senior engineer level or above.
- Experience interviewing or mentoring junior engineers.
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering.
- Comfort holding technical discussions with senior engineering leaders at client companies.
- Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate.
- Curiosity about electrical engineering beyond the day job, such as personal projects.
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 130,000 to 200,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Hybrid, minimum 3 days per week in office
- Full-time
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Raydar is an AI-powered talent acquisition firm that serves tech-focused organizations on a contingency basis, charging client companies only after a successful hire. It uses proprietary AI to identify a large pool of candidates and conducts a short 15-minute AI-driven interview (recorded and transcribed) before human recruiters review materials, provide interview prep, and assist with offers and negotiations. What sets it apart is the blend of automated sourcing and screening with hands-on human oversight and tailored client support. Its goal is to help organizations hire more efficiently by speeding up sourcing while maintaining thorough evaluation and negotiation assistance.
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