Electrical Engineer
$145k - $180k/yr
Mid
Bachelor's
San Jose, CA, USA
HybridOn-site in San Jose at least twice a week; travel approximately twice annually for overseas builds and domestic hardware installations.
Hardware EngineeringHardware Systems Integration
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is required.
- At least 3 years of experience in electrical engineering, hardware engineering, or related work is required.
- Experience with rapid prototyping to de-risk new designs and technologies is required.
- Proficiency with electrical design software such as Altium, Cadence OrCAD/Allegro, or PADS, and circuit analysis software such as SPICE is required.
- Understanding and demonstrated experience in electrical design principles, circuit analysis, and electronics manufacturing processes are required.
- Experience with failure analysis modes, including non-destructive and destructive failure analysis, is required.
- Experience with complex board designs, including PCB/FPC/RFPC, design and manufacturing release, test, bring-up, and debugging, is required.
- Hands-on electrical engineering lab experience with soldering equipment, oscilloscopes, high-speed digital test equipment, logic analyzers, and function generators is required.
- Ability to read and interpret, and basic coding ability in C/C++ or similar embedded systems languages, is required.
- Familiarity with BOM and PLM management and processes, such as Agile or Aligni, is required.
- Ability to travel approximately twice annually for overseas builds and domestic hardware installations is required.
Responsibilities
- Integrate system-level electrical designs, including computer platforms (x86/SoC), camera modules, sensors, displays, and external peripherals.
- Drive system power architecture, including power distribution, sequencing, power budgeting, and platform thermal considerations.
- Support hardware bring-up, debugging, and system validation across electrical, firmware, and software layers.
- Work closely with computer vision teams to enable robust camera performance and diagnose imaging issues from a hardware perspective.
- Support camera subsystem development, including sensor selection, camera board integration, and calibration considerations.
- Design and integrate systems using high-speed and low-speed interfaces, including USB, PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, UART, and GPIO.
- Rapidly prototype and evaluate new system architectures and electro-mechanical concepts.
- Drive product development from prototype through EVT, DVT, PVT, and mass production.
- Collaborate with global suppliers and manufacturing partners to deliver scalable production hardware.
- Create and drive project timelines and milestones, and communicate technical risks to non-technical stakeholders.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience shipping consumer electronics through a full NPI/xVT cycle, focused on hardware system design and integration.
- Experience with IMUs and physical sensor systems, including understanding calibration methods.
- Experience with vision systems.
- Experience with display technologies such as LCD or OLED.
- Experience programming in Python or C/C++.
- Strong electrical design fundamentals in analog design, such as audio and sensor AFE; high-speed design, such as DDR4/5, MIPI, and USB3; and power design, such as PDN analysis and power architecture.
- Design experience in electrical-engineering-adjacent domains such as ESD, reliability, thermal, desense/EMI, and signal integrity.
- Experience in hardware design and integration using microcontrollers, SoCs, DDR, and flash memory.
- Experience with embedded software development in C/C++ or Python.
- Experience with RF system design and integration.
About the company
Mashgin provides touchless self-checkout systems that use AI and computer vision to speed up purchases in high-traffic places like stadiums, airports, and event venues. The technology works by placing items on a checkout base, where AI identifies and tallys multiple items at once, delivering checkout in about 27 seconds. The company differentiates itself by focusing on fast, multi-item recognition for high-volume environments and offering hardware (kiosks) on sale or lease plus service contracts. Its goal is to reduce lines, improve customer experience, and increase operating efficiency for clients with large transaction volumes.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$70.8M
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
Founded
2014
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- LAFC deployed Mashgin at BMO Stadium in July 2026, proving premium sports adoption.
- Hop Shops added Mashgin in September 2026, extending convenience-store expansion beyond sports.
- Sports Business Journal said May 2026 is Mashgin's biggest year yet, driven by expanding venues.
What critics are saying
- NCR Voyix shifted self-checkout hardware to Ennoconn in January 2026, intensifying price pressure.
- Verifone Commander integration, announced May 2025, gives rivals access to thousands of c-stores.
- A checkout error or alcohol-compliance failure could freeze venue rollouts and damage trust fast.
What makes Mashgin unique
- Mashgin's barcode-free computer vision rings items in seconds, not scans.
- Updated September 23, 2026, Mashgin lists 50-plus POS, payments, loyalty integrations.
- By October 2026, Mashgin claims 65% of professional stadiums and 150-plus venues.
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Benefits
- Competitive healthcare, dental & vision options
- Competitive equity
- Hybrid remote environment
- Office snacks
- Flexible PTO
- 401k