Electrical Engineer
About the job
- A portfolio of independent projects demonstrating applied hardware design and prototyping skills.
- Hands-on experience with printed circuit board design software, including KiCad or Altium, and proficiency in mixed-signal circuit design.
- Ability to independently design, bring up, debug, and verify complex printed circuit board assemblies.
- Experience debugging systems spanning analog, digital, radio frequency, and power domains when root causes are not immediately obvious.
- Deep familiarity with laboratory instrumentation, including oscilloscopes, power supplies, logic analyzers, and vector network analyzers, and the ability to extract meaningful insight from imperfect measurements.
- Experience with communication protocols including SPI, I2C, UART, USB, CAN, or Ethernet.
- Understanding of electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility considerations in board- and system-level design.
- Design and develop printed circuit boards from schematic capture and component selection through layout, fabrication, assembly, bring-up, and validation.
- Work across rigid, rigid-flex, and flex circuits while balancing electrical performance, packaging constraints, manufacturability, electromagnetic interference and compatibility, and reliability.
- Build and test prototypes, breadboards, and evaluation circuits to validate design concepts before committing to production hardware.
- Bring up and debug new hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, and other standard laboratory equipment.
- Develop circuits for sensing, actuation, embedded computing, communications, and power-management subsystems.
- Design, assemble, and troubleshoot wire harnesses, connectors, and cabling for reliable integration of boards, sensors, actuators, and power systems.
- Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, software, and systems engineers to integrate electronics into complete electromechanical assemblies.
- Travel for live demonstrations, field testing, and operator feedback sessions, then use the findings to improve designs through rapid iteration.
- Experience with edge-computing platforms, embedded microcontrollers, or systems-on-chip for low-power or connected systems.
- Experience deploying machine-learning models on embedded systems or working with real-time operating-system firmware, with programming skills in C, C++, or Python for firmware development and test automation.
- Background in low-power design or power optimization for embedded electronics.
- Familiarity with computer-aided design tools and rapid prototyping methods such as 3D printing or machining to support integration with the mechanical team.
- Exposure to ruggedized electronics or instrumentation designed for harsh environments.
- A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline such as Biomedical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
About the company
Pilgrim Labs builds an AI-powered platform for product teams to turn customer feedback into strategic product decisions. It connects with data sources like Slack, Zendesk, and Gong to collect customer input and research in one place, then uses artificial intelligence to identify customer needs, pain points, and opportunities. This helps teams prioritize features and shape their roadmaps based on actual user sentiment rather than just anecdotes. Compared with others, Pilgrim combines multiple data streams into a single, data-driven view and targets product managers, designers, researchers, and executives to align everyone around customer insights. The company aims to help teams create customer-centric products more efficiently by guiding development with structured, evidence-based analysis.
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$32.6M
Headquarters
Redwood City, California
Founded
2023
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- A $25 million seed at a $150 million valuation gives Pilgrim runway into 2027.
- CDC deployment validates government demand for airborne biosurveillance procurement.
- National-security buyers want faster detection after recent AI-biology threat warnings.
What critics are saying
- FDA, CDC, and defense approvals can stall Argus deployments for years.
- Live pathogen detection creates false-positive liability and expensive field recalibration.
- If a cheaper software rival beats Argus, Pilgrim loses its moat.
What makes Pilgrim Labs unique
- Argus combines air sampling and genomic sequencing for near-real-time pathogen detection.
- Pilgrim signed a CDC biosurveillance agreement and already deployed Argus nationally.
- Backers include Peter Thiel, Fred Ehrsam, and two Anthropic leaders.
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