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Senior Electrical Engineer
Accepting applicationsAIM · Redmond, WA
Full-Time Mid_senior AIEthernetSPISPICEai
Posted
2d ago
Category
Test
Experience
Mid_senior
Country
United States
About AIM
About Us
AIM builds autonomy for the real world - robots that move mountains. Our systems fuse software, electronics, mechanics, perception, and mission-critical infrastructure into ruggedized, safety-critical machinery operating on jobsites across the world. We replace manual, error-prone, high-risk tasks with intelligent machines that reshape how earthmoving is done.
Electrical engineering is at the heart of these systems. Our autonomy hardware spans compute and sensor platforms, power distribution, fault detection, safety architectures, and wiring systems that must perform flawlessly in harsh, unpredictable, high-entropy environments. We build electronics that survive dust, mud, vibration, shock loads, corrosion, temperature swings, and real-world operator behavior.
We're growing fast, scaling globally, and building the technology foundation that will define the next century of construction.
About Yo
uYou're a builder who thrives at the intersection of electronics, software, and the physical world. You design simple, reliable, testable, and fault-tolerant electrical systems that operate correctly under real-world conditions - not just in simulation or the lab. You have strong fundamentals in PCB design, power systems, wire harnessing, sensors, and electrical-mechanical integration, and you bring high judgment to ambiguous decisions
.You're equally comfortable architecting electrical subsystems, bringing up new boards, debugging failures with scopes and analyzers, validating hardware in the field, or collaborating with autonomy, software, mechanical, and field engineering counterparts. You take ownership of outcomes - not just schematics - connecting your designs directly to safety, reliability, and customer impact
.You want to work on problems where precision, robustness, and safety matter - and where your systems directly enable autonomous heavy machinery operating across the world
.
About Us Togeth
erWe're going to change how the world builds. Along the way, we'll take on electrical engineering challenges such a
s:Sensor, compute, and MCU integration that survives vibration, shock, and temperature extrem
esPower distribution and protection in unpredictable load and environmental conditio
nsFunctional safety and fault-tolerant architectures for safety-critical autonomy syste
msHigh-reliability wiring harness design for harsh environments, with field service processes designed
inEMI/EMC performance in electrically noisy heavy-equipment environmen
tsIntegration across mechanical constraints, software interfaces, autonomy pipelines, and OEM platfor
msDesigning electronics that work not only in clean labs - but in the elemen
tsWe'll iterate quickly, debug deeply, confront the truth when things don't work, and build mechanisms that scale with quality and reliabilit
y.If that excites you, you're the kind of Senior Electrical Engineer who will thrive her
e.Responsibiliti
esWhat You Will O
wnAs a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will architect and deliver the electrical systems that enable AIM's autonomous machines to operate safely and reliably in the fiel
d.Architect & Build Electrical Systems for Autono
myArchitect end-to-end electrical subsystems, including compute/MCU platforms, sensor interfaces, power architectures, safety/fault-detection circuitry, and communication buse
s.Translate product and customer requirements into hardware architectures and detailed electrical design
s.Define electrical integration approaches across autonomy, mechanical, and OEM platform
s.Design, Implement & Validate Electroni
csOwn the full lifecycle of PCBA designs (schematic → simulation → layout → bring-up → validation) using Altiu
m.Perform circuit-level simulations (SPICE), signal-integrity analysis, power budgeting, and thermal consideration
s.Validate designs through analog/digital testing, hardware debugging, and failure analysis using oscilloscopes, DMMs, and signal analyzer
s.Design wiring harnesses and connectors suitable for harsh, real-world environment
s.Develop Test, Validation & Safety Mechanis
msOwn electrical and firmware-driven automated test systems for manufacturing test, design validation, and field diagnostic
s.Partner with Product and Safety to define reliability and environmental test specifications (humidity, vibration, temperature, ingress
).Ensure designs are compliant with safety and functional safety frameworks (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 15998
).Integrate Across Autonomy, Software, Mechanical & Field O
psWork with autonomy and software teams to define electrical interfaces, communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I²C, Ethernet), and cross-domain failure behavior
s.Collaborate with mechanical engineers on packaging, thermal, structural, and environmental constraint
s.Work with Field Deployment to incorporate operational truth and real-world debugging into electrical design improvement
s.Own End-to-End Executi
onWork with vendors and assembly houses to scale prototyping and manufacturing of electrical system
s.Drive root-cause analysis and corrective-action loops for reliability issues in lab and fiel
d.Ensure electrical systems meet performance, manufacturability, serviceability, and reliability requirements at production scal
e.Raise the Electrical Engineering B
arMentor junior and mid-level electrical engineers; lead design reviews and architecture discussion
s.Improve electrical engineering mechanisms - schematic standards, layout reviews, test frameworks, documentation, and vendor qualificatio
n.Help define what Electrical Engineering excellence looks like at AI
M.Qualificatio
nsBasic Qualificatio
nsBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experienc
e.7+ years of experience designing and delivering production electrical system
s.Strong proficiency in schematic design, PCB layout, and electrical simulation (SPICE
).Hands-on experience with analog/digital validation, oscilloscopes, DMMs, logic analyzers, and lab bring-u
p.Experience with CAN, UART, Ethernet, and other communication protocol
s.Experience with harness design, ruggedized connectors, and systems for harsh environment
s.Experience debugging EMI/EMC issues and designing for complianc
e.Proven ability to deliver reliable, fault-tolerant electrical systems in cross-functional context
s.Experience collaborating with mechanical, software, autonomy, and field team
s.Preferred Qualificatio
nsExperience in robotics, autonomy, automotive, off-road machinery, or other ruggedized system
s.Experience with MCU firmware for embedded system
s.Experience with power electronics, DC-DC conversion, load management, or battery system
s.Experience designing to functional safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 15998, ISO 10218
).Experience scaling designs from prototype to manufacturing and field deploymen
t.
How You'll Stand
OutYou design electrical systems that are simple, robust, and deeply reliab
le.You anticipate failure modes early and build systems that degrade safe
ly.You balance analytical rigor with practical, field-informed engineering judgme
nt.You elevate the quality, reliability, and clarity of electrical designs across the organizati
on.You convert ambiguous requirements into clean hardware architectur
es.You own outcomes end-to-end - from prototype to production to field reliabili
ty.
What We O
fferOpportunity to build electronics that directly shape the future of autonomy and heavy equipment robot
ics.High-impact ownership across AIM's autonomy stack and global deployme
nts.Collaboration with world-class engineers across software, autonomy, hardware, and robot
ics.Competitive compensation, equity, medical/dental/vision, 401(k), life insura
nce.Travel opportunities to customer jobsites across the U.S., Australia, Europe, Africa, South America, and m
ore.Why
AIM?Joining AIM, You
WillSolve a massive set of real-world problems that require scalable earth mo
vingAccomplish that via deploying and expanding cutting edge
techRun your workstreams with the largest degree of auto
nomyHave an opportunity for rapid growth and a large voice on the direction of the com
panyReceive company funded medical, dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, gourmet food & p
erksExperience a strong onsite collaboration (AIM offices, labs and proving grounds on the east side of the Greater Seattle a
rea)Have an opportunity to travel to unique sites around the world (Americas, Australia, Africa & m
ore)
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About Us
AIM builds autonomy for the real world - robots that move mountains. Our systems fuse software, electronics, mechanics, perception, and mission-critical infrastructure into ruggedized, safety-critical machinery operating on jobsites across the world. We replace manual, error-prone, high-risk tasks with intelligent machines that reshape how earthmoving is done.
Electrical engineering is at the heart of these systems. Our autonomy hardware spans compute and sensor platforms, power distribution, fault detection, safety architectures, and wiring systems that must perform flawlessly in harsh, unpredictable, high-entropy environments. We build electronics that survive dust, mud, vibration, shock loads, corrosion, temperature swings, and real-world operator behavior.
We're growing fast, scaling globally, and building the technology foundation that will define the next century of construction.
About Yo
uYou're a builder who thrives at the intersection of electronics, software, and the physical world. You design simple, reliable, testable, and fault-tolerant electrical systems that operate correctly under real-world conditions - not just in simulation or the lab. You have strong fundamentals in PCB design, power systems, wire harnessing, sensors, and electrical-mechanical integration, and you bring high judgment to ambiguous decisions
.You're equally comfortable architecting electrical subsystems, bringing up new boards, debugging failures with scopes and analyzers, validating hardware in the field, or collaborating with autonomy, software, mechanical, and field engineering counterparts. You take ownership of outcomes - not just schematics - connecting your designs directly to safety, reliability, and customer impact
.You want to work on problems where precision, robustness, and safety matter - and where your systems directly enable autonomous heavy machinery operating across the world
.
About Us Togeth
erWe're going to change how the world builds. Along the way, we'll take on electrical engineering challenges such a
s:Sensor, compute, and MCU integration that survives vibration, shock, and temperature extrem
esPower distribution and protection in unpredictable load and environmental conditio
nsFunctional safety and fault-tolerant architectures for safety-critical autonomy syste
msHigh-reliability wiring harness design for harsh environments, with field service processes designed
inEMI/EMC performance in electrically noisy heavy-equipment environmen
tsIntegration across mechanical constraints, software interfaces, autonomy pipelines, and OEM platfor
msDesigning electronics that work not only in clean labs - but in the elemen
tsWe'll iterate quickly, debug deeply, confront the truth when things don't work, and build mechanisms that scale with quality and reliabilit
y.If that excites you, you're the kind of Senior Electrical Engineer who will thrive her
e.Responsibiliti
esWhat You Will O
wnAs a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will architect and deliver the electrical systems that enable AIM's autonomous machines to operate safely and reliably in the fiel
d.Architect & Build Electrical Systems for Autono
myArchitect end-to-end electrical subsystems, including compute/MCU platforms, sensor interfaces, power architectures, safety/fault-detection circuitry, and communication buse
s.Translate product and customer requirements into hardware architectures and detailed electrical design
s.Define electrical integration approaches across autonomy, mechanical, and OEM platform
s.Design, Implement & Validate Electroni
csOwn the full lifecycle of PCBA designs (schematic → simulation → layout → bring-up → validation) using Altiu
m.Perform circuit-level simulations (SPICE), signal-integrity analysis, power budgeting, and thermal consideration
s.Validate designs through analog/digital testing, hardware debugging, and failure analysis using oscilloscopes, DMMs, and signal analyzer
s.Design wiring harnesses and connectors suitable for harsh, real-world environment
s.Develop Test, Validation & Safety Mechanis
msOwn electrical and firmware-driven automated test systems for manufacturing test, design validation, and field diagnostic
s.Partner with Product and Safety to define reliability and environmental test specifications (humidity, vibration, temperature, ingress
).Ensure designs are compliant with safety and functional safety frameworks (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 15998
).Integrate Across Autonomy, Software, Mechanical & Field O
psWork with autonomy and software teams to define electrical interfaces, communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I²C, Ethernet), and cross-domain failure behavior
s.Collaborate with mechanical engineers on packaging, thermal, structural, and environmental constraint
s.Work with Field Deployment to incorporate operational truth and real-world debugging into electrical design improvement
s.Own End-to-End Executi
onWork with vendors and assembly houses to scale prototyping and manufacturing of electrical system
s.Drive root-cause analysis and corrective-action loops for reliability issues in lab and fiel
d.Ensure electrical systems meet performance, manufacturability, serviceability, and reliability requirements at production scal
e.Raise the Electrical Engineering B
arMentor junior and mid-level electrical engineers; lead design reviews and architecture discussion
s.Improve electrical engineering mechanisms - schematic standards, layout reviews, test frameworks, documentation, and vendor qualificatio
n.Help define what Electrical Engineering excellence looks like at AI
M.Qualificatio
nsBasic Qualificatio
nsBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experienc
e.7+ years of experience designing and delivering production electrical system
s.Strong proficiency in schematic design, PCB layout, and electrical simulation (SPICE
).Hands-on experience with analog/digital validation, oscilloscopes, DMMs, logic analyzers, and lab bring-u
p.Experience with CAN, UART, Ethernet, and other communication protocol
s.Experience with harness design, ruggedized connectors, and systems for harsh environment
s.Experience debugging EMI/EMC issues and designing for complianc
e.Proven ability to deliver reliable, fault-tolerant electrical systems in cross-functional context
s.Experience collaborating with mechanical, software, autonomy, and field team
s.Preferred Qualificatio
nsExperience in robotics, autonomy, automotive, off-road machinery, or other ruggedized system
s.Experience with MCU firmware for embedded system
s.Experience with power electronics, DC-DC conversion, load management, or battery system
s.Experience designing to functional safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 15998, ISO 10218
).Experience scaling designs from prototype to manufacturing and field deploymen
t.
How You'll Stand
OutYou design electrical systems that are simple, robust, and deeply reliab
le.You anticipate failure modes early and build systems that degrade safe
ly.You balance analytical rigor with practical, field-informed engineering judgme
nt.You elevate the quality, reliability, and clarity of electrical designs across the organizati
on.You convert ambiguous requirements into clean hardware architectur
es.You own outcomes end-to-end - from prototype to production to field reliabili
ty.
What We O
fferOpportunity to build electronics that directly shape the future of autonomy and heavy equipment robot
ics.High-impact ownership across AIM's autonomy stack and global deployme
nts.Collaboration with world-class engineers across software, autonomy, hardware, and robot
ics.Competitive compensation, equity, medical/dental/vision, 401(k), life insura
nce.Travel opportunities to customer jobsites across the U.S., Australia, Europe, Africa, South America, and m
ore.Why
AIM?Joining AIM, You
WillSolve a massive set of real-world problems that require scalable earth mo
vingAccomplish that via deploying and expanding cutting edge
techRun your workstreams with the largest degree of auto
nomyHave an opportunity for rapid growth and a large voice on the direction of the com
panyReceive company funded medical, dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, gourmet food & p
erksExperience a strong onsite collaboration (AIM offices, labs and proving grounds on the east side of the Greater Seattle a
rea)Have an opportunity to travel to unique sites around the world (Americas, Australia, Africa & m
ore)
Show more Show less