# Senior Electrical Engineer

> Raydar · San Francisco, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-01

**Salary:** USD 130,000–200,000

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

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.

## Requirements

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.

## Benefits

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

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/C61AC5368F/apply)

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