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Founding Electrical Engineering Architect
$131k-157k (estimate)
Full Time | Consumer Services
3 Weeks Ago
Unison is Hiring a Founding Electrical Engineering Architect Near Mountain View, CA
About UNISONUNISON is a small team of passionate people from companies like Meta, Sony, and Apple, as well as research labs like the IARAI. Based in the SF Bay Area and backed by some of the world’s best investors, we're working hard to create products we would proudly recommend to our friends and family.
We are building a unified reality headset that allows users to plunge into and resurface from virtual worlds with newfound value. We see living between virtual and physical worlds as a tool for creating, storytelling, and sharing—not hindering your total lived experience. You can learn more about our product, team, careers, and worldviews at unison.co.
About The RoleOur early-stage team is seeking an Electrical Engineering Architect to lead the design and development of our first publicly available AR/VR headset. In this role, you will play a crucial part in creating innovative hardware products that embody functionality, aesthetics, and manufacturability. The Electrical Engineering Architect will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and manufacturing, to define and refine product requirements and design goals. Your work will ensure the successful delivery of our hardware devices while maintaining a strong focus on user needs and experiences.
Your Responsibilities
UNISON offers competitive salaries and equity packages, giving all employees an ownership stake in what we're working hard to build. You will also receive flexible PTO, 401k with employer matching, excellent 100% employer-paid health benefits, and more.
We are growing quickly, so if you’re interested in joining us but don’t see a job that fits what you’re looking for or if your experience doesn’t quite meet the criteria, please feel free to reach out at careers@in-unison.com. We are happy to connect.UNISON is committed to equity in our hiring practices. If you think you may require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, please send a request to: accommodations@in-unison.com. All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially, as practical, and permitted by law.
At UNISON, we are committed to mitigating bias and providing an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and teammates based solely on business needs and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, national, social or ethnic origin, religion, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), ancestry, age, physical and mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression, marital/familial status, citizenship status, military/veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.
We are building a unified reality headset that allows users to plunge into and resurface from virtual worlds with newfound value. We see living between virtual and physical worlds as a tool for creating, storytelling, and sharing—not hindering your total lived experience. You can learn more about our product, team, careers, and worldviews at unison.co.
About The RoleOur early-stage team is seeking an Electrical Engineering Architect to lead the design and development of our first publicly available AR/VR headset. In this role, you will play a crucial part in creating innovative hardware products that embody functionality, aesthetics, and manufacturability. The Electrical Engineering Architect will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and manufacturing, to define and refine product requirements and design goals. Your work will ensure the successful delivery of our hardware devices while maintaining a strong focus on user needs and experiences.
Your Responsibilities
- Lead key architectural and system decisions, such as SOC selection, input/output definition, and component optimization, by integrating product requirements, hardware, software, and user experience insights to deliver a unified, high-quality product.
- Analyze top-level system requirements and translate them into comprehensive, actionable electrical system specifications that ensure seamless integration and optimal performance.
- Drive cross-functional alignment on architectural and product decisions.
- Foster clear and consistent communication with cross-functional teams, actively documenting requirements, decisions, and progress throughout the development process.
- Establish and maintain efficient development pipelines and workflows, collaborating closely with development teams to effectively engineer and optimize system performance.
- Develop and execute system-level verification plans and testing methodologies, ensuring thorough validation of end-to-end implementation across all system functions and behaviors.
- Proactively identify and address potential risks, challenges, and bottlenecks in the electrical system design and implementation process.
- Continuously refine and improve systems engineering processes, staying informed of industry advancements and incorporating best practices to drive product innovation and excellence.
- Collaborate with the manufacturing partner’s engineering team, including delegating and reviewing technical work.
- 5 years experience in consumer electronics or wearable technology.
- 7 years of experience in the EE space.
- In-depth understanding of Electrical Engineering principles and practices.
- Demonstrated expertise in prototyping, bring-up, debugging, and validation of complex electrical systems.
- Proven ability to balance and optimize product tradeoffs, such as power and performance, to meet stringent design requirements.
- Proficiency in embedded systems design, with an emphasis on addressing tight constraints like power consumption and form factor.
- Mix of experience with analog, DSP, high-speed, and power architectures.
- Experience with component or module selection of multiple electrical subsystems, such as CPU/SOC, cameras and sensors, displays, battery and power, wireless, and audio.
- Experience with electrical system specification and design of multiple electrical subsystems.
- Track record of successful collaboration with cross-functional teams, including mechanical design and software development.
- Strong interest or experience in computer vision, AR/VR, or object tracking technologies.
- Ability to travel, as required, up to 10%
UNISON offers competitive salaries and equity packages, giving all employees an ownership stake in what we're working hard to build. You will also receive flexible PTO, 401k with employer matching, excellent 100% employer-paid health benefits, and more.
We are growing quickly, so if you’re interested in joining us but don’t see a job that fits what you’re looking for or if your experience doesn’t quite meet the criteria, please feel free to reach out at careers@in-unison.com. We are happy to connect.UNISON is committed to equity in our hiring practices. If you think you may require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, please send a request to: accommodations@in-unison.com. All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially, as practical, and permitted by law.
At UNISON, we are committed to mitigating bias and providing an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and teammates based solely on business needs and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, national, social or ethnic origin, religion, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), ancestry, age, physical and mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression, marital/familial status, citizenship status, military/veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
INDUSTRY
Consumer Services
SALARY
$131k-157k (estimate)
POST DATE
06/05/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
07/26/2024
HEADQUARTERS
PLEASANTON, CA
SIZE
1,000 - 3,000
FOUNDED
2003
CEO
YULIA BENDEBURY
REVENUE
$200M - $500M
INDUSTRY
Consumer Services
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