Staff Electrical Design Engineer

About Also.

We’re Also, an electric mobility company originally conceived as a part of Rivian. We’re a passionate team of builders, dreamers, doers and innovators, focused on creating entirely new (not to mention, innovative and delightful) vertically integrated, small EVs designed to meet the global mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Our mission is to inspire everyone to ride also—replacing many local car, truck and SUV miles with ones on vehicles that are more affordable, more enjoyable and 10-50x more efficient.

Also is looking for an Electrical Design Engineer, focusing on PCB Designs to work on the next generation of products in our pipeline. You will partner with other electrical, embedded software and test engineering teams through all stages of program development, from concept to launch.

What You Will Do

• Join a cross functional team with the mission of developing a new light electric vehicle product line.
• Be the technically responsible individual for developing the electrical hardware, define hardware and software enabled customer experience features and requirements.
• Methodically work on transferring product level requirements to subsystem requirements, system block diagrams, and software functions.
• Circuit modeling and simulation, worst case circuit analysis.
• Electrical design including component selection, schematic capture, layout, work closely with PCBA fab houses and contract manufacturers on bringing the hardware to mass production.
• Develop test and validation plans ensuring the hardware meets safety, reliability, and performance requirements.
• Collaborate with controls and software peers to define and maintain high level software functional descriptions and state diagrams.
• Work cross functionally with systems engineering, mechanical engineering, software, and controls teams.
  
  

What You Will Bring

• 6 year track record of electrical engineering accomplishments, curiosity, continual learning and “systems level” thinking.
• Excellent collaboration, communication and influencing skills.
• Experience working in small to medium size organizations that provide exposure to a broad set of challenges across both EE hardware and software domains.
• Extensive knowledge of HW/FW features in electrical systems.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality, high performance EE HW (in low or high voltage systems to mass production).
• Broad knowledge of common analog and digital circuits, MCU’s, sensors, signal conditioning, control theory, and embedded software.
• Experience with common embedded systems protocols and their HW implementation (e.g. SPI, CAN, I2C, SENT).
• Hands-on experience using lab equipment and being comfortable working with Li-Ion batteries.
• Basic experience of design for reliability principles and corresponding reliability testing.
• Knowledge of EMI, EMC, electrical safety and regulatory requirements for products in this class.
• Accomplishments in taking new products through mass production launches.
• Formal Electrical Engineering education, B.S. minimum, higher education preferred.
  
  

Why Also.

We’re passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there—wherever it is you’re headed.

We’re located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces.

Together we’re working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges.

The salary for this position ranges from $220,000 to $255,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Perks And Benefits

• Robust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by Also with FSA & HSA options.
• One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.
• Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny.
• Flexible time off.
• 401(k) match.