Senior / Staff Electrical Engineer

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.

With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai

Waabi's autonomous vehicles run on road-ready custom electronics. In this role, you'll own that hardware from schematic to vehicle. You'll design boards, work with our contract manufacturers to build them, bring them up in the lab, and prove they hold up in the real world. You will also be responsible for ensuring the quality of our designs by designing test fixtures and working on V&V efforts.

This is an onsite position to be based in Pittsburgh/SF with the expectations of 3-4 days onsite.

You Will...

Design & Test

Design PCBAs across high-speed, power, analog, and digital circuits

Translate OEM technical and non-functional requirements into board-level design decisions

Take modules from requirements through customer delivery

Develop new modules or features, weighing COTS versus custom hardware

Verify circuit designs with SPICE or equivalent

Own board bring-up at scale and direct technician work

Debug and solder at the component level using scopes, signal generators, DMMs, and other lab equipment

Support vehicle end-of-line testing by diagnosing board- and vehicle-level issues

Build module end-of-line test fixtures and load boxes with the design and V&V teams

Test designs under nominal and stressed electrical and environmental conditions

Support EMI/EMC testing and qualification

Manufacturing & Quality

Manage CM builds from fabrication through assembly, tracking schedules and flagging risks early

Scale hardware from low-volume prototypes to reliable high-volume production

Develop quality controls and in-process monitors with the quality team

Lead incoming inspection, rework, hand assembly, and enclosure integration with technicians

Ensure compliance with OEM partner and internal quality standards

Track components, boards, and assemblies: what's on hand, in transit, and due for reorder

Collaboration & Process

Work closely with systems, firmware, mechanical, V&V, bring-up, and quality teams

Document procedures, test results, design revisions, and performance data for traceability

Define and improve internal processes and quality standards

Qualifications:

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field

10+ years in hardware development. Some experience with test engineering is beneficial

2–3+ years in a formal leadership role

Analog circuit design from first principles, including filtering, protection, and voltage/current sensing

Familiarity with ECAD tools (e.g. Altium, OrCAD, KiCAD)

Sound judgment on component and topology tradeoffs

Hands-on experience debugging circuit-level functionality

Experience partnering with CMs to deliver high-quality products

Ability to read schematics, board layouts, engineering drawings, and technical documentation

Familiarity with communication interfaces (e.g. CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, LIN, USB, UART, and JTAG/SWD)

Familiarity with automotive standards (e.g. ISO 26262, ISO 16750, AEC-Q)

Experience with firmware testing and debug, scripting, and embedded Linux

Comfortable switching between hands-on lab work and roadmap planning

Nice to have: automotive, robotics, or AV experience