Founding Electrical Engineer (Technical Assessment Startup)

A very early startup builds realistic skills assessments that hardware, space and defense, manufacturing and robotics employers use to evaluate engineers. It is looking for a founding electrical engineer to bring real hands-on circuit expertise, ideally from a space or defense setting, and turn it into assessments that test genuine engineering judgment.

What you’ll own

• Authoring scenario-based assessments and simulation questions in areas like PCB layout, schematic design and circuit analysis for clients in several industries
• Directing a group of contract electrical engineers and interns, assigning work and checking the quality of the questions they produce
• Talking directly with engineering directors and vice presidents at deep-tech companies to learn how they work and design evaluations to fit
• Leading a foundational research effort that breaks electrical engineering into its component skills and coverage areas
• Helping the founder and a mechanical engineer decide the direction of the assessment product

Background we want

• Four to ten years of electrical engineering, ideally at a later-stage space or defense company, reaching senior engineer level or beyond
• Breadth across areas such as power, avionics, embedded systems and controls
• Experience interviewing or mentoring junior engineers
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering
• Comfort holding technical conversations with senior engineering leaders
• End-to-end PCB and schematic design experience is a plus

Hybrid in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visa transfers considered.