Butlr
Senior Electrical Engineer
Burlingame, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$200kDetected 7 days ago
LinuxProject ManagementVendor ManagementEmbedded SystemsElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignSensorsCommunication
About the role
- It's a cross-functional role that rewards strong project management and disciplined documentation.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end debug of complex, intermittent, system-level hardware failures, driving root-cause investigation across hardware, firmware, RF, and manufacturing domains, and validating fixes before deployment
- Develop, execute, and document comprehensive system-level test plans - functional, RF/wireless, environmental, power, battery, and reliability - with clear pass/fail criteria and the fixtures and instrumentation to validate hardware at the bench, in the chamber, and in the field
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for component suppliers, chipset vendors, and contract manufacturers - leading design reviews, driving escalations, and holding vendors accountable to specs and commitments
- Plan and drive validation and debug workstreams to schedule, defining milestones, tracking dependencies, and communicating status across stakeholders
- Author and maintain clear technical documentation and repeatable processes, and contribute to hardware design review and NPI/manufacturing readiness (DFM feedback, test fixtures, production line issues)
- A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in hardware design and testing, preferably in an embedded systems environment
- Demonstrated experience managing external vendors and manufacturing partners, including technical escalations, design reviews, and holding suppliers to spec
- We are building a culture that puts people first!
Requirements
- Proven, hands-on track record troubleshooting and resolving complex hardware issues at the system level
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
Compensation
- Salary: $150-$200k based on experience
Benefits
- A work environment that is flexible
- Comprehensive health benefits package
- Retirement savings plan
- Flexible time off
Company info
- Butlr is the leading AI platform for intelligent spaces. Spun out of the MIT Media Lab in 2019, we combine AI with anonymous body-heat sensing to deliver privacy-first people sensing - no cameras, no PII, privacy enforced at the hardware level. Our sensors power occupancy intelligence for enterprises, senior living communities, healthcare organizations, laboratories, and commercial real estate worldwide, with more than 30,000 privacy-preserving sensors deployed. Butlr has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, and our Heatic 2+ sensor won Fast Company's 2025 Innovation by Design Award.
- We are hiring talented and passionate people to join our team to help us continue our rapid growth.
- Butlr is the leading AI platform for intelligent spaces.
- Spun out of the MIT Media Lab in 2019, we combine AI with anonymous body-heat sensing to deliver privacy-first people sensing - no cameras, no PII, privacy enforced at the hardware level.
- Our sensors power occupancy intelligence for enterprises, senior living communities, healthcare organizations, laboratories, and commercial real estate worldwide, with more than 30,000 privacy-preserving sensors deployed.
- Butlr has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, and our Heatic 2+ sensor won Fast Company's 2025 Innovation by Design Award.
Equal opportunity
- Butlr is an equal opportunity employer.
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