Job Details

Overview

Senior Electrical Design Engineer (EE) at Level Home, a smart home startup. This onsite (not remote) role is based in Redwood City, California.

About the company

Founded by ex-Apple Product and Engineering leaders, Level is redefining the smart home with technology that is simple, intuitive, useful, and invisible. Now part of the Assa Abloy family, Level collaborates to deliver world-class smart home experiences while maintaining design excellence.

Role

As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, you will be a technical leader in designing hardware products from concept through mass production. You will drive system architecture, component selection, and hardware design, optimizing for power, cost, size, RF performance, and usability. You will work with cross-functional teams to prototype, validate, and launch high-quality hardware products. You will mentor junior engineers and help shape engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware design from concept through mass production
• Own system-level architecture and schematic design
• Perform and oversee prototype assembly, bring-up, and debugging
• Conduct root cause analysis and corrective action for hardware issues
• Collaborate daily with mechanical and firmware teams to implement integrated solutions
• Drive product compliance through EMC/ESD and regulatory testing (FCC, UL, etc.)
• Support manufacturing partners during development builds and production ramp
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to best practices and design reviews

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience designing and shipping hardware products
• Strong fundamentals in analog and digital electronics
• Proficient with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g., Cadence, Altium)
• Experience designing low-power embedded systems and optimizing power consumption
• Hands-on prototyping, soldering, and debugging
• Proficient with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power meters, and other lab tools
• Strong communication skills to explain complex issues to non-technical stakeholders
• Self-motivated and able to work independently
• Experience collaborating with contract manufacturers and scaling designs to production

Nice to Have

• Experience with EMC/ESD compliance and test fixture development
• BLE / Wi-Fi / LoRa / UWB RF layout and antenna tuning experience
• Familiarity with PLM tools (e.g., Arena) and hardware revision control
• Experience with DFM/DFT and test jig development
• Familiarity with reliability testing (e.g., HALT/HASS, thermal cycling)
• Python scripting or embedded C for test automation or board-level validation
• Mechanical CAD collaboration (e.g., STEP files, tolerance stacks)

Benefits and Employment

Base pay range: $120,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr. Additional compensation: Annual Bonus.

EEO and notices

Level Home Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability or genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

A note to Recruitment Agencies: Do not reach out to Level employees or leaders about our roles. We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.