Principal Analog and Mixed Signal Electrical Engineer

Radar Reinvented.
Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).
Principal Analog and Mixed Signal Electrical Engineer
Advanced Technology Development
ROLE OVERVIEW
Echodyne is seeking a Principal Analog and Mixed-Signal Electrical Engineer to join the Advanced Technology Development team and lead new circuit architectures, signal-chain development, power solutions, and rapid hardware prototyping for future radar products.
You will join a high-performing, cross-disciplinary team where senior engineers have meaningful technical ownership, run fast experiments, and see their work move directly into future radar products. You will work on prototype development, including high-speed data acquisition, precision timing, compute interfaces, calibration hardware, and power entry and conditioning for a larger radar platform.
The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on analog and mixed-signal design depth with technical judgment, experimental discipline, and experience carrying hardware from architecture through characterization and product transition.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead analog, mixed-signal, timing, data-conversion, and power technology development for critical technologies and future Echodyne radar platforms
Turn emerging system needs into practical receiver interfaces, converter and clocking architectures, power circuits, prototypes, and validated reference designs
Design, simulate, build, bring up, and characterize prototype hardware to prove feasibility, expose limits, and reduce technical risk early
Collaborate with RF, FPGA, PCB design, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and key stakeholders to deliver mission-critical hardware within challenging engineering constraints
Apply modern best-practices and establish practical guidance for reliability, design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), signal and power integrity, and testability
Provide Principal-level leadership through architecture and design reviews, mentoring, hands-on problem solving, lab investigation, and transition of proven capabilities into product development
REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
Strong hands-on experience in analog and mixed-signal circuit design across architecture, schematic design, simulation, layout support, prototype bring-up, characterization, and verification
Experience with low-noise receiver interfaces, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, down-conversion or intermediate-frequency circuits, timing, clock distribution, and frequency synthesizers
Broad knowledge of signal-chain analysis, noise, linearity, dynamic range, sampling, jitter, grounding, shielding, signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI or EMC
Experience with circuit modeling, SPICE simulation, design analysis, PCB implementation, laboratory instrumentation, data acquisition, and automated test
Experience with power architecture, regulators and converters, power entry and conditioning, protection, sequencing, or higher-power electronic subsystems
Ability to connect measured results to models, design decisions, operating limits, requirements, and technical risks
Experience in advanced development, applied research, rapid prototyping, or early hardware technology maturation
Competence with MATLAB, SPICE tools, Ansys Electronics Desktop, or equivalent analysis and simulation environments
Ability to communicate complex electrical recommendations clearly across engineering disciplines
DESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
(Looking for one or more as a complement to the core skills)
Experience developing hardware for radar, sensing, aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, or other high-reliability and mission-critical products
Experience with FPGA or SoC hardware integration, high-speed serial interfaces, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or automated prototype characterization
QUALIFICATION
BS in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field and at least 12 years of relevant electrical hardware development experience, or an equivalent combination of education and industry experience
Eligibility to handle export-controlled technical data, including ITAR- and EAR-controlled information
Echodyne’s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant’s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.
WHAT WE OFFER
This is an exempt role.
The expected annual salary range for this role is
$164,594—$246,788 USD
If your skills generally align but not perfectly, please apply anyway. There may be another role that’s a great fit for you!
We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time, US-based employees, including:
RSU (Restricted Stock Units)
Generous Benefits:
Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you
Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
Virtual Care – 98Point6
Employee Assistance Program
Mental Health coverage through Springhealth & Talkspace (Premera)
Travel Assistance Insurance
Company Paid Life Insurance
Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability
Flexible PTO (exempt) / 15 days per year (non-exempt)
401(k) match
Pet Insurance
Prepaid Legal Program
Commuter Benefits
Paid Company Holidays
All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.