SR. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Hardware    ·     Brooklyn, NY    ·     Full time

At OpenBCI we are defining the future of human-computer interfaces. We are a growing team of ambitious entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, and scientists. We are looking for an experienced Electrical Engineer to join us in our New York office. OpenBCI is seeking a talented individual with proven experience in hardware bring-up. The Senior Electrical Engineer will be responsible for updating/redesigning core OpenBCI biosensing products as well as contributing to the ongoing development of a multi-modal biometric sensor system integrated with HMDs.

Please include the following information in your application:

• Resume
• An explanation of why you want to work at OpenBCI
• Portfolio or examples of past work

Primary Responsibilities

• Own the creation of electronics for new products from concept through mass production.
• Iterate on existing PCBs and identify opportunities to upgrade capabilities, reduce costs, and replace end of life components.
• Collaborate with embedded systems and mechanical engineers to ensure all electronics meet product requirements.
• Establish quality assurance tests for finished PCBs and assist with regulatory approval processes related to electronics (FCC, CE).

Preferred Skills

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of non-invasive electrophysiological tool design (EMG, ECG, EEG).
• In-depth understanding of biosensing techniques such as GSR, PPG, Respiration, eye-tracking, etc.
• Experience with Head-Mounted Displays, AR/VR, and Human-Computer Interfaces
• Experience designing and working with FPGA and ASIC chips.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional electrical engineering, hardware engineering, and product development.
• Experience designing, prototyping, and testing PCBs used in mass produced products
• Extensive experience with all phases of PCB design (part selection, schematic, constraints, library management, board layout)
• Fluency with Eagle or other PCB CAD tools (Altium, KiCad, Allegro).
• Experience with sensors, power management, and signal/power integrity.
• Experience with wireless protocol standards (BLE, WIFI).
• Comfortable with common communication protocols (SPI, UART, I2C, etc.).
• Strong EE fundamentals and HW/SW debugging skills with lab equipment.
• Experience creating high-quality technical documentation.
• Self-motivated and well-organized.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills to identify and solve problems across teams and an open source community.

Perks

• Growth potential – OpenBCI is still a small team with lots of room for growth.
• 100% company health care coverage.
• 401K matching up to 4% of salary.
• Flexible working hours.
• Flexible holidays.
• Incredible rooftop view of Manhattan 🙂