Senior Electrical Engineer in Sunnyvale, California at Lyte AI

About Lyte

Lyte builds perception systems for Physical AI operating in complex environments. The company combines custom silicon, integrated sensors, and software into a unified platform for robotics, mobility, and next-generation automation. Lyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a global presence. For more information, visit www.lyte.ai

If you’re excited about building impactful technology in a dynamic, hands-on environment, we’d love to hear from you!

About the role

• Lyte is seeking a hands-on Senior Electrical Engineer to own complex electrical and PCB designs from concept through production. This role combines high-speed digital design, mixed-signal electronics, power management, and board-level development for advanced sensing and robotics platforms. We are looking for someone who has personally designed, brought up, debugged, and delivered complex electronic hardware. This is an individual-contributor role focused on direct engineering execution, not primarily design oversight.

What you'll do

• Own electrical designs from architecture and schematic development through PCB layout, prototyping, bring-up, validation, and production.
• Design complex digital, analog, and mixed-signal PCBs incorporating SoCs, FPGAs, power management, sensors, and high-speed interfaces.
• Execute and own board-level layout and power distribution network design, considering signal integrity, power integrity, timing, and overall system performance.
• Design and bring up applicable high-speed interfaces such as USB 3.1 Gen 2, LPDDR4/4x, MIPI, 10G/25G Ethernet, and PCIe Gen 2/3.
• Develop power trees, regulator selections, sequencing, decoupling, and power distribution strategies.
• Debug hardware in the lab; measure and improve signal/power integrity, investigate failures, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, systems, manufacturing and test engineers to resolve integration issues.
• Develop in-circuit and functional test plans; support reliability, manufacturability, cost, and production readiness.
• Partner with manufacturing teams and external suppliers through prototype builds, qualification, and product launch.
• Contribute across multiple concurrent hardware projects while maintaining technical accountability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, with at least eight years of relevant engineering experience.
• Demonstrated personal ownership of complex PCB designs from schematics and layout through bring-up, validation, and production.
• Hands-on design and bring-up experience with high-speed digital interfaces, including relevant technologies such as USB, LPDDR, MIPI, Ethernet, or PCIe.
• Experience designing power architectures, sequencing, decoupling, and power distribution networks.
• Practical signal- and power-integrity debugging with oscilloscopes and applicable equipment such as VNAs, TDRs, or spectrum analyzers.
• Experience with electronic design tools such as Altium 365, Cadence OrCAD, or Allegro.
• Experience designing for testability, manufacturability, cost, and production support.
• Strong collaboration and English-language communication skills across multidisciplinary, international teams; ability to travel internationally when needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree with more experience is highly desired
• Familiarity with Ansys SIwave, Ansys HFSS, Cadence Sigrity, and Keysight ADS.

• Robotics, mobile platforms, or autonomous systems experience
• Sensor integration (cameras, solid-state LiDAR, IMU)
• Embedded firmware / hardware integration experience (C/C++, Python)
• Functional safety design experience (ISO 26262, IEC 61508)
• Proactive member of the multi-disciplinary team, takes ownership of technical challenges and work with others to resolve issues
• Data analysis experience such as JMPs is a plus; Excel is OK.

Benefits (subject to location and local regulations)

• Competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible vacation and time-off policy
• Collaborative, fast-paced, and inclusive work environment
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies with a highly cross-functional team