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

• We are seeking Senior Level Electrical Engineer with degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

What you'll do

• Own electrical designs from concept through production — spanning power, motor control, sensing, communication, and mixed-signal electronics for robotics platform.
• Generate electrical schematics / layouts and bring-up power, digital and mixed-signal printed circuit board assemblies, including but not limited to, main logic boards (MLBs), control boards, test and characterization boards (SoCs, FPGAs, analog front ends, testing ASICs, multi-chip packages), interface boards for high-speed video and networking connections to NVIDIA Jetson and Thor platforms.
• Collaborate across diverse teams to resolve cross-functional issues including those related to architecture (performance, power consumption, thermal behavior), production (quality, failure analysis, manufacturing, cost), compliance (safety, reliability, regulatory, environmental) and overall system integration
• Design for volume manufacturing and support factory engineers from prototyping to product launch.
• Develop engineering test plans and methodologies for in-circuit and functional testing.
• Validate power and signal integrity in laboratory settings, ensuring alignment with design specifications, identify design issues and propose corrective actions.
• Ability to support multiple projects concurrently, ensuring timely completion of design and validation tasks.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience
• Proficiency with Altium 365, Cadence Orcad, Allegro, PLM tools such as Arena and Component Management database
• Recognized expert across the electrical engineering domain with deep specialization in critical areas involving SoCs, camera, sensors, power/energy management architectures and high-speed interfaces such as USB 3.1 Gen 2, LPDDR4/4x, MIPI, 10G/25G Ethernet and PCIe Gen 2/3
• Drive cost optimization, design for test, design for manufacturability, and endurance maximization
• Hands-on with PCB layout of power distribution network (PDN), analog and digital signals accounting for system-level timing, loss budget including silicon, package and board impairments
• Experience with lab measurements, debugging, and SI correlations using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzer, VNA and TDR
• Fluent in English communication, able to collaborate with teammates in different time zones
• Ability to travel internationally as needed
• Maintain company confidential information are a must

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