Electrical Engineer

Join Snap Inc. as an Electrical Engineer on the Brain-Computer Interface team. You will design and develop electrical systems for wearable prototypes, integrate sensors and embedded interfaces, and collaborate with remote hardware engineering teams. You will also lead board bring-up and debug, characterize signal quality and system performance, and work with mechanical and industrial design partners. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous time off, medical coverage, and a 401(k) plan.

About Snap Inc.

Experience translating research prototypes and experimental results into engineering requirements

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electrical systems for wearable prototypes, from early architecture through implementation and validation.
• Integrate sensors, analog front ends, power, clocks, communications, and embedded interfaces into compact wearable platforms.
• Lead board bring-up and debug using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies, and other laboratory equipment.
• Ability to plan and execute hardware characterization and validation, including signal quality, noise, interference, and power measurements
• Knowledge of signal processing fundamentals, including sampling, filtering, and spectral analysis
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team and make technical tradeoffs in an evolving, early-stage environment
• Skill in using PCB layout and schematic capture tools such as Cadence Allegro, OrCAD Capture, or Altium Designer, as well as SPICE-based circuit simulation tools
• Experience integrating analog and digital circuitry, power management, sensors, and embedded hardware interfaces within a larger system

Requirements

• Ability to isolate root causes across hardware, firmware, mechanical, and system-level interfaces
• Skill in using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and power supplies
• Knowledge of analog and digital circuit design, power delivery, signal integrity, sensor interfaces, embedded hardware, and battery-operated systems
• Ability to communicate technical decisions and test results clearly in written and verbal form
• Knowledge of EEG and biopotential signal acquisition, including low-noise analog front ends and signal integrity considerations
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent years of experience
• 3+ years of experience in electrical or hardware engineering
• Experience collaborating across hardware, firmware, mechanical, and software disciplines to resolve system-level integration issues
• Experience taking electronic hardware from schematic through bring-up, characterization, and iteration
• Experience analyzing and characterizing sensor signals using laboratory equipment, filtering, spectral analysis, and noise and interference measurements

Fluency in English

• Experience developing and validating wearable electronics, sensor systems, or consumer electronics
• Familiarity with EEG, biopotential, low-noise analog acquisition, or other physiological sensing systems
• Experience developing hardware test automation, data acquisition, or analysis workflows using Python or similar tools
• Experience with flexible circuits, miniaturized electronics, high-density interconnects, or constrained mechanical packaging
• Track record of moving prototypes toward productization, including contributions to production test, design-for-manufacturing, reliability testing, or engineering builds