Senior Electrical Engineer
AIM · Seattle
About AIM
AIM builds autonomy for the real world - robots that move mountains. Our systems fuse software, electronics, mechanics, perception, and mission-critical infrastructure into ruggedized, safety-critical machinery operating on jobsites across the world. We replace manual, error-prone, high-risk tasks with intelligent machines that reshape how earthmoving is done.
Electrical engineering is at the heart of these systems. Our autonomy hardware spans compute and sensor platforms, power distribution, fault detection, safety architectures, and wiring systems that must perform flawlessly in harsh, unpredictable, high-entropy environments. We build electronics that survive dust, mud, vibration, shock loads, corrosion, temperature swings, and real-world operator behavior.
We're growing fast, scaling globally, and building the technology foundation that will define the next century of construction. Learn more about AIM here.
About You
You're a builder who thrives at the intersection of electronics, software, and the physical world. You design simple, reliable, testable, and fault-tolerant electrical systems that operate correctly under real-world conditions - not just in simulation or the lab. You have strong fundamentals in PCB design, power systems, wire harnessing, sensors, and electrical-mechanical integration, and you bring high judgment to ambiguous decisions.
You're equally comfortable architecting electrical subsystems, bringing up new boards, debugging failures with scopes and analyzers, validating hardware in the field, or collaborating with autonomy, software, mechanical, and field engineering counterparts. You take ownership of outcomes - not just schematics - connecting your designs directly to safety, reliability, and customer impact.
You want to work on problems where precision, robustness, and safety matter - and where your systems directly enable autonomous heavy machinery operating across the world.
About Us Together
We're going to change how the world builds. Along the way, we'll take on electrical engineering challenges such as:
Sensor, compute, and MCU integration that survives vibration, shock, and temperature extremes
Power distribution and protection in unpredictable load and environmental conditions
Functional safety and fault-tolerant architectures for safety-critical autonomy systems
High-reliability wiring harness design for harsh environments, with field service processes designed in
EMI/EMC performance in electrically noisy heavy-equipment environments
Integration across mechanical constraints, software interfaces, autonomy pipelines, and OEM platforms
Designing electronics that work not only in clean labs - but in the elements
We'll iterate quickly, debug deeply, confront the truth when things don't work, and build mechanisms that scale with quality and reliability.
If that excites you, you're the kind of Senior Electrical Engineer who will thrive here.
Responsibilities
What You Will Own
As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will architect and deliver the electrical systems that enable AIM's autonomous machines to operate safely and reliably in the field.
Architect & Build Electrical Systems for Autonomy
Architect end-to-end electrical subsystems, including compute/MCU platforms, sensor interfaces, power architectures, safety/fault-detection circuitry, and communication buses.
Translate product and customer requirements into hardware architectures and detailed electrical designs.
Define electrical integration approaches across autonomy, mechanical, and OEM platforms.
Design, Implement & Validate Electronics
Own the full lifecycle of PCBA designs (schematic → simulation → layout → bring-up → validation) using Altium.
Perform circuit-level simulations (SPICE), signal-integrity analysis, power budgeting, and thermal considerations.
Validate designs through analog/digital testing, hardware debugging, and failure analysis using oscilloscopes, DMMs, and signal analyzers.
Design wiring harnesses and connectors suitable for harsh, real-world environments.
Develop Test, Validation & Safety Mechanisms
Own electrical and firmware-driven automated test systems for manufacturing test, design validation, and field diagnostics.
Partner with Product and Safety to define reliability and environmental test specifications (humidity, vibration, temperature, ingress).
Ensure designs are compliant with safety and functional safety frameworks (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 15998).
Integrate Across Autonomy, Software, Mechanical & Field Ops
Work with autonomy and software teams to define electrical interfaces, communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I²C, Ethernet), and cross-domain failure behaviors.
Collaborate with mechanical engineers on packaging, thermal, structural, and environmental constraints.
Work with Field Deployment to incorporate operational truth and real-world debugging into electrical design improvements.
Own End-to-End Execution
Work with vendors and assembly houses to scale prototyping and manufacturing of electrical systems.
Drive root-cause analysis and corrective-action loops for reliability issues in lab and field.
Ensure electrical systems meet performance, manufacturability, serviceability, and reliability requirements at production scale.
Raise the Electrical Engineering Bar
Mentor junior and mid-level electrical engineers; lead design reviews and architecture discussions.
Improve electrical engineering mechanisms - schematic standards, layout reviews, test frameworks, documentation, and vendor qualification.
Help define what Electrical Engineering excellence looks like at AIM.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
7+ years of experience designing and delivering production electrical systems.
Strong proficiency in schematic design, PCB layout, and electrical simulation (SPICE).
Hands-on experience with analog/digital validation, oscilloscopes, DMMs, logic analyzers, and lab bring-up.
Experience with CAN, UART, Ethernet, and other communication protocols.
Experience with harness design, ruggedized connectors, and systems for harsh environments.
Experience debugging EMI/EMC issues and designing for compliance.
Proven ability to deliver reliable, fault-tolerant electrical systems in cross-functional contexts.
Experience collaborating with mechanical, software, autonomy, and field teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in robotics, autonomy, automotive, off-road machinery, or other ruggedized systems.
Experience with MCU firmware for embedded systems.
Experience with power electronics, DC-DC conversion, load management, or battery systems.
Experience designing to functional safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 15998, ISO 10218).
Experience scaling designs from prototype to manufacturing and field deployment.
How You'll Stand Out
You design electrical systems that are simple, robust, and deeply reliable.
You anticipate failure modes early and build systems that degrade safely.
You balance analytical rigor with practical, field-informed engineering judgment.
You elevate the quality, reliability, and clarity of electrical designs across the organization.
You convert ambiguous requirements into clean hardware architectures.
You own outcomes end-to-end - from prototype to production to field reliability.
What We Offer
Opportunity to build electronics that directly shape the future of autonomy and heavy equipment robotics.
High-impact ownership across AIM's autonomy stack and global deployments.
Collaboration with world-class engineers across software, autonomy, hardware, and robotics.
Competitive compensation, equity, medical/dental/vision, 401(k), life insurance.
Travel opportunities to customer jobsites across the U.S., Australia, Europe, Africa, South America, and more.
Why AIM?
Solve a massive set of real-world problems that require scalable earth moving
Accomplish that via deploying and expanding cutting edge tech
Run your workstreams with the largest degree of autonomy
Have an opportunity for rapid growth and a large voice on the direction of the company
Receive company funded medical, dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, gourmet food & perks
Experience a strong onsite collaboration (AIM offices, labs and proving grounds on the east side of the Greater Seattle area)
Have an opportunity to travel to unique sites around the world (Americas, Australia, Africa & more)