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Unlock your future with Alcatraz AI! Alcatraz AI is looking for an Electrical Engineer. This position will be responsible for ensuring that product electronic designs meet/exceed customer expectations providing the business with a competitive advantage. This role will also support product applications and field issues.

About Alcatraz
We’re an award-winning Series A startup backed by Silicon Valley VCs and some of the largest
security companies in the world. We are disrupting the $70B access control industry through
facial authentication and artificial intelligence. Our product is a frictionless and secure physical
access control platform built with our proprietary full-stack software and hardware that integrates into the existing security infrastructure in corporations. Enterprises choose us to modernize their infrastructure and deliver a touchless and secure solution for their employees.

Design and develop embedded hardware systems for electro-mechanical products

• Performs full life cycle product development tasks
• Designs schematics and layout multilayer PCBs
• System level debugging of existing and newly developed products
• Works with other functional areas during the product development process
• Lead or support subcontracted electrical design as needed
• Expected to work under own initiative, prioritize own work, and meet agreed deadlines
• Supports manufacturing and sustaining post production launch as needed

Capacity to stay current with emerging technologies and development tools

• Ability to work on / keep track of multiple projects developing in parallel
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical and firmware related issues
• Willingness to learn new processes
• Dependable and punctual
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work independently or as a part of a team
• Strong analytical skills
  

• 4-year degree in Electrical Engineering
• 5 - 10 years of work experience in a design or product development team
• Experience working with Altium
• Skilled in design engineering for embedded systems
• Clear understanding of electronic principles and concepts
• Knowledge of schematic layout and circuit analysis for electronic designs
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC fundamentals including design for radiated emissions, radiated immunity, ESD and electrical transients
• Knowledge of high-speed electrical design fundamentals
• Knowledge in electronic manufacturing techniques
• Understanding of QFD, DFM, DFA, DFT, FMEA, RCA
• Skilled in describing electrical operations to both engineers and laymen
  

Experience launching at least two products successfully into mass production

• Specific experience in a product design role for electro-mechanical products
• Experience in writing firmware a plus
• Designing products around extreme environmental conditions
• Specific experience with FCC and UL testing a plus
• Willingness to learn and embrace emerging technology
  

Please send your resume at careers@alcatraz.ai