Staff Electrical Engineer San Mateo

Location:

• Flexible / Hybrid (San Mateo, CA). This role offers the flexibility to work from home, within proximity to our San Mateo office location.

The Role

GoPro is seeking a top-tier candidate to take on the responsibilities of a Staff Electrical Engineer. In this position, you will be responsible for electrical hardware development of consumer-grade cameras. You will work closely with an internal interdisciplinary team and outside partners to drive key aspects of product definition, design, optimization, implementation, and test. You must be responsive, flexible, goal-oriented with attention to detail, and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.

What You Will Do

• Accountable in driving electrical design reviews and collaborating with the cross-functional team to accomplish project deliverables.
• Electrical circuit design with ORCAD, PCB layout review, and releasing electrical BOM to PLM system. Electrical component selection, create schematic symbol and request component part number from document control team.
• Develop documents and validate electrical designs which meet functional, quality, reliability, manufacturability, and safety requirements.
• Resolve technical issues tracked in JIRA and communicate well across functional team.
• Review and qualify alternative electrical parts during engineering validation and development stages and support sustaining engineering in qualifying alternative parts after PVT/MP stage.
• Support compliance team to ensure electrical designs meet EMC compliance requirements.

Skills We’re Excited About

• MS or BSc in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 8+ years of experience in electrical design and related field in consumer product.
• Experience in designing electrical systems with Microprocessors, memory devices, power systems, high-speed transceivers, WiFi/BT/GNSS devices, and various serial interfaces such as I2C, I2S, SPI, UART, USB, MIPI, and other high-speed signals.
• Experience in Orcad CIS schematic, Allegro PCB EDA tool, and strong laboratory skills with a variety of electronic equipment.
• Proven ability in analyzing root cause, complex design debugging, and problem solving independently with minimal guidance.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, able to work independently and cross-functionally.
• Hands-on experience with electrical lab equipment, including High-Speed signal performance analyzers, TDR, Oscilloscope, etc.

Why Work With Us?

Create your own destiny. GoPro enables you and trusts you to get your own job done because we believe that autonomy in role brings out the best in our employees.

Live your best life. We’ve adopted remote and flexible work arrangements to support work at GoPro alongside our commitment to supporting employee wellbeing, belonging, and connection with one another.

Work with leading-edge technologies. We encourage employees to cultivate and use the latest and greatest technology to provide the best solutions to serve our customers. We celebrate creative solutions that bring innovation to GoPro technology.

GoPro Highlights

• Get your very own GoPro camera + gear
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance – premiums are 100% paid for employees, 80% paid for dependents
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Generous time off policy
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for new parents
• Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) options
• Discounted employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• LiveHealthy monthly wellness reimbursement
• Innovative remote-friendly wellness classes and events
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional + personal development opportunities, i.e., LinkedIn Learning, technology trainings, certifications, Peer-to-Peer learning, conferences, and more
• Opportunities to get involved in the causes that you care about (annual camera donation + volunteer events)

We strive for the day that no group can be described as underrepresented at GoPro – whether as part of our brand or in our workforce. We are committed to providing a more inclusive, representative, equal, just, and happy world. GoPro is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The pay range for this role is between $157,250 - $212,750. Actual pay within the range is dependent on multiple factors, including your residence location and prior work experience. Equity, benefits, and a discretionary bonus may be additional forms of compensation for this role and are not included in the provided pay range.