Job Description

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

• Lyte is seeking a hands-on Senior Electrical Engineer to own complex electrical and PCB designs from concept through production. This role combines high-speed digital design, mixed-signal electronics, power management, and board-level development for advanced sensing and robotics platforms. We are looking for someone who has personally designed, brought up, debugged, and delivered complex electronic hardware. This is an individual-contributor role focused on direct engineering execution, not primarily design oversight.

What you'll do

• Own electrical designs from architecture and schematic development through PCB layout, prototyping, bring-up, validation, and production.
• Design complex digital, analog, and mixed-signal PCBs incorporating SoCs, FPGAs, power management, sensors, and high-speed interfaces.
• Execute and own board-level layout and power distribution network design, considering signal integrity, power integrity, timing, and overall system performance.
• Design and bring up applicable high-speed interfaces such as USB 3.1 Gen 2, LPDDR4/4x, MIPI, 10G/25G Ethernet, and PCIe Gen 2/3.
• Develop power trees, regulator selections, sequencing, decoupling, and power distribution strategies.
• Debug hardware in the lab; measure and improve signal/power integrity, investigate failures, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, systems, manufacturing and test engineers to resolve integration issues.
• Develop in-circuit and functional test plans; support reliability, manufacturability, cost, and production readiness.
• Partner with manufacturing teams and external suppliers through prototype builds, qualification, and product launch.
• Contribute across multiple concurrent hardware projects while maintaining technical accountability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, with at least eight years of relevant engineering experience.
• Demonstrated personal ownership of complex PCB designs from schematics and layout through bring-up, validation, and production.
• Hands-on design and bring-up experience with high-speed digital interfaces, including relevant technologies such as USB, LPDDR, MIPI, Ethernet, or PCIe.
• Experience designing power architectures, sequencing, decoupling, and power distribution networks.
• Practical signal- and power-integrity debugging with oscilloscopes and applicable equipment such as VNAs, TDRs, or spectrum analyzers.
• Experience with electronic design tools such as Altium 365, Cadence OrCAD, or Allegro.
• Experience designing for testability, manufacturability, cost, and production support.
• Strong collaboration and English-language communication skills across multidisciplinary, international teams; ability to travel internationally when needed

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