Electrical Engineer

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.

Specs Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Snap Inc. dedicated to making computing more human. The company develops Specs, advanced eyewear that seamlessly integrates digital experiences into the physical world.

Specs feature see-through lenses that place digital objects directly into three-dimensional space, powered by Snap OS, a proprietary, context-aware operating system designed for natural interaction with your hands and voice.

Specs Inc. also provides Lens Studio, a full suite of advanced developer tools that powers immersive augmented reality experiences across Specs, Snapchat, and other services.

We’re looking for an Electrical Engineer to join the Brain-Computer Interface team at Snap Inc!
 

What you’ll do:

• 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

• Partner with remote hardware engineering teams to align on system integration, requirements, and technical tradeoffs.

• Support schematic capture, PCB design reviews, component selection, design-for-test, and hardware documentation

• Lead board bring-up and debug using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies, and other laboratory equipment.

• Characterize signal quality, noise, interference, power behavior, and system performance in realistic wearable conditions

• Build test plans and automated or semi-automated validation workflows for prototype hardware.

• Collaborate with firmware and algorithms engineers to expose reliable sensor data and diagnose end-to-end system issues

• Work with mechanical and industrial design partners to package sensors, boards, connectors, and flexes within compact wearable form factors

• Translate experimental prototypes into robust designs suitable for repeated builds, field studies, and productization

• Communicate technical tradeoffs clearly through design reviews, documentation, test reports, and concise engineering updates

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of analog and digital circuit design, power delivery, signal integrity, sensor interfaces, embedded hardware, and battery-operated systems

• Knowledge of EEG and biopotential signal acquisition, including low-noise analog front ends and signal integrity considerations

• Knowledge of signal processing fundamentals, including sampling, filtering, and spectral analysis

• 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

• Skill in using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and power supplies.

• Ability to plan and execute hardware characterization and validation, including signal quality, noise, interference, and power measurements

• Ability to isolate root causes across hardware, firmware, mechanical, and system-level interfaces

• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team and make technical tradeoffs in an evolving, early-stage environment

• Ability to communicate technical decisions and test results clearly in written and verbal form

Minimum Qualifications: 

• 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 taking electronic hardware from schematic through bring-up, characterization, and iteration

• Experience integrating analog and digital circuitry, power management, sensors, and embedded hardware interfaces within a larger system

• Experience analyzing and characterizing sensor signals using laboratory equipment, filtering, spectral analysis, and noise and interference measurements

• Experience collaborating across hardware, firmware, mechanical, and software disciplines to resolve system-level integration issues

• Fluency in English

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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 with flexible circuits, miniaturized electronics, high-density interconnects, or constrained mechanical packaging

• Experience developing hardware test automation, data acquisition, or analysis workflows using Python or similar tools

• Track record of moving prototypes toward productization, including contributions to production test, design-for-manufacturing, reliability testing, or engineering builds

• Experience translating research prototypes and experimental results into engineering requirements

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!