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Electrical Engineer

Mashgin


Job Location:

San Jose, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 145000 - 180000
Posted: 3 October 2026 (13 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 31 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Mashgin
Mashgin powers the worlds best checkout experience for over 40 million users. Customers just place their items on our kiosks and our AI rings up their entire order in less than a second. With Mashgin lines are now optional.

Mashgins technology powers over 1 billion transactions at your favorite locations including over half of all US professional sports teams 4000 convenience stores major airports universities and more.

Were not just building cutting-edge AIwere creating real-world impact and unforgettable experiences. Backed by a well-funded Series B were also one of the rare AI startups thats already profitable.

Our secret A culture of extreme ownership autonomy and customer obsession. At Mashgin we are building something extraordinary by challenging conventional wisdom. Weve thrown out the old rules to focus on what truly matters: creating a kickass product that makes people say Wow. We dont care about short-term wins; we build systems that stand the test of time. If you thrive in a culture of excellence without compromise and want to see your work have an immediate remarkable impact youre in the right place.

Position Summary

As an Electrical Engineer at Mashgin you will be a primary driver of our hardware evolution. You will be expected to pivot quickly as project requirements evolve tackling complex technical hurdles with a sense of urgency and a fail fast learn faster mentality. While your technical chops in hardware design are paramount your success will be defined by your ability to navigate ambiguity and deliver high-quality engineering solutions under aggressive timelines.

This role demands a high degree of vocal engineering. We are looking for a candidate who will frequently wear a Program Manager hat is comfortable speaking up and can effectively communicate technical risks to non-technical stakeholders create timelines and milestones drive those timelines and milestones. This is an opportunity for an engineer who thrives on ownership and wants to blend technical execution with the strategic oversight necessary to scale a product from prototype to market.

This is a hybrid remote role where youd be required to be onsite in San Jose CA at least 2 times a week.
What We Value:
  • Impact: You will own significant responsibility and have total ownership over your work. We stay lean and efficient so your work directly impacts the product we ship every day.
  • Simplicity: Complexity is a waste of time herewe take pride in building things that just work.
  • Hard Work: Forget the glamorous research papers. We prioritize the hard work it takes to achieve real-world clarity and accuracy. You will innovate relentlessly to push the boundaries of whats possible in visual automation.
  • Humility: No task is beneath you. Whether its high-level architecture or grunt work to fix a bug we check our egos at the door and get real work done.
  • Ruthless Prioritization: If everything is on fire nothing is. You will be expected to prioritize ruthlessly cutting through distractions to focus on the most impactful product improvements.
  • Customer Innovation: We are customer-centric not customer-pleasing. You wont bend to every client demand; you will let innovation drive the product forward to solve the real problems our users face.
  • Efficiency: Meetings suck. We keep them short and only use them for alignment giving you your time back to focus on real work.
You Will Be
  • Architecting and integrating system-level electrical designs including computer platforms (x86/SoC) camera modules sensors displays and external peripherals.
  • Owning system power architecture including power distribution sequencing power budgeting and platform thermal considerations.
  • Leading hardware bring-up debugging and system validation across electrical firmware and software layers.
  • Working closely with computer vision teams to enable robust camera performance and diagnose imaging issues from a hardware perspective.
  • Supporting camera subsystem development including sensor selection camera board integration and calibration considerations.
  • Designing and integrating systems using high-speed and low-speed interfaces (USB PCIe Ethernet I2C SPI UART GPIO).
  • Rapidly prototyping and evaluating new system architectures and electro-mechanical concepts.
  • Drive product development from prototype through EVT DVT PVT and mass production.
  • Collaborating with global suppliers and manufacturing partners to deliver scalable production hardware.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

  • 3 years of experience in electrical engineering hardware engineering or related experience

  • Proficiency in electrical design software (e.g. Altium Cadence OrCAD/Allegro PADS) and circuit analysis software (e.g. SPICE)

  • Understanding of and demonstrated experience in electrical design principles circuit analysis and electronics manufacturing processes

  • Experience in failure analysis modes including both non-destructive and destructive FA

  • Experience working with complex board designs PCB/FPC/RFPC design/manufacturing release test bringup and debugging

  • Hands-on EE lab experience including with: soldering equipment oscilloscopes high speed digital test equipment logic analyzers function generators

  • Ability to read interpret and basic coding ability for C/C and similar embedded systems languages

  • Familiarity with BOM and PLM management and processes e.g. Agile Aligni

  • Able to travel (2x annually) for overseas builds

  • Able to travel (2x annually) for domestic hardware installations

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in shipping consumer electronics over a full NPI/xVT cycle with a focus on HW system design and integration

  • Experience with rapid prototyping to derisk new designs and technologies

  • Experience with IMUs/sensor physical sensor systems with an understanding of calibration methods

  • Experience with vision systems

  • Experience with display technologies (e.g. LCD OLED)

  • Experience programming in languages like Python or C/C

  • Strong electrical design fundamentals in analog (e.g. audio sensor AFE) high speed (e.g. DDR4/5 MIPI USB3) and power design (e.g. PDN analysis power architecture)

  • Design experience related to EE-adjacent domains such as: ESD Reliability Thermal Desense/EMI Signal Integrity

  • Experience in HW design and integration using microcontrollers SoCs DDR flash memory

  • Experience with embedded SW development (C/C Python).

  • Experience with RF system design and integration

What We Offer
  • An opportunity to work on a small multidisciplinary team with the potential to break new ground in many different industries
  • Excellent health dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents
  • 401k plan
  • Flexible PTO policy
  • Catered lunch in office with fully stocked snacks and beverages
  • Pet insurance for your fur babies
  • Voluntary life insurance plan
  • Competitive salary and options in a small rapidly scaling company
$145000 - $180000 a year
For roles based in Palo Alto CA the overall market range for Mashgin is typically $145000 - $180000 USD annually. Note that total compensation for this position will be determined by candidates relevant qualifications work experience skills and other relevant factors. This estimate excludes the value of any benefits offered by Mashgin and the potential future value of any other long-term incentives.
Mashgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment at Mashgin are considered without regards to race color religion national origin age sex marital status ancestry physical or mental disability veteran status gender identity or sexual orientation.

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Touchless self-checkout system with no barcodes & no wait. We have created the easiest checkout you have ever experienced. Mashgin's A.I.-based technology uses 3D reconstruction, computer vision, and deep learning to identify items.

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