Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Sense is a fast-growing greentech scale-up based in Cambridge, MA. We build smart home monitoring systems to help people take command of their energy usage, saving money while combating climate change. Our mission is to reduce global carbon emissions by making homes smart and efficient, and we’re looking to make an impact at scale: Sense’s technology has the potential to remove one gigaton of carbon from the atmosphere every year.

We’re looking for talented self-starters who want to be part of the energy transformation and are ready, willing, and able to tackle tough challenges and complex technical problems. When you join the Sense team, you’re helping us build a cleaner, more resilient future.

Sense supports a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to foster an engaging, respectful, and supportive community where everyone feels empowered to do their best work.

As a Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, you'll use your expertise to help us build the next generation of our Sense hardware, including:

• Specification of a mixed signal ASIC, containing processing, data acquisition, and wireless networking.
• Design verification testing of a mixed signal ASIC, in particular the analog and digital interface subsystems.
• Work with the engineering team on designing circuit boards using the ASIC for future products.

Requirements

We’re looking for someone with:

• Professional experience: 3 or more years of experience with SoC development and testing
• Successful experience collaborating with small hardware and firmware teams
• BS plus five years experience, or MS plus three years experience
• Authorized to work in the US

Desired, but not required:

• Experience with power measurement/metering
• Experience with test and verification of analog data acquisitions
• Experience with certification of wireless networking (802.11, 802.15)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including equity
• Remote-friendly
  • Remote or local/hybrid in our Cambridge Central Square office
  • Home office setup allowance ($200/year)
• Great work-life balance
  • Flexible work hours
  • Vacation starting at 3 weeks/year + 1 week paid sick time
  • Paid parental leave (5 weeks or more depending on location)
  • Dependent Care Accounts
• Generous healthcare benefits for employees and dependents
  • Medical (90% of the premium and first 50% of the deductible)
  • Dental (90%)
  • Vision (100%)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Life, AD&D, long- and short-term disability insurance (100%)
• 401k plan with Company match
• Free Sense energy monitor for your home, discounts for friends and family