Saferide is hiring: Electrical Engineer - Hardware Systems in San Diego

Overview About Saferide At Saferide, we are solving one of the hardest and most meaningful challenges in the world: ending road deaths. Our plug-and-play vision compute platform retrofits the 200M+ vehicles already on the road with advanced driver assistance and safety features, bringing the future of mobility to every driver, not just those buying new cars. We are scaling from prototype to production, building the first real vision-based solution that can prevent the crashes that kill more than a million people globally each year. This is your chance to join a small, fast-moving team at the exact moment when our product goes from concept to reality. The Role We are looking for a hands-on Electrical Engineer who will own the end-to-end electrical architecture, design, and execution of our hardware systems. This is a core engineering role. Your work will directly determine how our platform performs in vehicles at scale. You will work closely with mechanical, software, and manufacturing partners to bring designs from concept through New Product Introduction (NPI) and into mass production. Responsibilities Lead the full electrical engineering lifecycle: architecture, schematic capture, PCB design/layout, prototyping, validation, and production release. Develop and integrate power, high-speed data, and sensor interfaces (MIPI, USB, CAN, Ethernet, etc.) for computer vision and automotive applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing) to ensure seamless system integration. Drive NPI processes, including EVT/DVT/PVT builds, debugging, and reliability testing. Own vendor engagement for PCB fabrication, component sourcing, and compliance testing (FCC, ISO 26262, NDAA, etc.). Establish best practices in design documentation, BOM management, and hardware revision control. Qualifications 5+ years of experience in end-to-end electrical engineering for NPI, ideally spanning consumer electronics, automotive, and/or edge computing. Proven track record of designing and shipping complex, multi-board systems with high-speed interfaces. Strong expertise in schematic capture, PCB layout, and hardware validation/debug. Experience with automotive electrical systems (CANBus, LIN, power conditioning, EMI/EMC compliance). Familiarity with computer vision and edge AI hardware (camera modules, GPUs/SoCs, high-bandwidth interconnects). Comfort working in fast-paced, resource-constrained startup environments. Bonus: experience with safety-critical systems (ISO 26262, ASIL) or manufacturing scale-up for electronics. Why Join Us The only reason to join a startup is to take on problems you would never get to solve anywhere else. At Saferide we are solving one of the hardest and most meaningful challenges in the world: ending road deaths. We have built the first true vision-based solution that can prevent the crashes that kill more than a million people globally each year, and the product you will help bring into production is designed to eliminate 80 to 90 percent of road deaths. This is your chance to join a small team at the exact moment when our product goes from prototype to reality, and to directly build the systems that scale Saferide from 2,000 units to 100,000 units. Our team combines proven experience in scaling hardware and software products. Our CEO previously scaled his first consumer electronics company to over $100M in revenue while shipping millions of units. Our CTO created 5G at Intel after serving as a staff engineer at Qualcomm for more than a decade. The rest of our engineering team are experts in computer vision, ADAS, and hardware systems. Together, we are building the platform that will bring life-saving safety technology to every vehicle on the road. Compensation & Benefits Salary: $125,000 – $155,000 base, depending on experience and seniority (San Diego market band). Equity: Meaningful stock options. Your work directly builds company value, and we believe every engineer should share in that upside. Benefits: Full health, dental, and vision coverage. On-site role in our San Diego office with direct access to hardware, vehicles, and test environments. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Technology, Information and Internet #J-18808-Ljbffr