Founding Electrical Engineer (Full-Time)

About the company

Aseon Labs builds robotic pitstops for self-driving cars. A depot in a box for charging, cleaning and inspecting autonomous fleets directly in operating zones.

Autonomous driving is working. The operational layer around it is not. Today, fleets lose significant time and money traveling to centralized depots for charging, cleaning and servicing, creating dead miles, lower uptime and operational bottlenecks that limit fleet scale.

Aseon Pods are modular, rapidly deployable robotic stations that keep autonomous fleets operating near demand. By bringing operations directly into demand zones, Aseon helps fleet operators increase uptime, reduce operational overhead and scale markets more efficiently without relying on large centralized depots.

George and Dan are second-time founders and mobility infrastructure operators. Previously, they built and scaled Pushme to 5,000 stations across 40 cities and were acquired by TIER-Dott ($600M raised). Aseon Labs is backed by Y Combinator and headquartered in Redwood City.

About the role

Aseon is looking for a Founding Electrical Engineer to define and own the electrical architecture of the Aseon platform. As the first dedicated electrical hire, you will make the key decisions around power systems, controls, communications, sensing and integration that will shape every generation of the product. The role is scoped for someone with 5+ years of experience in Electrical Engineering. Exceptional candidates with 3+ years who can demonstrate the right track record may be considered.

What the role involves

• Own the full electrical architecture of the Aseon Pod: power electronics, charging integration, power distribution, motor control, embedded control boards and sensor systems
• Design and develop custom PCBs for power distribution, motor drivers, embedded controllers and sensor integration, from schematic through layout to bring-up and validation
• Design the pod interface with DC fast-charging networks, including protocol handling for OCPP and ISO 15118
• Develop wiring harnesses and electrical interconnects for robotic actuation, inspection sensors and vehicle-contact subsystems
• Lead electrical systems through prototyping, EVT, DVT, safety validation and NPI, personally involved at each stage
• Drive EMI/EMC compliance and certification for outdoor commercial deployment (UL, CE, relevant IEC standards)
• Independently debug complex issues spanning power electronics, embedded firmware interfaces, motor control and system-level electrical behaviour
• Work closely with mechanical and robotics engineers on electromechanical integration across the full pod
• Work with suppliers and contract manufacturers on component selection, sourcing and production

What you will bring

Must have

• 3+ years of electrical engineering experience with a demonstrable track record of taking hardware from schematic to shipped product
• Strong fundamentals across power electronics, PCB design and embedded control systems
• Proficiency in PCB design tools such as Altium Designer or KiCad, including schematic capture, layout and design for manufacture
• Hands-on experience with board bring-up, debugging and validation using oscilloscopes, power analysers, logic analysers and motor test equipment
• Strong understanding of industrial control systems, sensors, actuators, power distribution and communication interfaces used in electromechanical systems
• Comfort working across electrical, mechanical and software boundaries and resolving cross-disciplinary tradeoffs
• Ability to work in a high-agency environment: making sound decisions quickly with limited resources and without a large support structure
• Strong communication skills: able to translate complex electrical concepts clearly across mechanical, software and non-technical audiences
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics or a related field

Useful to have

• Prior experience as an electrical engineer in a robotics context
• Experience designing electrical systems for large-scale industrial or infrastructure equipment
• Experience operating as a technical lead with accountability for a team's electrical engineering output
• Demonstrable hands-on bring-up and prototyping experience: someone who has built and debugged real hardware, not just designed it
• Previous time in a high-agency, early-stage or resource-constrained environment where the support structure was minimal

Why this role

• Most electrical engineers own a board or a subsystem. This role owns the full electrical architecture of a product that ships to cities at global scale
• The operational infrastructure piece is the unsolved piece of the autonomous vehicle puzzle, and this is the high-authority position to build the electrical systems that make it viable
• Early equity in a YC-backed company with second-time founders who have already scaled physical infrastructure to thousands of deployments across 40 cities

Role details

• Full-time
• $170-250k base + 0.25-2% equity depending on experience
• HQ in Redwood City, Bay Area
• In-person, hands-on engineering role

Recruitment Timeline

• Founder screening 1
• Founder screening 2
• Take home exercise
• Technical Interview (1hr 30mins)
• Decision in 1 – 2 weeks