Senior Electrical Sustaining Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Electrical Sustaining Engineer role is onsite in San Francisco, CA, with base pay of $150,000–$190,000 per year; the role may also be eligible for equity and benefits. Ouster builds LiDAR sensors and tools for engineers, roboticists, and researchers. The engineer owns production electrical hardware designs and manages changes that preserve product reliability and manufacturing continuity. The role connects engineering, supply chain, quality, and manufacturing partners, using field and production issues to improve released designs and inform future product development.

What you'll do

• Own electrical designs for shipping LiDAR sensors
• make schematic and layout changes and plan design verification
• drive and approve engineering and material change orders
• monitor component lifecycles and qualify replacement parts
• maintain component libraries and compliance data
• troubleshoot component-level issues
• partner with procurement, supply chain, and contract manufacturers
• perform root-cause analysis and translate field lessons into design-for-reliability guidance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior electrical sustaining engineer

san francisco ca

ouster

lidar hardware

electrical engineering

production hardware

schematic design

pcb layout

engineering change orders

component qualification

root-cause analysis

$150k–$190k

equity eligible

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• May be eligible for equity and benefits.

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent and 6+ years of relevant engineering experience; hands-on schematic capture, PCB layout, circuit simulation, component qualification, and failure analysis experience are specified.

About the employer

Ouster is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.