Senior Electrical Engineer
Quick facts
- Pay
- USD 180,000 - 240,000 per year
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- San Mateo, California
- Background
- Master's degree
- Industry
- Engineering — 264 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
About the company
Our client is a robotics company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this opportunity through the Paraform network. The position is with our client. Own electrical system integration for robotic hardware, combining power electronics, sensor integration, and hands-on electromagnetic compatibility work.
What you'll do
- Design and validate motor drivers, power electronics, and sensor circuits.
- Define grounding, shielding, filtering, and cable strategies.
- Integrate sensors and communications at the circuit-board level.
- Debug hardware and electromagnetic interference in the laboratory.
- Balance performance, reliability, manufacturing, cost, and schedule across disciplines.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 5 to 12 years of relevant electrical engineering experience.
- A bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, robotics, mechatronics, or a related field.
- Ownership of electrical hardware from schematic and layout through bring-up, validation, and production.
- Hands-on EMC/EMI design and debugging experience.
- Strong PCB layout, power electronics, analog circuit, and system-level design skills.
- Ability to explain tradeoffs across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and controls teams.
Bonus points
- Robotics, drones, electric vehicles, or motor-driven system experience.
- Sensor integration and CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, or RS-485 experience.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 240,000 per year.
- Equity: Competitive equity.
- Relocation support.
Location and work model
- Full-time onsite in San Mateo, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
- Visa support is described for O-1, H-1B, and TN categories; eligibility is reviewed during hiring.
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name Raydar in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Electrical Engineers (SOC 17-2071).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Engineer” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Electrical Engineers · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $106,038 | ~15% |
| Level II | $133,973 | ~31% |
| Level III | $161,886 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $189,821 | ~61% |
The listing has no salary, so we can't place it on a wage level. Ask the employer which wage level they'd file at: Level III–IV registrations get 3–4 entries in the H-1B lottery.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.