Electrical Engineer

About Pilgrim:

Pilgrim develops and deploys advanced biotechnology for defense and national security. Our primary platform, ARGUS, is a fully autonomous system for detecting biological threats in near real time, from naturally occurring pathogens to engineered agents.

Pilgrim is not a research institute or academic lab - we engineer hardware for biology, turning breakthrough science into fielded capabilities. Located in Redwood City, our team pairs mechanical and electrical engineering with chemistry and biology to bring critical technologies to the people who need them.

 

About the Role:

As an Electrical Engineer at Pilgrim, you'll own the electronics and embedded systems across our products, from concept through mass production. You'll work across PCB design, mixed-signal circuits, sensing and power management, board bring-up, and system integration - taking boards from prototype all the way to deployed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop PCBs from schematic capture and component selection through layout, fabrication, assembly, bring-up, and validation.

• Work across rigid, rigid-flex, and flex circuits while balancing electrical performance, packaging constraints, manufacturability, EMI/EMC, and reliability.

• Build and test prototypes, breadboards, and evaluation circuits to validate design concepts before committing to production hardware.

• Bring up and debug new hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, and other standard lab equipment.

• Develop circuits for sensing, actuation, embedded compute, communications, and power management subsystems.

• Design, assemble, and troubleshoot wire harnesses, connectors, and cabling for reliable integration of boards, sensors, actuators, and power systems.

• Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, software, and systems engineers to integrate electronics into complete electromechanical assemblies.

• Travel for live demonstrations, field testing, and operator feedback sessions, then use what you learn to improve designs through rapid iteration.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering (preferred) or related discipline (e.g., Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering), or demonstrated equivalent capability (formal degree not required).

• Portfolio of independent projects demonstrating applied hardware design and prototyping skills (required).