Electrical Design Engineer

Join Pano, a company dedicated to protecting communities from wildfires. As a System Integrator (Electrical/Computer Engineer), you will be responsible for the full hardware development lifecycle, from evaluating and selecting components to integrating and validating them. You will have a direct impact on the reliability and performance of hardware deployed in the field. This role requires strong electrical engineering fundamentals, hands-on NPI experience, and familiarity with reliability engineering concepts.

• Select and evaluate off-the-shelf hardware modules against performance, reliability, environmental, and supply chain requirements.
• Analyze datasheets to understand component limits and failure modes; design integrations that respect those boundaries across power, thermal, signal, and mechanical interfaces.
• Bring up integrated assemblies, characterize behavior across operating conditions, and validate against system requirements.
• Strong EE fundamentals: datasheet analysis, electrical specification evaluation, and system-level reasoning about power, signal integrity, and thermal behavior
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to write structured RCA reports and articulate risk to cross-functional stakeholders
• Hands-on NPI experience—has taken hardware through multiple full EVT-to-PVT cycles
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related engineering discipline
• 5+ years of professional hardware engineering experience with ownership across multiple phases of the product development lifecycle
• Demonstrated ability to debug and root-cause hardware issues at the system and integration level using standard lab equipment
• Mechanical engineering experience/familiarity/willingness to learn (as a small startup, we all wear many hats)
• Familiarity with reliability engineering concepts: derating, MTBF, environmental stress screening, HALT/HASS
• Experience evaluating components for long-lifecycle or harsh-environment applications (industrial, outdoor, automotive, or similar)
• Experience with cellular/LTE, Wi-Fi, or wireless module integration and RF-adjacent debugging
• Exposure to camera systems, ISP pipelines, or vision hardware
• Experience working with contract manufacturers and supporting production yield improvement
• Experience writing automated test or validation scripts in Python (or equivalent) to verify hardware behavior and stress integration points