System Electrical Engineer / Architect- Pico Lab- San Jose

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • Research & Development • $126,000 PA - $306,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

PICO, a leading VR/AR platform under ByteDance, is seeking a System Electrical Engineer/Architect to join its team in San Jose. This role will focus on system-level motherboard architecture and design for future XR products including AR glasses, MR headsets, and wristbands. You will be responsible for capturing complex schematics, leading end-to-end electronics development, prototyping, and collaborating with various engineering teams to ensure optimal outcomes. Hands-on experience in complex schematic capture, high-speed PCB designs, and board bring-up is essential. You will also be working with cutting-edge technologies such as high-speed SoC, mixed-signal and analog boards, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and more. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the future of XR technology and work with a talented team at a global tech giant.
Must have:
  • M.S. or PhD in Electrical Engineering
  • 5+ years experience in complex schematic capture
  • Experienced with smartphone or smartwatch motherboard design
  • Experienced with schematic and board design using Cadence OrCAD or Altium
  • Experienced with high-speed mobile SoC, mixed-signal and analog boards
  • Experienced with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and function generators
  • Experience with digital signal processing, real-time image processing, display engineering, camera modules, mobile SoC and PMIC, or Battery Management System
Good to have:
  • Familiar with embedded software development, firmware coding, Android BSP
  • Familiar with high-speed layout
  • Familiar with RF circuits and layout
  • Familiar with low-power low-noise analog circuitry
  • Familiar with complex SoC motherboard schematic capture
  • Familiar with migrating Android to a customized SoC board
  • Familiar with bringing up complex Android SoC systems
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance
  • Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match
  • Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans
  • Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options
  • 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO)
  • 10 paid sick days per year
  • 12 weeks of paid Parental leave
  • 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability
  • Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra
  • 401K company match
  • Gym and cellphone service reimbursements

Job Details

Responsibilities
Founded in April 2015, Pico is a leading VR company with independent innovation and R&D capabilities, focusing on VR all-in-one technology. Pico is committed to offering immersive and interactive VR experiences to our customers, including providing tailor-made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare. Why Join Us Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us. About Team: PICO is a leading VR/AR platform with independent innovation and R&D capabilities, focusing on VR all-in-one technology. PICO is committed to offering immersive and interactive VR experiences to our customers, including providing tailor-made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare. Responsibilities - Face the challenge of system-level motherboard architecture and design for future XR products,including futuristic AR glasses, advanced MR headsets, and interactive wristbands. Engage early on innovative product concepts and hardware experience in the System Prototyping Team. - Capture and draw highly complex schematics for high-speed SoC motherboard (MLB) at system level. Lead end-to-end electronics development, including early architecture requirements, key components selection, SoC selection, sensors selection, electronic architecture, schematic capture, layout review, system bringing up and supporting embedded and software teams. - Hands-on electronics development from scratch, full-system schematic capture, complex high-speed PCB designs, Flex designs and board bring-up. Own schematic capture of early AR/VR prototypes mainboards, daughterboards, interface boards, wireless connectivity boards and all flexes. - Prototype closely with industrial designers, optical engineers, mechanical engineers, IC engineers and software engineers for optimized outcomes.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - M.S. or PhD in Electrical Engineering. - 5+ years industrial experience in complex schematic capture in consumer electronics development using SoC running Android. - Experienced with smartphone or smartwatch motherboard design including SoC, MIPI, PCIe, baseband, camera, sensors, mipi, wifi, bt, et al. - Experienced with schematic and board design using Cadence OrCAD or Altium. - Experienced with all high-speed mobile SoC, mixed-signal and pure analog boards. - Experienced working with all of these technologies: use of oscilloscopes, high speed digital test equipment, logic analyzers, or function generators. Experience working with all of these technologies: digital signal processing, real-time image processing, display engineering, camera modules, mobile SoC and PMIC, or Battery Management System Preferred Qualifications - Familiar with embedded software development, firmware coding, Android BSP. - Familiar with high-speed layout. - Familiar with RF circuits and layout. - Familiar with low-power low-noise analog circuitry. - Familiar with complex SoC motherboard schematic capture, for example experienced in Android smartwatch or smartphone schematic capture. - Familiar with migrating Android to a customized SoC board. Very familiar with bringing up complex Android SoC systems. ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too. ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $126000 - $306000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

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