# Electrical Engineering Team Lead at Waabi

- Company: Waabi
- What the company does: Transform your supply chain with Waabi’s AI-first autonomous trucking solution. Scale freight operations, improve safety, and boost efficiency. Learn more. Backed by Khosla.
- Company website: https://waabi.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $185K to $270K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/waabi/2953d85f-fd51-4fd9-9a44-7517cb0f6e26
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/waabi-electrical-engineering-team-lead/

## About the role

As our Electrical Engineering Team Lead, you'll own that bridge. You'll guide the team that designs Waabi's custom electronics and carries them from prototype to production, making sure every design is built for the assembly line and meets the exacting standards of our OEM partners and our own safety and functional requirements.

## What they're looking for

- Lead the team. Guide and mentor a group of electrical engineers working on high-performance embedded compute and robust power distribution. Set technical direction and help people do the best work of their careers
- Design for scale. Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Testability (DFT) across every hardware iteration, moving from prototype toward zero-defect mass production
- Own the CM relationship . Serve as the primary technical interface with our contract manufacturers — running NPI (New Product Introduction) cycles, conducting line audits, and clearing production bottlenecks
- Uphold functional safety and quality. Ensure electrical systems meet automotive standards such as ISO 26262 and AEC-Q100, and maintain a roadmap for long-term reliability in the field
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience
- 10+ years in hardware development, including time leading or mentoring engineers. (Formal management experience is a plus, not a prerequisite — we care that you can grow a team.)

Tags: Embedded Hardware Engineering