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title: 'Electrical Engineer at Root Access'
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# Electrical Engineer at Root Access

- **Company:** Root Access
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/root-access/4bff4fad-7738-4c6b-ac9b-8471e8240adb

## Job description

## About the role

We're looking for an Electrical Engineer to own the design of electronic hardware from concept through prototype and into production. You will work alongside our cofounder / CTO who earned 7 patents for electronics. The Electrical Engineer will own the development of products including requirements, schematic capture, PCB layout, fabrication, testing, and QA. This role is best suited for a skilled engineer who wants to move fast and help pioneer the field of electronics in the age of AI.

## Key responsibilities

- Drive schematic capture and lead PCB layout including component selection, footprints, and BOM management.
- Develop and perform circuit simulation and analysis (e.g. SPICE), covering power, signal integrity, timing, and thermal considerations.
- Design power supplies, sensor interfaces, communication interfaces (I²C, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet, etc.), and microcontroller/processor subsystems.
- Bring up and debug prototypes in the lab using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other bench equipment.
- Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, verification, and test engineers throughout the development cycle.
- Prepare design documentation, review packages, and support Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and cost reduction efforts.
- Support compliance activities (EMC/EMI, safety, regulatory) as designs mature.

Required qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in EE or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of hands-on electronic circuit and PCB design experience.
- Proficiency with a schematic / PCB design tool (e.g. Altium, Cadence, KiCad, etc).
- Solid grounding in analog and digital fundamentals, power electronics, and high-speed design concepts.
- Comfortable debugging hardware at the bench with standard lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc).

## Preferred qualifications

- Master's in Electrical Engineering
- Proficiency using Ansys HFSS, SIwave, Icepak and CST is a plus.
- Experience taking products through the full lifecycle to volume production.
- Familiarity with signal-integrity and power-integrity analysis tools.
- Scripting ability (e.g. Python) for design automation or data analysis.
- Exposure to EMC/regulatory compliance testing.

## About Root Access

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Root Access builds AI-native developer tools for embedded engineers, enabling faster configuration and programming of mission-critical hardware in highly-regulated sectors.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Pre-Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, USA
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Ryan Eppley (CEO) and Samarpita Chowdhury (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Embedded software, AI developer tools, firmware development, safety-critical systems (aviation, automotive, medical devices, defense, robotics)
- **Target customers**: B2B – embedded engineers, firmware teams, safety/certification leads, system integrators at large OEMs (e.g., Mitsubishi Electric, East West Manufacturing) and companies in regulated industries
- **Mission / Purpose**: “AI for Engineers in Highly-regulated Sectors” – to make firmware development for complex, mission-critical hardware as fast and reliable as modern software development, while maintaining certifiability.

## Products & Services
- **Seb** – AI coding agent built specifically for embedded systems development. It ingests hardware datasheets, BOMs, schematics, and compliance requirements to generate tailored firmware, drivers, and HAL code. Uses proprietary fine-tuned LLMs and RAG, not boilerplate templates.
- **Hideout** – Agent management platform (IDE and orchestration layer) for deploying, monitoring, and controlling multiple instances of Seb. Supports CLI and cloud sessions, integrates with GitHub/GitLab, Jira/Linear, and can run tests directly on connected hardware.
- **Cert-ready artifacts** – The platform generates traceable outputs that align with DO-178C (aviation), ISO 26262 (automotive), and IEC 62304 (medical devices), reducing certification timeline from months to days.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$2.4M** (pre-seed round of $2.1M led by AlleyCorp in October 2025, plus an earlier $145K pre-seed from AlleyCorp in November 2024); open beta had 100+ engineers sign up before closing.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: AlleyCorp (lead), Forum Ventures, Gold House Ventures, Mana Ventures, Purdue Angels; angel investors from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Department of Defense; strategic partnership with Altium (API integration); members of NVIDIA Inception Program, AWS Activate, Perplexity for Startups, NYC Founder Fellowship.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 8 (with 4 open positions as of mid-2026); customers include Mitsubishi Electric and East West Manufacturing; active hiring for founding engineer roles (ML, software, firmware/embedded); strong interest from engineers at Lockheed Martin, HP, John Deere during beta.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Specialization**: The only AI tool purpose-built for embedded and firmware work, not repurposed from general-purpose code generators.
- **Certification-first design**: Artifacts are traceable and designed to meet DO-178C, ISO 26262, and IEC 62304 standards – a critical differentiator for defense, automotive, and medical clients.
- **Hardware-context awareness**: Ingests datasheets from Octopart and schematics via Altium, combined with proprietary RAG, reducing hallucinations and ensuring generated code matches the actual components.
- **Deep industry relationships**: Partnerships with Altium and connections to Texas Instruments and other semiconductor vendors create a moat around component data and integration.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the platform**: Expanding Hideout’s capabilities and onboarding more OEMs in regulated sectors (aviation, automotive, defense, medical robotics).
- **Ecosystem partnerships**: Deepening integrations with hardware vendors (e.g., Texas Instruments) and EDA tools to make Hideout the default AI layer for hardware development.
- **Certification as a service**: Positioning the platform as a “proxy of trust” to help customers confidently use AI in mission-critical workflows.
- **Talent acquisition**: Hiring founding engineers to accelerate product development and customer deployments.

## Why Work Here
- **High-impact mission**: Build the AI infrastructure that makes autonomous tractors, satellites, medical robots, and defense systems faster to develop and safer to certify.
- **Early-stage energy**: Join as a founding engineer (Software Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Firmware/Embedded Engineer) with significant ownership and influence.
- **Top-tier backing**: Backed by AlleyCorp and supported by accelerators like NVIDIA Inception and AWS Activate.
- **Culture**: Flat structure; team of 8 with a strong technical bias (5 of 8 in engineering/technical roles); co-founders with deep industry knowledge (CEO Ryan Eppley built heavy machinery; CTO Samarpita Chowdhury has firmware expertise).
- **Location**: Based in New York City; likely hybrid/office-first given hardware interaction needs; open roles listed as “New York City” on the careers page.
- **Perks**: Competitive equity for early employees; hands-on work with cutting-edge AI models, embedded systems, and certification processes.

## Sources
1. [Root Access website](https://rootaccess.ai/)
2. [Root Access Careers Page (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/root-access)
3. [Root Access Company Page](https://www.rootaccess.ai/company)
4. [Root Access LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/root-access-ai)
5. [The Robot Report – Root Access raises $2.1M pre-seed](https://www.therobotreport.com/root-access-develops-tool-engineers-embedded-systems-raises-preseed-funding/)
6. [Root Access Documentation (Hideout)](https://docs.rootaccess.ai/)

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