--- title: 'Electrical Engineer at Sesame' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/electrical-engineer-sesame-san-francisco-6az2e804nyat' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-05' --- # Electrical Engineer at Sesame - **Company:** Sesame - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Compensation:** $175k–$280k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2025-02-21 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sesame/bf7504f2-a340-40a4-bdaa-9f03b63f053c/application **Skills:** PCBA Design, PCBA Bring-up, PCBA Debug, Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics, PCB Design, Simulation Tools, Firmware Development, Hardware Architecture, RF Connectivity, Sensor Integration, Power Systems, Wearable Product Development, Machine Perception, Machine Learning, Capacitive Touch Sensors, Audio Processing, Image Sensors, Battery Management Systems > The Electrical Engineer will own and drive the development of electrical architecture and hardware systems for wearable products. Responsibilities include PCBA design, firmware collaboration, and managing vendor relationships to ship compact, efficient battery-powered systems with RF connectivity. ## Job description ## About Sesame Sesame believes in a future where computers are lifelike - with the ability to see, hear, and collaborate with us in ways that feel natural and human. With this vision, we're designing a new kind of computer, focused on making voice agents part of our daily lives. Our team brings together founders from Oculus and Ubiquity6, alongside proven leaders from Meta, Google, and Apple, with deep expertise spanning hardware and software. Join us in shaping a future where computers truly come alive. ## ABOUT THE ROLE Our tightly integrated electronics pack a broad range of functions into a small package. We are seeking an Electrical Engineer with experience in wearable products, or similar areas in consumer electronics, who can own and drive system design through to production. They will follow the system or complete subsystems through concept, architecture, prototyping, evaluation, and refinement stages. This requires low-level, hands-on EE skills with the breadth to cover any subsystems, including high-level direction, partner management, and Software/Firmware collaboration. Deep knowledge and experience in designing and shipping compact, efficient battery-powered systems with RF connectivity and challenging industrial design constraints is ideal. Experience with IoT devices, custom silicon, or ML accelerators is a plus. ## RESPONSIBILITIES: - Own & drive the development of the electrical architecture, design, prototyping, and development of one or more hardware systems (MCU/SOC/FPGA, battery, sensing, RF, Audio). - Contribute to hardware process and tool flow definition, hardware vendor engagement, and management. - Serve as a domain expert on one or more areas of electrical design, such as audio, DSP, battery, RF, or sensing. - Define hardware roadmaps, architectures, trade-offs, specifications, development plans, and evaluation methods for wearable electronics. - Hands-on PCBA design and bring-up: component selection, schematic, layout, assembly, bring-up, test/debug, and integration into larger systems. - Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, software, UX, and machine learning partners to define, evaluate, and optimize hardware systems. - Identify, evaluate, engage, and drive partners and vendors to accelerate hardware development. ## REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Experience working independently in high-ambiguity environments. - 10+ years of experience owning and delivering complex EE designs. - 5+ years of experience leading & delivering complex projects encompassing computing, electrical systems, sensors, power, mechanical, and firmware. - Experience shipping and supporting a complex product including sensors, compute, HMI, and battery. - Strong fundamental EE skills across analog & digital domains, PCB design, and simulation tools. - Familiar with firmware development and comfortable with independent basic bring-up and debug code. - Excellent written & verbal communication skills. - Passion for learning, and experimentation evidenced by side projects or learning endeavors. - BS or MS in EE or equivalent. ## PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Deep experience with one of the following areas: battery, RF, capacitive touch, audio, or image sensors. - Experience developing and shipping a wearable product, including machine perception or machine learning-powered features, with challenging power and form factor constraints. - Experience selecting and guiding partners to augment development speed/bandwidth. - Familiarity with machine learning algorithms, data collection, and hardware acceleration. - Experience in a startup or research organization. Sesame is committed to a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We welcome all qualified applicants, embracing diversity in race, gender, identity, orientation, ability, and more. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Contact careers@sesame.com for assistance. Full-time Employee Benefits: - 401 (k) max employer match: 3.5% of compensation - 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits for you and your dependents - Unlimited PTO and sick time - Flexible spending account with employer matching up to $1,650/year (medical FSA) - Guardian Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Opportunity to share in the company's success with competitive stock options Benefits do not apply to contingent/contract workers. ## About Sesame ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Sesame is building lifelike, conversational AI agents integrated into lightweight eyewear, aiming to bring ambient intelligence to daily life. - **Entity Type**: Private (early-stage, backed by prominent venture firms) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Brendan Iribe, Ankit Kumar, Ryan Brown, Angela Gayles, Nate Mitchell ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Artificial intelligence / Voice assistants / Consumer electronics - **Target customers**: Consumer (B2C) – individuals seeking hands-free, intelligent personal agents integrated into everyday eyewear - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Bringing the computer to life” – creating a personal companion that understands you, with natural conversation and lightweight, all-day wearable hardware. ## Products & Services - **Sesame Personal Agents**: Software-based conversational AI agents capable of natural dialogue, personality modeling, and multimodal interaction (voice, gesture). Currently in development; initial hardware (eyewear) targeted for 2027. - **Sesame Eyewear**: Lightweight, all-day comfortable glasses with high-quality audio and hands-free agent access. Coming 2027. - **Research Platform**: In-house deep learning research covering speech generation, personality modeling, multimodality, and scaled training infrastructure. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available. Unconfirmed reports suggest a potential fundraising round of ~$200 M (source: Techmeme via LinkedIn snippet). The company has not officially disclosed its valuation. - **Key Metric**: Total employees ~70 (as of mid-2026), with +5.8 % monthly headcount growth. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by a16z, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Matrix Partners, plus a collection of founders and investors. - **Growth Signals**: 55 total employees on BuiltIn (likely older data); 63 active job postings (+14.5 % monthly trend); monthly LinkedIn follower growth of +3.8 % (20,969 followers). Talent sources include Meta, Apple, Google, DeepMind, and Microsoft. ## Competitive Advantages - **Interdisciplinary approach**: Tightly integrated hardware, software, and ML teams (hardware engineers, ML researchers, product designers) working on a unified product vision. - **Founding team pedigree**: Led by Oculus VR veterans (Brendan Iribe, Nate Mitchell) and experienced AI/ML innovators, giving deep expertise in both consumer hardware and conversational AI. - **Research depth**: Active push in speech generation, personality modeling, and multimodality, with scaled GPU infrastructure for training. ## Strategic Focus - **Near-term**: Ship the first generation of personal agent software and finalize the eyewear device for a 2027 launch. Continue advancing foundational ML research. - **Long-term**: Build a new category of ambient, always-available AI companions that replace traditional screen-based interaction. - **Growth areas**: Expanding engineering team rapidly (63 open roles), especially in ML, embedded systems, iOS/Android, supply chain, and hardware. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Small, focused, interdisciplinary team with a clear vision. Emphasis on tight collaboration between research, product, and hardware. Described as “artists, makers, and engineers.” - **Work environment**: In-office for most roles (San Francisco, Bellevue, New York). Roles are listed as “In-Office” (not remote/hybrid). Offices in SF, Bellevue, NY. - **Perks & engineering culture**: Not explicitly detailed, but the company invests heavily in infrastructure (GPU clusters) and research. Strong engineering focus with roles spanning embedded ML, OS architecture, and developer infrastructure. - **Notable**: Opportunities to work on cutting-edge voice AI and physical product design from the ground up. ## Sources 1. [sesame.com](https://www.sesame.com/) – Company overview and product vision 2. [sesame.com/team](https://www.sesame.com/team) – Leadership, investors, team description 3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/sesame-sesamecom) – Founded year, HQ, employee count, office policy 4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sesameai) – Employee count, growth, talent sources, funding rumor 5. 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