Director of Electrical Engineering

About the Role Mytra’s Engineering team is looking for a dynamic and strategic systems leader for our Electrical Engineering team as we bring warehouse robotics innovation to scale.

As the Director of Electrical Engineering, you’ll own the electrical architecture for our core products, including robots and operator stations. This role requires technical excellence, strategic vision, pragmatism, and flexibility, and the ability to drive complex systems from concept through mass production. You'll exercise a wide latitude in setting objectives, technical roadmaps, and long-term strategies while serving as a key technical leader for the organization. You'll establish processes and frameworks that accelerate development cycles.

This role requires on-site presence at our Brisbane, CA headquarters, for close collaboration with the other teams.

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a world‑class electrical engineering team capable of executing complex programs on ambitious timelines. Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the successful delivery of our products for deployment at scale

Lead the electrical architecture and development for the bots, including motion control, sensing, power distribution, communication systems, etc.

Lead the development of electrical systems for operator stations that enable the interface between warehouse operators and the Mytra system

Drive product scaling for reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost reduction

Set strategy for architecture evolution and critical components roadmaps

Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, program, firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and supply chain teams, to ensure that products are built to spec and built right, minimizing revision needs

Establish strategic relationships with key partners and suppliers

Support the Electrical Engineering team and the larger organization by identifying gaps and developing frameworks, processes, and tools to accelerate development cycles such as:

bringing best practices to accelerate design maturity

setting testing protocols

integrating functionalities to reduce cost

testing early to retire risk

establishing internal release standards

Identify opportunities and foster innovation, learning, and continuous improvement within the Electrical Engineering team and across the organization

Qualifications

15+ years of electrical engineering experience in robotics, consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace, or related fields, and a minimum of 7 years leading engineering teams

Proven experience recruiting, hiring, and growing engineers and managers

Experience with motion control systems, power electronics, sensing technologies, and industrial communication protocols

Proven track record leading development of complex electrical systems from product concept through mass production

Demonstrated success scaling hardware from prototypes to high‑volume manufacturing (10,000+ units/year)

Experience defining and/ or implementing processes that drive efficiency at scale in an organization

Strong leadership with high agency and entrepreneurial drive—you see what needs to happen and make it happen

Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with excellent ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Preferred Qualifications

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field

Successfully led development of impactful engineering systems at scale in automation or robotics

Experience with safety‑critical systems and high‑reliability design

Track record building and scaling engineering teams in startup environments

A Final Note You’re encouraged to apply even if you can’t take on every example project in its totality. We work closely and collaboratively at Mytra - No one takes on projects alone. We seek people who are eager to work together, learn new things, and bring unique perspectives.

Benefits Include

Competitive compensation + equity grants at a high growth company backed by top tier VCs

Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), commuter benefits, and pet insurance

Lively modern combined office and lab space where we rapidly iterate through design, build and test phases

Lunch and snacks provided in the office; we eat and share stories together at the “long” table

Flexible hours and flexible PTO

Pay Notice

Compensation for this position will be negotiated based on the candidate's experience level and location. The posted salary band is applicable only to the San Francisco Bay Area and is subject to change.

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