Senior Electrical Engineer
23 days ago
Why PlayStation?
PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.
PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.
The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.
We are building a small team of dedicated and hard-working leaders to create new peripheral products for the PlayStation community. We need a forward-thinking and innovative EE to craft our next-generation systems.
Responsibilities:
In this role, you will contribute to the electrical system design and validation for high profile product development efforts. This senior engineer will work closely with a team including internal and external members to develop the electrical design and automate the validation tests.
- Comfortable operating independently as a self starter for the full electrical system development process from circuit design through to validation testing and automated test development in the lab.
- Build and maintain the hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure to support detailed testing and rapid iteration.
- Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing partners from concept to mass production.
- Lead hardware debug and issue resolution with partner teams and companies.
- Anticipate and respond to challenges in manufacturing.
Skills:
- Experienced with consumer products and new product development.
- Familiar with EE and acoustic bench test equipment for lab testing and debugging.
- Familiar with automated test software development, including python or similar scripting languages.
- Effective bridging from a small core team working with and within large organizations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in electrical engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years of electrical design and validation in consumer electronics.
- Experience working with overseas manufacturing partners, and remote development teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in the video game industry is not required, but interest and passion for gaming experience, digital entertainment, consumer electronics, and technology is vital
Working Conditions:
- Small team environment; feels like a start-up within a large organization!
- Travel (domestic and international) required. Estimated 15%
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The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$187,700 — $281,500 USD
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