WHOOP · 4 hours ago
Staff Electrical Engineer
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $195K/yr
7+ years expWHOOP is on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan, empowering members to understand their bodies better. The Staff Electrical Engineer will lead the architecture, design, and delivery of embedded signal acquisition and transduction subsystems for performance products, collaborating with various teams to ensure robust hardware development.
Consumer ElectronicsFitnessSportsWearablesWellness
Responsibilities
Lead the architecture and delivery of embedded signal acquisition/transduction subsystems; own electrical specs, performance metrics, and execution plan
Design low-power, low-noise mixed-signal hardware from component selection through system integration, including schematic capture and PCB layout/review
Drive signal and power integrity strategy (grounding, isolation, coupling mitigation) and EMI/EMC robustness in a tightly integrated wireless wearable
Define clocking, timing, and synchronization across domains; set and verify sampling and latency budgets
Translate system and algorithm goals into measurable electrical requirements and verification plans (dynamic range/noise, bandwidth, power modes, calibration)
Partner with firmware and algorithm/DSP teams on latency-sensitive, real-time streaming data paths and interface contracts (buffering, timestamps, observability)
Lead bring-up, debug, and characterization using lab instrumentation; correlate bench behavior with device telemetry and end-to-end performance metrics
Build analysis/validation workflows (Python/MATLAB) using test vectors, golden datasets, and automated characterization/regression to support tuning and production readiness
Travel up to 15% domestically and internationally to partners, suppliers, and contract
Qualification
Required
BS or higher in Electrical Engineering (or related); 7+ years in relevant hardware engineering roles
Proven ownership of embedded electronics from architecture through schematic, PCB layout/review (e.g. via Altium), bring-up, and production release (e.g. via Arena)
Strong circuit design fundamentals spanning mixed-signal design, power, and digital interfaces in low-power systems
Demonstrated success delivering low-noise, interference-resilient signal chains, including noise budgeting, grounding/isolation, coupling mitigation, and EMI/EMC robustness
Experience defining sampling and timing/synchronization requirements for embedded acquisition systems (clock domains, jitter sensitivity, multi-rate considerations)
Hands-on debug and characterization expertise using standard lab instrumentation (scope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, etc.)
Effective cross-functional partner to firmware and modeling/DSP teams: able to translate performance goals into hardware requirements, interface/observability hooks, and validation plans
Working fluency in DSP fundamentals (sampling/aliasing, filtering concepts, precision/fixed-point tradeoffs) sufficient to drive hardware architecture choices and end-to-end performance debugging
Data-driven validation mindset and tooling experience (Python/MATLAB or equivalent) to analyze captured datasets, generate test vectors, and support automated characterization/regression
Preferred
Experience building miniaturized wearables or other highly integrated wireless consumer devices with challenging interference/coexistence constraints desired
Prior experience with latency-sensitive, real-time streaming data paths in low-power devices, including cross-functional performance tuning across hardware/firmware/algorithms desired
Benefits
Meaningful equity
Benefits
Generous equity package
Company
WHOOP
WHOOP is a fitness tech company that offers wearables that track sleep, recovery, and performance.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$404.75MKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundIVPFoundry Group
2026-01-15Undisclosed
2021-08-30Series F· $200M
2020-10-28Series E· $100M
Leadership Team
Will Ahmed
Founder & CEO
Aurelian Nicolae
Co-Founder & Chief Hardware Engineer
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