Principal Electrical Engineer, Evolv Technology
$135-215k
+ Target bonus & equity
3+ days a week in office (Waltham, MA)
Advanced weapons detection solutions
Open for applications
Advanced weapons detection solutions
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$135-215k
+ Target bonus & equity
3+ days a week in office (Waltham, MA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform security to create a safer world to live, work, learn, and play.
Role
Who you are
- If you excel at seeing the big picture while diving into the most intricate technical challenges, and you’re also ready to have a direct, visible impact on our products and our business, then this is your role
What the job involves
- As Evolv’s Principal Electrical Engineer, you’ll define the technical direction for our most complex products
- You’ll be the organization’s top electrical engineering authority, trusted to solve problems no one else can, and to make high impact design decisions that shape our technology roadmap
- You’ll lead by example, mentoring a team of talented engineers, raising the technical bar, and ensuring every design meets the highest standards of performance, reliability, and manufacturability
- Your deep expertise in RF, mixed-signal, digital, and low-noise PCB design will guide the development of systems that push the boundaries of innovation and deliver exceptional value to our customers
- Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?
- In the first 30 days, you will:
- Establish working relationships across Engineering, Manufacturing, Technical Support, and Field Service
- Develop a full understanding of Evolv’s products, workflows, and hardware development roadmap
- Participate in product builds at Contract Manufacturing partners and observe at least one customer installation
- Provide initial peer review feedback on active hardware designs, highlighting top technical risks
- Within 3 months, you will:
- Become recognized as the primary technical authority for complex electrical engineering challenges
- Lead design work on high-priority projects, delivering solutions to critical technical problems
- Partner with quality and manufacturing to improve product yield and reliability through targeted design changes
- Conduct and lead schematic and printed circuit board design reviews, reducing production risk
- Ensure product requirements are consistently met without costly late-stage changes
- By the end of the first year, you will:
- Set and maintain technical standards for electrical engineering across all projects
- Deliver measurable contributions to key program milestones and the technology roadmap
- Implement at least two process or tool improvements that shorten design cycles or improve product quality
- Mentor and coach team members, raising overall technical capability
- Close identified gaps in design-for-manufacturing, design-for-test, and design-for-serviceability practices, reducing lifecycle costs
- What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?
- Work across engineering functions to architect, design, and help direct the execution of assigned projects
- Work cross-functionally (product, manufacturing, regulatory, service and quality) to develop system architecture, specifications, verification testing, and troubleshooting
- Work within engineering to translate product requirements (PRDs) into design specifications for assigned projects
- Hands-on design of electronics that successfully integrate with electromechanical and software subsystems
- Mastery in contemporary tools for simulation, CAD, analysis, and documentation
- Contribute to detailed electrical and firmware design, including analog, digital, power supply, power electronics, timing and PLLs, and low-noise PCB design
- Create and maintain test protocols for design verification and validation activities as required
- Oversee the execution of testing to prescribed protocols, documenting results and creating final reports for assigned projects
- Create and maintain a traceability matrix between requirements, design, specifications, and testing for assigned projects
- Work with the Product Management team to define and execute system integration activities and usability studies within projects
- Prepare, present, and participate in comprehensive technical and/or design reviews
- You will join the R&D team, be a key member of the Electrical Engineering team, and report to the Electrical Engineering Manager. The R&D organization comprises more than 60 dedicated developers and managers with deep expertise who are always willing to help
- Leadership at Evolv lives our values: doing the right thing, putting people first, owning results, winning together, and being bold while staying curious. You’ll be supported by leaders who set a clear vision, foster collaboration, and empower you to do your best work
Our take
Security screening systems are essential within venues such as concert halls, schools, and workplaces, but there are several problems with existing solutions. For example, lengthy queues and physically intimidating security checkpoints can taint visitor experiences, as well as cause congestion due to their inefficiencies.
Evolv Technology develops AI-driven screening systems, aiming to remove the tension, intimidation, and friction associated with security screening. It does this with a smart touchless screening sensor for weapon detection called Evolve Edge, in addition to an all-in-one venue security analytics platform called Evolv Express.
Whilst the company does face competition from similar security solutions at high-risk locations such as airports, its ability to serve a wide range of venues helps it stand out. With more than 1,200 customers worldwide and a platform combining proprietary hardware, visitor data, and AI-driven software delivered through long-term subscriptions, Evolv has built strong recurring revenue and durable customer relationships. Continued customer additions and expanded deployments helped drive a 40% increase in annual revenue in 2025, showing just how much the company is growing in the emerging market for AI-based weapons screening.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2020
$30m
SERIES C
Oct 2019
$24m
SERIES C
Total funding: $106.4m
Company benefits
- $150 Quarterly Perks Stipend: All employees receive a quarterly stipend to help cover the cost of the perks that are most meaningful to them.
- Unlimited PTO: Evolv encourages employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance with our unlimited paid time off policy.
- 401k Match: Secure your future with our generous 401k matching program.
- Equity: At Evolv, every employee is a shareholder and can share in our collective success.
- Calm Subscription: Access Calm’s premium wellness and meditation resources to support your mental health.
- Flexible Working: Enjoy the flexibility to work in a way that suits your lifestyle and commitments.
- Tuition Reimbursement: Pursue further education and professional development with our tuition reimbursement program.
Company HQ
Waltham, MA
Leadership
Anil Chitkara
(Co-Founder & CGO)Prior to co-founding Evolv Technology in 2013, Anil was an Executive-in-Residence at General Catalyst. He was also a Senior VP of Market Development at Oco and a VP at PTC.
John Kedzierski
(CEO, President & Director)Prior to joining Evolv Technology in 2024, John spent nearly 16 years at Motorola Solutions in various roles, including Senior VP of Global Enterprise Sales.
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