Staff Electrical R&D Lead

The role

You will lead the advanced development of next-generation wearable sensing technologies. You will drive the exploration, design, characterization, and validation of novel sensing systems.

What you will do

• Lead advanced electrical development initiatives from exploration through design validation
• Develop understanding of the complete sensing signal chain to inform architecture decisions
• Define and execute experiments to characterize sensor and system behavior
• Execute data analysis to translate findings into design improvements
• Drive evaluation, integration, and validation of new sensing technologies
• Partner with Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, Signal Processing, and WHOOP Labs teams
• Lead complex technical investigations and root-cause analysis
• Guide and mentor engineers across advanced development projects
• Translate ambiguous technical challenges into actionable development plans
• Remain hands-on with circuit design, simulation, prototype bring-up, and hardware debugging

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of relevant electrical engineering, hardware R&D, or sensing systems development experience
• Demonstrated technical leadership and ownership of complex engineering projects
• Deep electrical engineering fundamentals across analog and digital circuit design, sensor interfaces, signal integrity, noise analysis, and system-level electrical architecture
• Strong systems-level understanding of sensing technologies
• Exceptional hands-on experimentation, hardware characterization, and debugging skills
• Proficiency in Python or equivalent tools
• Demonstrated ability to lead ambiguous, cross-functional technical initiatives, guide engineering decisions, mentor other engineers, and drive technical challenges to resolution
• Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks

About the company

WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives. The company is on a mission to unlock and inspire performance for life.