{"id":5830,"date":"2026-04-01T17:34:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/?post_type=job_listing&p=5830"},"modified":"2026-05-02T00:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:16:53","slug":"electrical-engineering-pod-lead-46692","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/?post_type=job_listing&p=5830","title":{"rendered":"Electrical Engineering Pod Lead 46692"},"content":{"rendered":"

Positions:5 <\/span><\/span>Contract<\/span><\/p>\n

Experience<\/div>\n
5 – 8 Years<\/div>\n
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About Us:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Based in San Francisco, California, we are the world\u2019s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. We support customers in two ways: first, by accelerating frontier research with high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, plus top AI researchers who specialize in coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents; and second, by applying that expertise to help enterprises transform AI from proof of concept into proprietary intelligence with systems that perform reliably, deliver measurable impact, and drive lasting results on the P&L.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Role Overview<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

An Electrical Engineering Pod Lead responsible for managing a small team creating simulation-based design problems used to train and evaluate advanced AI models. The role owns problem quality, reproducible environments, and coordination with AI researchers, and requires strong EE domain depth plus hands-on Python, Docker, and basic cloud skills to review and support the pod end-to-end.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Key Responsibilities<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Team Leadership<\/span><\/strong>\n
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    • Lead and manage a pod of 4\u20138 Engineering Design Specialists by assigning tasks, reviewing deliverables, removing blockers, and mentoring on problem design, simulation rigor, and documentation.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
    • \u00a0Act as the main point of contact with AI research teams to translate model feedback into refinements, while running regular syncs, tracking progress, and reporting updates and risks to program leads.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Technical Oversight<\/span><\/strong>\n
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      • Oversee and approve pod outputs, maintain reproducible Docker-based simulation environments, support cloud infrastructure for simulation\/grading,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Develop and review Python automation\/validation, and proactively resolve dependency, versioning, and reproducibility issues.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Problem Design (Individual Contribution)<\/span><\/strong>\n
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        • Personally design a portfolio of high-difficulty electrical engineering problems in your chosen subdomain.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
        • Set the quality bar and design philosophy for the pod through your own example submissions.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Electrical Engineering Subdomains:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

          You must have deep expertise in at least one of the following, with working familiarity across others being a strong plus:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • Analog \/ Mixed-Signal IC Design \u2014 op-amp topologies, ADC\/DAC design, noise analysis, layout-aware design, SPICE-level simulation.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
          • Power Electronics \u2014 DC-DC converters, inverter design, magnetics sizing, thermal management, efficiency optimization.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
          • RF \/ Microwave Engineering \u2014 filter design, impedance matching, S-parameter analysis, transmission line and antenna design.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
          • Digital Systems \/ FPGA \/ ASIC \u2014 RTL design, timing closure, synthesis-aware design, hardware-software co-design.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
          • Embedded Systems \u2014 microcontroller\/DSP-based design, real-time constraints, peripheral interfacing, power budgeting.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Required Qualification:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
            • At least 5 years of hands-on electrical engineering design experience, with a track record of owning designs from specification through validated implementation.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
            • At least 1\u20132 years of experience in a technical lead, senior engineer, or team coordination role.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Proficiency with Python for scripting, automation, and simulation workflows.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Hands-on experience with Docker: building images, writing Dockerfiles, managing containerized environments.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Familiarity with at least one cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure) \u2014 comfortable running workloads, managing storage, and monitoring jobs.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Proficiency with at least one open-source EE simulation tool (e.g., ngspice, PySpice, Qucs, OpenEMS, scikit-rf, or similar).<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Nice to Have<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • Experience designing engineering coursework, exam problems, or design challenges at graduate level.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
              • Familiarity with CI\/CD pipelines or automated testing frameworks.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
              • Exposure to LLM evaluation, AI benchmarking, or training data curation.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
              • Cross-domain familiarity with Control Systems, Embedded\/Robotics, or Power Systems.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Evaluation Process<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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                • Shortlisted candidates will be sent a Job Interest Form.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
                • Shortlisted candidates will receive a Job Interest Form. After the initial profile review, we will share an assessment, which must be completed within 24 hours. Based on the assessment submission and your responses, we may schedule an interview round.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_job_location":"Bangladesh,Brazil,Colombia,Egypt,Ghana,India,Indonesia,Kenya,Nigeria,Pakistan,Turkey & Vietnam","_application":"hrm@cephasconsult.biz","_company_name":"","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":1,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-types":[8],"class_list":["post-5830","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry","job-type-freelance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/5830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=5830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}