Staff Electrical Engineer

Taipei City, Taiwan · 7+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 19, 2026

At a glance

Toast's Hardware team designs and develops world-class hardware devices in conjunction with JDM and ODM partners.
The team focuses on key elements of Android devices and accessories, architecting solutions to offer the best hardware for customers.
The role emphasizes long-term device reliability to ensure hardware is always ready for busy restaurant environments.

As a Staff Electrical Engineer on the Hardware Team, you will be laying the groundwork for future products.
Work closely with Product Management, Product Design Architecture, Industrial Design, and the executive leadership team on new product definitions.
Responsible for efficiently integrating electrical systems throughout the device to enable target use cases and hit other product metrics such as thickness, weight, and cost.
Discuss engineering tradeoffs across multiple disciplines including antennas, cameras, sensors, displays, and batteries.
Partner with global Product Engineering teams as they bring future products to market, offering ongoing support and bringing lessons learned back into the definition process of next-generation devices.
Leverage cutting edge AI tools to enhance your development workflow, improve velocity, and help pioneer new approaches to building.

BS degree/ ME or equivalent practical experience.
Minimum of 7+ years of equivalent working experience in design, implement, debug, and characterize Electrical Engineering systems for use in current and future product architectures.
Design prototype devices in conjunction with Product Design Architecture to validate new form factors, features, or other concepts.
Partner closely with Product Design Architecture on optimizing the integration of electrical systems to benefit one or more key metrics like size, performance, and cost.
Plan and lead validation of your designs, including complete functional verification, RF testing, signal characterization, power modeling/test, and system coexistence testing.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Mechanical Engineering, Layout Engineering, Thermal Engineering, and Signal Integrity.
Advocate for new technology and component development that offer clear benefits to future product layouts.

Hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs.