Senior Electronics Engineer (IoT/Vehicle Electronics)

Location: Tallinn, Estonia; hybrid work with at least 12 monthly in-office days

Company

Bolt is a global mobility platform providing ride-hailing, food delivery, scooters, e-bikes, and car-sharing services across 50 countries.

What you will do

• Own IoT and vehicle electronics for scooters and e-bikes from architecture and schematics through PCB layout, prototyping, verification, certification, product introduction, and mass-production support.
• Translate product and firmware requirements into component selections, block diagrams, schematics, and multilayer Altium PCB designs for RF and high-speed signals.
• Prepare designs for CE/RED, EMC, FCC/ISED, and UKCA compliance, including pre-compliance measurements and corrective iterations.
• Define DFM/DFT principles, production test strategies, fixtures, and system-in-loop procedures with firmware teams and manufacturing partners.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for field and production failures while managing BOM cost, component lifecycle, second sourcing, reliability, and cost reduction.
• Act as the technical counterpart for electronics suppliers and contract manufacturers on sourcing, quality, and manufacturing processes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on embedded electronics design experience.
• Required experience with cellular LTE/5G, GNSS, BLE/Wi-Fi integration, antenna selection and placement, radio and high-speed signals, and controlled impedances.
• Strong schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout and routing skills, preferably with Altium, with attention to signal integrity, manufacturability, and testing.
• Solid power electronics fundamentals, including DC/DC converters, battery charging and protection, and low-power design for battery-operated devices.
• Experience with embedded microcontrollers, peripherals, and I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, and USB interfaces, including hardware/firmware boundary debugging.
• Experience with contract manufacturers and component suppliers, including DFM/DFT, manufacturing data packages, production testing, and first-article support.

Nice to have

• Experience with connected vehicles, micromobility, automotive, or outdoor products exposed to vibration and weather, including IP-rated enclosures and wide temperature ranges.
• Experience with motor controllers, battery management systems, or CAN-based vehicle networks.
• Experience with displays, LED drivers, audio amplifiers, IMUs, and sensor integration.
• Familiarity with FCC/ISED and UKCA requirements in addition to CE.
• Experience with Altium 365 and formal hardware revision and release management.
• Experience taking at least one product from concept to mass production.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid model balancing flexibility and in-person collaboration, with at least 12 monthly office days.
• Salary, stock options, wellness benefits, and five additional personal days off alongside base vacation.
• One-month paid sabbatical after five years at Bolt.
• Annual company events and smaller team gatherings.
• AI tools are expected to be used daily while maintaining responsibility for output quality.
• Equal-opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations available during the hiring process.