Electrical Engineer - Vehicle Systems
As an Electrical Engineer, you will design and develop vehicle electrical systems for autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles, focusing on power distribution, traction, braking, and safety-critical control logic. This role involves hands-on hardware bring-up, testing, and integration within a cross-functional team.
About the job
Responsibilities:
- Own the design & development of vehicle electrical systems, including wiring harnesses, commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, and test stands
- Drive the development and documentation of safety-critical subsystems, including DFMEAs, system hazard analyses, and verification & validation
- Perform hands-on hardware bring-up, bench testing, and debugging of electrical assemblies and prototype vehicles
- Lead end-to-end system integration with full lifecycle ownership, interface management, and cross-functional alignment to ensure the system works with all software and mechanical dependencies
- Maintain accurate engineering documentation including schematics, BOMs, test reports, and change logs
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related discipline
- 3+ years experience with power distribution, control logic, or embedded communication protocols (e.g., CAN, Ethernet, SPI)
- Comfortable working from first principles to analyze, troubleshoot, and validate system performance
- Experience with CAD and design tools such as SolidWorks, Altium, RapidHarness, or similar
Preferred Qualifications:
- Evidence of exceptional ability (prior projects, portfolio of work, completed products, etc)
- Full lifecycle experience with electrical systems in automotive, rail, aerospace, or heavy industry
- Programming experience with Python, Rust, or C/C++
- Working knowledge of ISO 26262, ASIL, IEC 61508, or other functional safety frameworks
- Hands-on experience designing, prototyping, integrating, and testing complex harnessing
Target Salary Range:
$137,000—$157,000 USD
Skills
Power Distribution, Control Logic, Can, Ethernet, Spi, Solidworks, Altium, Rapidharness, Python, Rust, C/C++
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