Senior Hardware Engineer, ChargePoint
$70-183.4k
Office located in Campbell, CA
EV charging solutions
Open for applications
EV charging solutions
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$70-183.4k
Office located in Campbell, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To offer the best electric vehicle charging experience for everyone involved in the shift to electric mobility.
Role
Who you are
- Strong electrical/electronic design skills and understanding of board-level engineering tradeoffs
- Experience in the design and implementation of: embedded processors, high-speed interfaces, memory, power, analog sensing and control circuits
- Proficiency with board: CAD, Schematic, Simulation and PCB Layout tools
- Proven ability to test and validate electrical design and document passing results and margin to limits
- Must be inventive, curious, and creative as well as fanatical about cost, quality, and building market leading products
- Able to drive hardware designs across software, mechanical, power and thermal boundaries to assure great results
- Must have a successful record developing complex products placed into production
- 5+ years of experience developing electronic products
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in electrical engineering or related discipline
What the job involves
- Reports To
- Director of Hardware, PCBA Design
- Electrical circuit design and development of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) with the following technologies: processors, memory networking interfaces, analog sensors, motor control, board-level power, and charging electronics for ChargePoint’s industry-leading products
- Deliver designs optimized for multiple dimensions including; cost, reliability and feature richness
- Drive board-level architectures and distill block diagrams into sub-components, circuits and board designs
- Develop from lowest level (discreet) circuit designs to full-scale system design and see those systems all the way through to volume manufacturing and field deployment
Our take
Electric vehicles are predicted to account for nearly 30% of new vehicle sales by 2025, which means the need for EV charging infrastructure is on the rise. ChargePoint supplies just such infrastructure, with hardware, software and mobile solutions for "every charging need".
Boasting the world’s largest EV charging network, the company also provides complimentary services for drivers, businesses and fleets. These include, for example, a mobile app for finding and paying for charging, and project management tools for making the switch to EVs.
Having already established a strong presence in the lucrative and expanding EV charging market, ChargePoint is well-poised to assist in the electric mobility revolution. It serves a range of clients across North America and Europe, including Wells Fargo whom it partnered with to create financing solutions for EV infrastructure. 2023 saw funds secured that will support its goal of reaching profitability in the near future.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 12 rounds)
Sep 2024
$19m
GRANT
Aug 2020
$127m
SERIES H
Total funding: $664.8m
Company benefits
- Outdoor activities - the Los Gatos Creek Trail is just steps from our campus; bring your bike or your running shoes, plus you can shower up after your workout
- Office Parties
- Bring-your-dog-to-work
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
- EV charging at work
- Snacks and beverages
Company HQ
Campbell, CA
Leadership
Dave Baxter
(Fellow)Has held many senior management positions, including Vice President of Engineering at 3Com Corporation and Adept Technology
Harjinder Bhade
(Member of the Advisory Board)CTO at Blink Charging and CTO/SVP of Engineering at ENGIE Storage. Previously VP of Engineering at the company.
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