Senior/Staff Electrical R&D Test Engineer, Saronic

• BS or MS in electrical engineering, robotics engineering, mechatronics engineering, or similar
• 4-10 years of relevant experience
• Strong understanding and skills in engineering fundamentals, best practices, and analysis methods including analytical first principles, numerical methods, and simulation modeling
• Experience operating, maintaining, diagnosing, testing, and repairing electrical and electro-mechanical systems
• Power calculations, analysis, measurement, low voltage, 3-phase AC
• Electrical schematic development and usage
• SPICE based circuit simulations or equivalent
• PCB design and development experience
• Networking: ethernet, CAN J1939, serial
• Sensor and data acquisition
• Software skills including Rust, C/C++, Linux, Python
• Ability to work in collaborative or independent environments with limited oversight

Desirable

• We are seeking a skilled Senior Electrical Engineer to join the R&D Test Team
• The engineer’s responsibilities include improving existing multi-disciplinary sub-systems related to developing new autonomous vehicle concepts and prototypes
• Technical activities include engineering, designing, building, and testing of mechanical, electrical, electronic, and software driven systems in the process of developing various autonomous vehicle systems
• The candidate must be able to draw on a wide range of engineering principles, work within demanding timeframes, and develop original, practical solutions to technical and logistical problems with limited oversight
• Understanding the technical requirements, problems, or client briefs and developing solutions that satisfy the requirements
• Engage in engineering, designing, prototype development, and enhancing electro-mechanical systems and software for autonomous vehicles and related devices and subsystems
• Apply engineering principles, best practices, and analysis in areas including mechanical, electrical, electronics, and software
• Conducting applied research, documenting findings, and presenting reports
• Develop design documents for parts, sub-systems, and final integrated systems
• Selecting the required tools and materials for the manufacturing, assembly, and maintenance process
• Integration of electro-mechanical systems and software into a fully integrated system
• Proof of concept, functionality, and reliability testing of components, sub-systems, and fully integrated systems
• Participate in and lead testing efforts in the laboratory and in the field which includes on marine environments
• Identify trends in runtime and failures of ASV components, subsystems, and system through continual analysis of expansive datasets
• Identifying areas of weakness in the systems and processes and making recommendations for improvement
• Support troubleshooting and independently resolve electrical and system-level issues
• Collaborate with technicians and provide guidance on build, integration, and testing activities
• Responsibilities culminate in contributing to the development of ASV platforms and the software to interface with them