Senior Electrical Engineer
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Employment type:
Full time
Experience required:
Senior
Salary
Salary not provided
About the company:
Parallel Systems is a Series A startup company developing the future of intermodal transportation. Our mission is to decarbonize freight while improving supply chain logistics and safety. We are developing vehicles and software to create new autonomous and electric transportation systems for existing rail infrastructure.
At Parallel Systems, we value the team as much as the mission. We want to work with talented people who are humble, motivated, and persistent. Our most successful team members are self-starters and collaborate with others to reach our collective goals.
We're looking for a talented Senior Electrical Engineer to help us architect the vehicle, design components, and test the system. In this role, you'll be working with fellow engineers and technicians to bring up new designs in our lab here in Downtown Los Angeles and run vehicles on our dedicated test track just outside the city. This is an opportunity to engage early with new designs, making a meaningful impact on the direction of the technology. Ideal candidates would build on strong first principles and engineering skills and have a proven record of owning substantial hardware designs and systems.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with multi-disciplinary engineering teams
- Derive architecture, meet and present technical direction, build consensus
- Execute on all phases of hardware development including requirements capture, prototyping, design validation, and manufacturing readiness
- Design system block diagrams, schematics, select components, and layout PCBAs
- Conduct worst-case circuit analysis and support functional safety qualification
- Support development of acceptance testing for electronics hardware
- Support vehicle integration and validation, debugging in the field
- Contribute to team culture of technical excellence by supporting recruiting efforts, providing engineering mentorship, conducting peer review of technical work, and staying current on state of the industry/technology
- Contribute to Electrical Engineering process definition, standards selection, and tool selection
Basic Qualifications
- BS in Electrical Engineering or similar Engineering discipline
- Strong first-principles and physics-based understanding of Engineering
- Experience in programming to support role (Python or similar)
- 5+ years of experience in electronics hardware development or validation
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar Engineering discipline
- Experience with design and maintenance over full product lifecycles
- Experience in power electronics design including power converters, battery chargers, and motor controllers
- Experience with EV systems including battery management and HV packs
- Experience with analog and digital circuit design
- Experience with RF communications (LTE, GNSS, WiFi, Antennas, etc)
- Experience with firmware development
Please note the national salary range listed in the job posting reflects the new hire salary range across levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s final level. Also, this range represents base salary only and does not include equity or benefits, if applicable.
Parallel Systems is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any discriminatory factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We work to build an inclusive environment in which all people can come to do their best work.
Parallel Systems is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Parallel Systems will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your recruiter.
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