Staff Electrical Engineer
SparkCharge, United States
Job Description
SparkCharge is currently seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer with a well-rounded electrical engineering background and demonstrated success in fast-paced and innovative start-up settings. You will be a key contributor in the electrical development of our portable EV chargers. You will also act as a mentor when needed and help drive electrical decision-making processes, across multi-disciplined development projects. Being successful in this role means that you are a strong technical contributor and can work autonomously.
Responsibilities:
- Help establish and document electrical requirements for each development project.
- Participate in all stages of electrical development, design reviews, test plans, hardware validation and debug.
- Test and validate PCB designs.
- Practice electrical engineering best practices towards all stages of hardware development.
- Own PCB design schematic capture and layout from concept to product launch.
- Debug both low power and high-power circuitry.
- Run circuit simulations to qualify preliminary designs.
- Drive cost down exercises on product BOMs to ready products for mass production.
Requirements
Candidates MUST have:
- Minimum of BS degree in Electrical engineering, MS a plus.
- At least 3 years of full-time work experience in electronic hardware development. High power or EV hardware development experience a plus.
- Experience in all stages of hardware product development from product inception to product launch.
- Fluency in circuit schematic capture and PCB layout software like Altium.
- Experience with electrical circuit modeling and simulation software, like Psim.
- Experience using EE tools like oscilloscopes, DMMs, power meters, function generators, etc.
- Experience designing electrical hardware to UL safety regulations.
- Experience driving electrical hardware cost-down exercises to ready designs for mass production.
- Proven success in designing for radiated emissions/FCC compliance.
Additional Plus Experiences include:
- Experience specifying and developing IOT systems.
- High frequency/differential signal layout experience.
- High power layout experience.
- Python, MATLab, C/C++.
Benefits
We are a fast-paced, young start-up building a culture based on hard work, respect, work/life balance, and open communication. We offer unlimited paid time off. The Company pays 99% of the medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for employees. We offer FSA savings and 401(k) plans. Compensation will be based on the candidate’s ability to quickly add value to SparkCharge.