Senior Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer

Location: Boulder, Colorado

Position: Full-time

Compensation: $120k - $180k

Benefits: medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), paid holidays/vacation/sick leave, employee stock option program, unlimited PTO policy

Company Description

Emporia is accelerating the energy transition by helping small commercial and residential consumers save up to 50% on their utility bills. We combine automated energy management tools, real-time 24/7 energy monitoring with utility rate schedules and wholesale energy prices to give our customers true insight into how they are using and spending money on energy. Our Smart Outlets, EV chargers, home batteries and cloud integrations to thermostat and EV APIs allow us to reduce pollution, shift usage to less expensive times and save our customers money.

Job Description

Our Hardware Engineering team is looking for a passionate electrical engineer to help us expand the Emporia Energy hardware ecosystem. The ideal candidate will show strong ownership of hardware projects from initial design trades thru high volume production. As a senior member of our team they will be expected to work closely with peers on cross disciplinary projects and provide mentorship for junior members of the team as needed. Throughout, they will demonstrate the strong analysis, design, and test skills required to produce reliable, low-cost hardware that our customers expect.

Responsibilities

Help define product architectures and development strategies to optimize the safety, cost, performance, and time-to-market of the Emporia hardware ecosystem.

Own the design, simulation, prototyping, and validation for various engineering projects including 10-100kW EV charger systems for consumer and commercial applications.

Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers as needed.

Support, from an engineering perspective, the transition from new product development into high volume manufacturing.

Work closely with a team of passionate engineers to ensure we develop exceptional hardware products – participate and/or lead design reviews and trades as needed, or lend a hand with testing and debug as required. We are a small team requiring a high level of collaboration and teamwork to ensure we achieve our goals.

Required Qualifications & Skills

5 or more years of experience developing complex products as a power electronics engineer, electrical engineer, or related role

BS in electrical engineering or related field

Exceptionally strong foundation of expertise in the design and analysis of analog, digital, and mixed signal electrical systems

Familiarity with both AC and DC power system basics, including strong understanding of switching converters, inverters, and AC power distribution

Experience designing products for compliance with regulatory standards in fields such as consumer electronics, aviation/aerospace, medical, or similar

Electrical hardware lab equipment expert – hands on engineering required

Expertise with schematic and layout in at least one industry standard tool

Expertise with at least one modeling and simulation-aided analysis tool chain using components such as PLECs, Python, SPICE, SimPower, MATLAB, etc.

Working knowledge of renewable energy related concepts such as lithium ion batteries, solar arrays, general power conversion/regulation/distribution, and power fault protection

Familiar with scripting using Python, Javascript, Visual Basic, or equivalent

Demonstrated experience managing workload and project deliverables

Strong writing, interpersonal, and communication skills

Desired Qualifications & Skills

MS/PhD in electrical engineering or related field

Experience designing, debugging, and manufacturing Level 2, V2x EV chargers

Experience designing and debugging for electrical and safety compliance standards such as FCC, CE, UL/ETL, etc.

Experience designing and shipping high-volume consumer products

On-site factory experience with contract manufacturers

Familiarity with Altium Designer

Experience writing embedded software

Ability to automate lab instruments with Python