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The Senior Electrical Engineer will lead the design, development, and deployment of custom electrical systems for autonomous mining and transport platforms, handling everything from high‑speed compute carrier boards to vehicle reverse‑engineering and drive‑by‑wire integration.
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Seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our growing team and help build the electrical foundation for autonomous mining and transport platforms. In this role, you will own electrical systems from concept through deployment, designing, building, validating, and integrating the custom hardware that allows vehicles and robotic systems to communicate, sense, and operate in the physical world.
This role sits at the intersection of electrical engineering, firmware, robotics, and vehicle integration. You'll work on everything from high-speed compute carrier boards to hands-on vehicle reverse engineering and drive-by-wire systems. The ideal candidate enjoys owning hardware from specification through manufacturing and is comfortable debugging problems in both the lab and the field.
- Electrical Architecture & Ownership: Design and own custom electrical systems from initial requirements through schematic capture, PCB layout, bring-up, validation, manufacturing, and deployment. Drive technical decisions and establish engineering best practices across the organization.
- PCB Design & Compute Systems: Design multi-layer PCBs, carrier boards, and mixed-signal systems supporting high-performance compute platforms. Develop hardware for cameras, sensors, communication interfaces, and real-time autonomous systems, including high-speed differential signaling and complex board layouts.
- Robotics & Vehicle Systems: Design and integrate electronics for autonomous vehicle operation, vehicle upgrades, drive-by-wire systems, actuators, motors, power systems, and field-deployed robotic hardware. Work directly with commercial and mining vehicles to understand and solve real-world integration challenges.
- Vehicle Communications & Reverse Engineering: Analyze and troubleshoot vehicle communication networks and electrical systems. Reverse engineer signals, identify communication pathways, and work with CAN Bus, CAN FD, LIN, Ethernet, PWM, serial interfaces, and other vehicle-specific protocols.
- Firmware Collaboration: Partner closely with firmware engineers to define hardware interfaces and debug system-level issues. Serve as a bridge between electrical and firmware teams by understanding microcontrollers, embedded systems, and hardware/software interactions.
- Debugging, Validation & Root Cause Analysis: Perform board bring-up, electrical validation, system troubleshooting, and root cause investigations. Use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, microscopes, and other diagnostic tools to identify failures and implement solutions.
- Deployment & Field Support: Support testing, deployment, and troubleshooting efforts in the field. Work directly on vehicles and robotic systems, gathering data, diagnosing issues, and implementing hardware improvements.
Skills and Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field
- Proven track record leading complex electrical engineering projects from concept through deployment
- Strong PCB design experience including schematic capture, layout, validation, and manufacturing handoff
- Experience designing production-grade multi-layer boards
- Experience with high-speed signals, mixed-signal systems, and carrier board design
- Strong understanding of embedded systems, microcontrollers, and hardware/software integration
- Familiarity with vehicle and robotics communication systems such as CAN, CAN FD, LIN, Ethernet, PWM, serial interfaces, and other digital and analog signaling methods
- Hands-on debugging and validation experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other laboratory equipment
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of hardware development from specification to deployment
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
- Autonomous vehicle experience
- Mining, robotics, aerospace, EV, industrial automation, or other real-world electromechanical systems experience
- Drive-by-wire development experience
- Experience reverse engineering vehicle systems and signals
- Microcontroller programming experience
- Experience collaborating closely with firmware teams
- Carrier board and high-performance compute hardware experience
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
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