Senior Electrical Engineer
$150,000–$200,000 year
On-siteSomerville, Massachusetts, United States
Somerville, Massachusetts, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$150,000–$200,000 yearSenior LevelStartup
Full TimeSenior LevelStartup
Job Summary
Define electrical system requirements and own schematic design and layout for subsystems across R&D, prototyping, and manufacturing. Engineer fault-tolerant systems with graceful failure recovery, managing vendor qualification, cost, and manufacturability for commercial sprayer integration. Build firmware validation tooling, develop clear architectural documentation, and support critical field testing to ensure reliable product performance. Collaborate with hardware, software, and field operations teams to integrate feedback and respond to customer priorities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 6+ years of experience in electrical design, with a demonstrated track record of delivering/shipping high-volume products and/or working in research, prototyping, or early-stage development environments
- Proficiency in interpreting and creating electrical schematics, designing physical layouts (e.g., PCBs or panel/plant layouts), and/or performing hardware/system bring‐up and debug at the lab or field level
- Custom PCB design experience (Ex: on Altium, KiCad, etc.) from schematic entry and board layout through fabrication, assembly, testing, iteration, production and manufacturing
- Design experience with motors, motor controllers, power supplies, inverters / converters, and power electronics, including battery-powered systems and efficient power delivery at the edge
- Demonstrated ability to own hardware problems end-to-end, including diagnosing failures in the field and driving fixes through to resolution
- Familiarity with embedded systems and the firmware constraints that affect electrical design decisions
- Experience working on products that require high reliability at scale, where field failures have real operational consequences
- Comfort working on small teams where the scope of ownership is broad and the pace is fast
- Strong embedded hardware and software debugging instincts and comfort working with hardware that is partially functional or failing in non-obvious ways
- Experience working with vendors, contractors and managing the working relationship between vendors and full-time employees
- work required to be in-person
Desired Qualifications
- Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Experience with agricultural, industrial, or other ruggedized hardware designed to operate in harsh environments
- Experience developing manufacturing tests for high-volume consumer products
- Ability to architect and implement device drivers across multiple protocols
- Proficiency in PCB assembly and SMD soldering
- Harness design and fabrication experience
- Working knowledge of standard communication buses and protocols (CAN, I2C, SPI, RS485)
- Embedded hardware and software debugging skills. Familiar with test/debug tools such as JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and signal generators
- Familiarity with ISOBUS networks
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