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Electrical Hardware Engineer

Torrance, CA 90501

Posted: 12/02/2025 Employment Type: Direct Industry: Automotive/Motorsport Job Number: 86182

Job Description

Overview
A fast growing engineering team is building fully electric boats from the ground up. The focus is on delivering vessels that are quieter, faster, cleaner, and easier to maintain by applying first principles engineering from aerospace and EV development. The team is scaling and adding key technical roles as they expand their electric platform.
 
Role
The Electrical Hardware Engineer will join a small, high impact group at the Los Angeles headquarters. This role works hands on across propulsion, powertrain, and onboard electrical systems and reports directly to the Lead Electrical Hardware Engineer.
 
Core responsibilities
  • Leading low-voltage mixed-signal hardware development
  • Driving system trade studies, requirements definition, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, and documentation
  • Collaborating  with cross-functional teams (mechanical, controls, firmware, software, manufacturing, test, supply chain) to deliver high-performance, reliable hardware
  • Supporting supply chain by evaluating and onboarding new contract manufacturers and ensuring smooth production bring-up
  • Troubleshooting production build issues and close the feedback loop to improve design quality and manufacturability
  • Remotely triage electrical faults, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions to maintain high fleet uptime
  • Validating hardware performance in lab and on-boat environments

Job Requirements

Basic qualifications 
  • Experience with PCB schematic capture and layout (Altium preferred)
  • Proficiency in analog and digital circuit design
  • Strong grasp of core Electrical Engineering principles
  • Hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, probes, multimeters, and power supplies
  • Proven ability to develop and troubleshoot hardware
 
Bonus qualifications 
  • Familiarity with marine or automotive ISO/IEC standards
  • Experience with hardware-level implementation of protocols (CAN, USB, SPI, I C, LIN)
  • Proficiency with CANbus and CAN tools
  • Exposure to high-volume consumer hardware development
  • Programming experience in Python (openHTF), Linux, or C
  • Experience with audio amplifier, touchscreen, or computing hardware design
  • Experience getting designs to pass FCC or other EMI/EMC compliance standards
  • Ability to clearly articulate and defend engineering decisions
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Effective time management; comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

Annual Salary  Level 1: $110,000 
                        Level 2: $135,000 
                        Level 3: $170,000
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