- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Salary
- $166,000–$220,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Vehicle Power Distribution Engineer
Job description
You will own power distribution and energy management for a maritime autonomous vehicle. Reporting to the Vehicle Systems Lead, you will design the power bus architecture, switching systems, and management logic that delivers power from storage to every consuming subsystem. Your spectrum of support will be diverse in nature and require you to leverage your technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive to completion. The ability to leverage your intuition and prior experience will be key in making sure the right design, analysis, and test steps are completed to ensure success.
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Job responsibilities
- Own power distribution bus architecture and design
- Design power switching, protection, and fault isolation circuits
- Manage vehicle energy budget and power allocation
- Define power interfaces between energy storage and all consuming subsystems
- Model and simulate the vehicle power system across mission load profiles
- Support EMI/EMC design and qualification
- Interface with energy storage, regulation, and vehicle systems teams
- Support prototype integration and testing
Job requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 5+ years designing DC power distribution or power electronics hardware for vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, or other mobile platforms
- Experience owning a vehicle or platform power bus architecture, with protection and fault isolation designed into the bus
- Experience owning a platform-level power budget as a design artifact
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
- Experience with marine vehicle power distribution systems
- Working knowledge of EMI/EMC design practices
- Experience with power system simulation tools