Senior Electrical Engineer
Location: San Francisco, CA (full time, in-person)
Company Overview
Our mission is to build a city on Mars and accelerate the construction of critical infrastructure on Earth. Starting with Cosmic-1 – a system that installs solar panels 10x faster than today’s methods, helping us transition to a clean energy future and laying the groundwork for the future of autonomous construction.
The Role
As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will own a critical Cosmic-1 subsystem and lead development from concept to deployment. As a core member of the team, you will help define the era of autonomous construction.
This is a rare opportunity to:
Work on hard, meaningful problems that impact the future of infrastructure and energy.
Collaborate with a world-class team from NASA, SpaceX, Google, Built Robotics, and others.
Rapidly grow, learn, and lead within a quickly scaling company.
Responsibilities
Own hardware components and systems such as the high voltage system, low voltage system, custom HV batteries, embedded systems, PCB assemblies, and harnesses
Full product lifecycle ownership from requirements collection, trade studies, preliminary and detailed design, development, and overseeing manufacturing, integration, testing, and customer delivery
Work with manufacturing, mechanical, software, and product engineers to develop innovative new solutions to complex interdisciplinary problems
Work with vendors and suppliers to find creative solutions to tight deadlines
Set milestones, plan roadmaps, and deliver on ambitious timelines
Recruit, mentor, and build a world-class engineering organization
Requirements
3+ years of professional engineering experience
Excellent first-principles understanding of analog and digital circuit design and circuit analysis and simulation
Expert electrical design skills using software such as Altium designer
Strong programming skills in Python or C++
Superb failure analysis and electrical system troubleshooting skills
Experience designing or developing high voltage vehicle electrical systems including familiarity with high voltage batteries and power electronics as well as HV safety standards and components
Excellent communication and project management skills
Thrive in fast-paced environments and push boundaries to meet deadlines
Bonus
5+ years of professional engineering experience in electrical design or development
Management and recruiting experience
Skills Required
- 3+ years of professional engineering experience
- First-principles understanding of analog and digital circuit design, analysis, and simulation
- Expert electrical design skills using Altium Designer or similar software
- Strong programming skills in Python or C++
- Failure analysis and electrical system troubleshooting skills
- Experience designing or developing high-voltage vehicle electrical systems
- Familiarity with high-voltage batteries, power electronics, and high-voltage safety standards and components
- Excellent communication and project management skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
- 5+ years of professional engineering experience in electrical design or development
- Management and recruiting experience
What We Do
Cosmic Robotics develops AI-powered robotics for utility-scale solar construction, aiming to automate physically demanding tasks with their flagship product, Cosmic-1, to increase speed, safety, and efficiency.
