Electrical Engineer

Overview Energy•Ashburn, VA

19d•$110,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

Overview Energy is hiring an Electrical Engineer to design, build, and test electronics for flight and ground hardware. The role is part of a small, dedicated team that designs, builds, and tests hardware end-to-end, and works closely with mechanical, embedded software, and systems engineers. The engineer reports directly to the lead electrical engineer. This is a generalist role that combines board design and bring-up with supplier oversight and hardware verification. The position is onsite daily at the company’s Ashburn, Virginia facility.

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.
2–5+ years of hands-on electrical hardware experience; internships, co-ops, and substantial hardware programs may count.
At least one piece of hardware designed, built, or tested end-to-end, with the ability to explain the work.
Strong fundamentals in analog and digital circuits, plus sufficient embedded experience to work with microcontrollers and common communication buses.
Schematic capture experience using Altium, KiCad, or a similar tool.
Comfort using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and power supplies.
Some experience working with an external supplier or contractor.
Ability to work onsite at the company’s Northern Virginia facility.
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations for work subject to ITAR.

Nice To Haves

Hardware that has flown, or a full program cycle in space, aerospace, UAV, or another high-reliability field.
Exposure to vibration, shock, and thermal-vacuum environmental testing.
Familiarity with circuit design using LTspice or related platforms such as SIMetrix/SIMPLIS, PLECS, or Qspice.
Power electronics or battery system experience.
Wire harness design and fabrication experience.
Experience spanning mechanical, electrical, and embedded work.

Responsibilities

Design and capture schematics for analog, digital, and power boards, including sensors, data acquisition, power delivery, and interfaces.
Select components, create bills of materials, and oversee board fabrication and assembly.
Bring up new PCBs using bench equipment, debug them, and characterize them against requirements.
Support systems engineering activities involving requirements, architecture, and interfaces.
Design and document wire harnesses and interconnects, including wire gauge, connectors, pinouts, and interface control documents.
Manage electronics suppliers and contractors by reviewing statements of work, tracking deliverables, and verifying received work against specifications.
Run power budgets and perform initial thermal and EMI checks, applying derating and space-environment practices to designs.
Write test procedures and scripts to automate measurements and data analysis.
Investigate hardware anomalies to determine root causes and complete corrective actions.
Prepare complete design reports, interface control documents, and test procedures for handoff and future use.