Endurance System Lead
About The Position
Drive the Energy subsystem for a maritime autonomous vehicle, owning energy storage, distribution, regulation, and external charging from concept through production. Reporting to the Vehicle Systems Lead, this role maximizes vehicle endurance and power reliability and sets architecture for battery systems, power distribution, energy management, and charging interfaces. The position supports ultra-long-range autonomous operation and requires technical expertise and leadership to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and drive work to completion. The successful candidate uses experience from highly optimized multidisciplinary projects to ensure appropriate design, analysis, and testing are completed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Energy Engineering, or equivalent.
- At least 5 years of experience in energy or power systems for marine, aerospace, or robotic systems.
- Experience taking energy or power systems through full product development cycles.
- Demonstrated experience with battery systems, power electronics, or energy management.
- Experience transitioning designs from prototype to production.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with large-format battery systems, such as lithium-ion or equivalent.
- Working knowledge of high-voltage power systems in marine or defense applications.
- Experience with power distribution for autonomous vehicles.
- Familiarity with safety standards for energy storage systems.
- Experience in defense or maritime robotics.
Responsibilities
- Own Energy subsystem architecture for storage, distribution, management, regulation, and external charging.
- Drive design and development of energy storage systems for ultra-long-range autonomous operation.
- Drive power distribution and bus architecture across the vehicle.
- Own energy regulation systems to ensure safe and efficient power delivery to all subsystems.
- Design external charging interfaces and solutions for rapid turnaround.
- Manage energy budgets and power allocation across all consuming subsystems.
- Define electrical interfaces between the Energy subsystem and other vehicle systems.
- Manage subsystem schedule and cost performance across prototype, LRIP, and FRP phases.
- Provide technical mentorship to engineers across energy disciplines.
- Drive design-for-manufacturability in coordination with Production.
- Represent the Energy subsystem in technical and customer meetings.
- Interface with the Vehicle Systems Lead and Chief Engineer on technical decisions.
- Travel up to 25% to test sites and customer locations.
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
- Top-tier benefits package, available at little to no cost to employees.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
