Senior Electrical Engineer
About The Position
Grounded is a 25-person Detroit-based startup building modular electric platforms for specialty vehicles. We take cab chassis from OEMs like Ford and Harbinger and build configurable vehicle systems on top, serving mobile healthcare, RVs, command centers, food and beverage, pet care, and more. Our customers include Colgate, Nokia, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and Portland PD. We've raised ~$5M in VC funding and are shipping vehicles in market today. We also build our own software: a mobile app, fleet dashboard, and onboard computer system that lets customers monitor and control vehicle systems remotely. We design, fabricate, and assemble everything in-house at our facility in Corktown.
Requirements
- 7+ years of electrical engineering experience; you've taken electrical systems from design through production in real products
- Strong with automotive/EV high- and low-voltage power systems: battery, charging, distribution, protection
- Experience with wiring harness design, schematics, and electrical CAD
- Solid grasp of electrical safety, compliance, and designing for serviceability
- Systems thinker comfortable working across mechanical and software boundaries
- Comfortable on a shop floor, next to technicians, debugging real hardware
- Startup or small-company experience strongly preferred — you thrive with ambiguity and move fast
Nice To Haves
- EV powertrain, energy storage, or off-grid / mobile power experience
- Embedded systems, CAN bus, or controls experience
- Familiarity with electrical schematic automation or generative tooling
Responsibilities
- Own electrical design across customer vehicles and the modular platform: high-voltage battery/charging, DC power distribution, low-voltage systems, and wiring harnesses
- Define standardized electrical interfaces, connectors, routing, and protection that modules can plug into
- Integrate our onboard computer system, sensors, and controls so customers can monitor and control vehicle systems remotely
- Create schematics, wiring diagrams, and work instructions, and work daily with the technicians who build and wire everything in-house
- Spec components (batteries, inverters/converters, contactors, fusing) and own electrical safety, compliance, and serviceability
- Partner with mechanical and software engineers on how power, packaging, and controls come together
- Problem-solve on the shop floor when designs meet reality, and iterate fast
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- meaningful equity in Grounded
- comprehensive health insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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