Senior Electrical Systems Engineer

InnerPlant • Des Moines, IA

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About The Position

InnerPlant is on a mission to transform farming as never before imagined: We give crops a voice by turning plants into living sensors that signal the onset of stress, enabling farmers to increase yields and reduce costs by optimizing inputs. We're seeking a Senior Electrical Systems Engineer to lead the design, integration, and deployment of electrical systems that power our sensing platforms and field technologies of our commercial product, CropVoice. The CropVoice platform translates signals from our living sensors to pinpoint stress well before visible symptoms, giving farmers and agronomists critical and timely insights and removing the guesswork behind key in-season decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline (Masters in EE preferred).
• 8+ years of experience developing complex electronic systems.
• Strong experience with mixed-signal circuit design and embedded hardware.
• Experience designing systems that integrate sensors, imaging devices, communications, or industrial electronics.
• Experience with embedded Linux or microcontroller-based platforms.
• Familiarity with wireless communications, GPS/GNSS, or edge computing devices.
• Experience with cloud computing and fleet management platforms like AWS IoT Core, RemoteIt, etc
• Familiarity with communication protocols such as SPI, I²C, UART, Ethernet, CAN, or USB.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with optical sensing, imaging systems, machine vision, or precision agriculture technologies (preferred).
• Knowledge of design for manufacturability (DFM), design for test (DFT), and regulatory compliance (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical system architecture for next-generation sensing and imaging platforms.
• Design analog and digital electronic circuits for embedded hardware and sensor interfaces.
• Develop robust power distribution, battery management, and power optimization solutions for field-deployed systems.
• Select components, create schematics, support PCB layout, and oversee prototype builds.
• Define system-level requirements, interface specifications, and verification plans.
• Perform hardware validation, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Support environmental, EMC, reliability, and field testing to ensure dependable operation under real-world agricultural conditions.
• Manage engineering documentation including design reviews, BOMs, test reports, and manufacturing documentation.
• Partner with contract manufacturers and suppliers to transition designs into production.

Benefits

• InnerPlant provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior