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Electrical Design Engineer
Accepting applicationsPowerus · Charlotte, NC
Full-Time Associate Cadence
Posted
1d ago
Category
Manufacturing
Experience
Associate
Country
United States
About the Company
Powerus is building a next-generation American autonomous systems platform designed to move, protect, and sustain critical assets in high-consequence environments. The company combines advanced autonomy, manufacturing capability, operational expertise, and strategic acquisitions to support defense, national security, critical infrastructure, and commercial operations globally.
Mission
Our mission is to deliver resilient autonomous technologies that strengthen national security, improve operational safety, and expand the capabilities of organizations operating in complex environments.
Why Join Powerus
Good electrical design is portable. Architecture, schematic capture, analysis, and the documentation a factory builds from are all work that travels - and the engineers who are best at it are not all within driving distance of Charlotte. So this one is open anywhere in the United States. Powerus is scaling unmanned platform production across North Carolina and California, and we would rather widen the search than insist that every hour of design work happen in one building. You will travel for bring-up, integration events, and reviews, and the rest is yours to run from where you are.
About the Role
Powerus is hiring an Electrical Design Engineer, open to candidates anywhere in the United States, to own electrical design work for our unmanned platforms. The role is weighted toward architecture, schematic design, analysis, component selection, and the documentation packages that manufacturing and test build from. You will partner closely with hardware, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers in Charlotte and California, and travel periodically for bring-up, integration, and design reviews. Hands-on validation is part of the job; it is concentrated into trips rather than spread across every week.
Responsibilities
Develop electrical architecture and detailed design for power, avionics, sensing, and interface functions
Capture schematics and drive designs through review, release, and revision control
Perform design analysis - worst case, derating, thermal, power budget, and margin
Select components against requirements, lifecycle, availability, and NDAA and Blue UAS constraints
Produce complete design packages: drawings, interface definitions, BOMs, and build documentation
Define wiring, harnessing, connector, and grounding schemes for vehicle integration
Write test and acceptance procedures for the designs you own
Support bring-up, integration, and troubleshooting on site during scheduled travel
Work with fabrication and assembly vendors on design for manufacturing and process questions
Collaborate asynchronously with distributed engineering through written design documentation and review
Qualifications
Must be located in the United States and eligible to work on-site at Powerus facilities during travel
Willing to travel periodically to Charlotte, NC and California for bring-up, integration, and reviews
Degree in electrical engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience owning electrical designs from architecture through released documentation
Strong written communication - remote design work lives or dies on the quality of the documentation
Demonstrated ability to work independently and keep distributed collaborators current without prompting
U.S. Person status required (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)); this role involves access to ITAR- and EAR-controlled technical data
Preferred Skills
Prior experience working effectively on hardware in a remote or distributed team
Experience with UAV, aerospace, defense, or another physical product with real environmental demands
Familiarity with an ECAD tool such as Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or KiCad
Exposure to power system design, avionics, or embedded hardware
Experience producing manufacturing documentation packages that a factory built from without rework
Comfort with simulation tools for circuit, thermal, or power analysis
Pay range and compensation package
[Pay range or salary or compensation]
Equal Opportunity Statement
Powerus is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and mission-driven workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Powerus is building a next-generation American autonomous systems platform designed to move, protect, and sustain critical assets in high-consequence environments. The company combines advanced autonomy, manufacturing capability, operational expertise, and strategic acquisitions to support defense, national security, critical infrastructure, and commercial operations globally.
Mission
Our mission is to deliver resilient autonomous technologies that strengthen national security, improve operational safety, and expand the capabilities of organizations operating in complex environments.
Why Join Powerus
Good electrical design is portable. Architecture, schematic capture, analysis, and the documentation a factory builds from are all work that travels - and the engineers who are best at it are not all within driving distance of Charlotte. So this one is open anywhere in the United States. Powerus is scaling unmanned platform production across North Carolina and California, and we would rather widen the search than insist that every hour of design work happen in one building. You will travel for bring-up, integration events, and reviews, and the rest is yours to run from where you are.
About the Role
Powerus is hiring an Electrical Design Engineer, open to candidates anywhere in the United States, to own electrical design work for our unmanned platforms. The role is weighted toward architecture, schematic design, analysis, component selection, and the documentation packages that manufacturing and test build from. You will partner closely with hardware, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers in Charlotte and California, and travel periodically for bring-up, integration, and design reviews. Hands-on validation is part of the job; it is concentrated into trips rather than spread across every week.
Responsibilities
Develop electrical architecture and detailed design for power, avionics, sensing, and interface functions
Capture schematics and drive designs through review, release, and revision control
Perform design analysis - worst case, derating, thermal, power budget, and margin
Select components against requirements, lifecycle, availability, and NDAA and Blue UAS constraints
Produce complete design packages: drawings, interface definitions, BOMs, and build documentation
Define wiring, harnessing, connector, and grounding schemes for vehicle integration
Write test and acceptance procedures for the designs you own
Support bring-up, integration, and troubleshooting on site during scheduled travel
Work with fabrication and assembly vendors on design for manufacturing and process questions
Collaborate asynchronously with distributed engineering through written design documentation and review
Qualifications
Must be located in the United States and eligible to work on-site at Powerus facilities during travel
Willing to travel periodically to Charlotte, NC and California for bring-up, integration, and reviews
Degree in electrical engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience owning electrical designs from architecture through released documentation
Strong written communication - remote design work lives or dies on the quality of the documentation
Demonstrated ability to work independently and keep distributed collaborators current without prompting
U.S. Person status required (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)); this role involves access to ITAR- and EAR-controlled technical data
Preferred Skills
Prior experience working effectively on hardware in a remote or distributed team
Experience with UAV, aerospace, defense, or another physical product with real environmental demands
Familiarity with an ECAD tool such as Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or KiCad
Exposure to power system design, avionics, or embedded hardware
Experience producing manufacturing documentation packages that a factory built from without rework
Comfort with simulation tools for circuit, thermal, or power analysis
Pay range and compensation package
[Pay range or salary or compensation]
Equal Opportunity Statement
Powerus is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and mission-driven workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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