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Hardware Engineer
Accepting applicationsPowerus · Charlotte, NC
Full-Time Associate CadenceEthernetI2CSPIanalog
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
Hardware is where the arguments get settled. Software can be patched over the air; a board that browns out under load has to be found, understood, and rebuilt. On an unmanned platform, the hardware is also the part that has to survive vibration, temperature, altitude, and a production line that will build it long after the person who designed it moved on.
Powerus is scaling that hardware across two sites. This role is for someone who wants the whole arc - concept, board, bring-up, aircraft, production - rather than a single station on it.
About the Role
Powerus is hiring a Hardware Engineer to develop electronic hardware for our unmanned platforms, from concept through production. You will design and review circuits, take boards through bring-up and characterization, integrate them into the vehicle, and support the transition into manufacturing. The scope is deliberately broad - power, avionics, sensing, and interconnect all sit inside it - and the work is hands-on with real aircraft, not confined to a simulation environment.
Responsibilities
Develop electronic hardware from requirements through schematic, layout support, and release
Bring up new boards, characterize behavior, and debug across the analog, digital, and power domains
Integrate hardware into the vehicle and resolve the problems that only appear at the system level
Define and verify interfaces between boards, harnesses, sensors, and subsystems
Run design reviews and drive findings to closure with hardware, mechanical, and software engineers
Select components against electrical requirements, availability, and NDAA and Blue UAS sourcing constraints
Build test setups and write procedures that make performance measurable and repeatable
Support environmental, vibration, and EMC testing and close the issues those campaigns surface
Produce and maintain schematics, drawings, BOMs, and revision-controlled documentation
Partner with manufacturing on buildability, first article, yield, and process feedback
Qualifications
Must be located in the United States, within commuting distance of Charlotte, NC, and able to work on-site
Degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience designing or bringing up electronic hardware that became a physical product
Comfort with lab instrumentation and structured debugging of hardware you did not design
Ability to work across board-level and system-level problems in the same week
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
Experience with UAV, aerospace, robotics, automotive, or other embedded hardware products
Familiarity with an ECAD tool such as Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or KiCad
Exposure to embedded interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, or Ethernet
Experience with power distribution, battery systems, or motor drive hardware
Background in environmental qualification, vibration, or EMC testing
Experience supporting a hardware design through production ramp
Pay range and compensation package
What We Look For: We are looking for people who like hardware for its own sake - who have taken something apart to find out why it failed, and who would rather spend an afternoon on the bench than an afternoon speculating in a meeting. Comfort with ambiguity matters; a lot of the work here is figuring out what the actual problem is before solving it.
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
Hardware is where the arguments get settled. Software can be patched over the air; a board that browns out under load has to be found, understood, and rebuilt. On an unmanned platform, the hardware is also the part that has to survive vibration, temperature, altitude, and a production line that will build it long after the person who designed it moved on.
Powerus is scaling that hardware across two sites. This role is for someone who wants the whole arc - concept, board, bring-up, aircraft, production - rather than a single station on it.
About the Role
Powerus is hiring a Hardware Engineer to develop electronic hardware for our unmanned platforms, from concept through production. You will design and review circuits, take boards through bring-up and characterization, integrate them into the vehicle, and support the transition into manufacturing. The scope is deliberately broad - power, avionics, sensing, and interconnect all sit inside it - and the work is hands-on with real aircraft, not confined to a simulation environment.
Responsibilities
Develop electronic hardware from requirements through schematic, layout support, and release
Bring up new boards, characterize behavior, and debug across the analog, digital, and power domains
Integrate hardware into the vehicle and resolve the problems that only appear at the system level
Define and verify interfaces between boards, harnesses, sensors, and subsystems
Run design reviews and drive findings to closure with hardware, mechanical, and software engineers
Select components against electrical requirements, availability, and NDAA and Blue UAS sourcing constraints
Build test setups and write procedures that make performance measurable and repeatable
Support environmental, vibration, and EMC testing and close the issues those campaigns surface
Produce and maintain schematics, drawings, BOMs, and revision-controlled documentation
Partner with manufacturing on buildability, first article, yield, and process feedback
Qualifications
Must be located in the United States, within commuting distance of Charlotte, NC, and able to work on-site
Degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience designing or bringing up electronic hardware that became a physical product
Comfort with lab instrumentation and structured debugging of hardware you did not design
Ability to work across board-level and system-level problems in the same week
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
Experience with UAV, aerospace, robotics, automotive, or other embedded hardware products
Familiarity with an ECAD tool such as Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or KiCad
Exposure to embedded interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, or Ethernet
Experience with power distribution, battery systems, or motor drive hardware
Background in environmental qualification, vibration, or EMC testing
Experience supporting a hardware design through production ramp
Pay range and compensation package
What We Look For: We are looking for people who like hardware for its own sake - who have taken something apart to find out why it failed, and who would rather spend an afternoon on the bench than an afternoon speculating in a meeting. Comfort with ambiguity matters; a lot of the work here is figuring out what the actual problem is before solving it.
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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