Electrical Engineer – Quantum Energy Storage (Equity)

Praxis, Inc.; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Unlimited PTO

Professional development stipend

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Pronoia Energy in Torrance, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design and optimize power electronics and battery-management hardware around our quantum energy storage material.

You will contribute to fast charging, high energy density, and safe thermal management in a hands-on onsite role with cross-functional teams in a fast-moving startup.

Join a small team solving a groundbreaking energy storage challenge in a collaborative lab environment with ample opportunities for impact and growth.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in electrical engineering with power-electronics or battery-management hardware
• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Strong analog and digital circuit design with high-current applications
• Thermal management mindset for fast charging
• Hands-on use of oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and precision power supplies
• Experience working in a lab with live cells and a fast-moving team

Responsibilities

• Design and build power-electronics circuits for charging, discharging, and power conversion around our quantum energy storage material.
• Develop the battery management system, in hardware and supporting software, that keeps cells safe, balanced, and within their limits.
• Build the sensing and measurement instrumentation that characterizes cell behavior on the bench and in test rigs.
• Own thermal management at the circuit level, treating fast charging as a heat problem.
• Collaborate with the cell, embedded, and science teams to refine specifications and iterate toward functional prototypes.
• Contribute to troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and IP development for novel circuit architectures.

Skills

Power electronics

Battery management

Analog/digital design

Thermal management

Test instrumentation

Lab safety around live cells

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Precision power supplies

Job description

Pronoia Energy in Torrance, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design and optimize power electronics and battery-management hardware around our quantum energy storage material.

You will contribute to fast charging, high energy density, and safe thermal management in a hands-on onsite role with cross-functional teams in a fast-moving startup.

Join a small team solving a groundbreaking energy storage challenge in a collaborative lab environment with ample opportunities for impact and growth.