Electrical Engineer, Vehicle Systems – EV Rail

Parallel; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallel Systems is seeking an Electrical Engineer to own the design and development of vehicle electrical systems for our autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles. This role covers power distribution, traction & braking systems, safety-critical control logic, and compute/sensor networks, with responsibility for high-reliability integration across mechanical and software components.

The ideal candidate has automotive or vehicle experience, enjoys working on regulated, safety-critical systems,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related discipline.
• 3+ years experience with power distribution, control logic, or embedded communication protocols (e.g., CAN, Ethernet, SPI).
• Comfortable working from first principles to analyze, troubleshoot, and validate system performance.
• Experience with CAD and design tools such as SolidWorks, Altium, RapidHarness, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Own the design & development of vehicle electrical systems, including wiring harnesses, commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, and test stands
• Drive the development and documentation of safety-critical subsystems, including DFMEAs, system hazard analyses, and verification & validation
• Perform hands‑on hardware bring-up, bench testing, and debugging of electrical assemblies and prototype vehicles
• Lead end-to-end system integration with full lifecycle ownership, interface management, and cross-functional alignment to ensure the system works with all software and mechanical dependencies
• Maintain accurate engineering documentation including schematics, BOMs, test reports, and change logs

Skills

Power distribution

Control logic

Embedded communication protocols

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related discipline

Tools

SolidWorks

Altium

RapidHarness

Job description

Parallel Systems is seeking an Electrical Engineer to own the design and development of vehicle electrical systems for our autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles. This role covers power distribution, traction & braking systems, safety-critical control logic, and compute/sensor networks, with responsibility for high-reliability integration across mechanical and software components.

The ideal candidate has automotive or vehicle experience, enjoys working on regulated, safety-critical systems,