Electrical Systems Simulation Engineer for Circuits & Power

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking experienced electrical engineers to build and validate technical tasks for AI systems involving circuits, power electronics, and control systems. You will produce native engineering files, run analyses, and define checks that distinguish correct designs from plausible but incorrect results, following NEC/NFPA 70, NESC, IEEE or IEC standards as appropriate.

You will collaborate across disciplines to ensure reproducibility, verify results, and document assumptions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of professional electrical engineering experience.
• Experience with circuit designs, power systems, controls, or product validation.
• Hands-on with KiCad, Altium, Cadence, SPICE/ngspice or MATLAB/Simulink.
• Ability to write Python or similar scripts for automation and checks.
• Strong technical writing and documentation of assumptions.
• PE credential is a plus and beneficial for the role.

Responsibilities

• Build realistic tasks in circuit, PCB, power electronics, or controls.
• Create and debug schematics, SPICE netlists, and control logic.
• Configure analyses, sweeps, and fault cases with clear units/tolerances.
• Develop reference solutions and verification code for outputs and checks.
• Package models and scripts so others can reproduce results.
• Review AI-generated artifacts and diagnose design or verifier failures.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Python scripting

Education

Professional Engineering license

Tools

KiCad

Altium

Cadence

SPICE/ngspice

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Mercor is seeking experienced electrical engineers to build and validate technical tasks for AI systems involving circuits, power electronics, and control systems. You will produce native engineering files, run analyses, and define checks that distinguish correct designs from plausible but incorrect results, following NEC/NFPA 70, NESC, IEEE or IEC standards as appropriate.

You will collaborate across disciplines to ensure reproducibility, verify results, and document assumptions.