Electronics Engineer

Powerus; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Powerus is seeking an Electronics Engineer to design, build, and validate electronic hardware for unmanned platforms. You will work across analog and digital circuits—sensing, conditioning, power, and interfaces—taking designs from concept through bring-up and proving them on the bench and in the aircraft.

You will own component selection, contribute to board layout, write tests, and stay involved through manufacturing so the shipped design matches what was reviewed.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Solid grounding in analog and digital circuit design and the ability to reason about a circuit from its schematic.
• Practical bench skill - instrumentation, measurement technique, soldering, and rework.
• Experience taking a circuit from idea through a working, characterized prototype.
• U.S. Person status required (ITAR/EAR controls).

Responsibilities

• Design analog and digital circuits for sensing, signal conditioning, power, and interface functions.
• Capture schematics, contribute to board layout, and drive designs through review to release.
• Bring up new hardware, characterize performance, and debug to root cause.
• Select components against electrical requirements, lifecycle, availability, and NDAA/Blue UAS constraints.
• Build test fixtures and write procedures that make a design's performance measurable.

Skills

Analog design

Digital design

Schematic capture

Board bring-up

Test benches

Measurement techniques

Soldering & rework

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence Allegro

KiCad

Job description

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

An autonomous aircraft is a stack of electronics that has to survive being thrown around in the cold at altitude and still be buildable a thousand times over. Between the architecture on a whiteboard and the box that flies sits a large amount of unglamorous, decisive work: choosing the part that will still exist in two years, finding the noise coupling nobody predicted, and proving on a bench that the thing actually does what the requirement said.

This role lives in that gap. Powerus is scaling production of unmanned platforms across North Carolina and California, and we need engineers who are as comfortable with an oscilloscope as with a datasheet.

Position Overview

Powerus is hiring an Electronics Engineer to design, build, and validate electronic hardware for our unmanned platforms. You will work across analog and digital circuits - sensing, conditioning, power, and interfaces - take designs from concept through bring-up, and prove them on the bench and in the aircraft. You will own component selection, contribute to board design, write the tests that qualify your work, and stay involved through manufacturing so the design that ships is the design that was reviewed.

Key Responsibilities

• Design analog and digital circuits for sensing, signal conditioning, power, and interface functions
• Capture schematics, contribute to board layout, and drive designs through review to release
• Bring up new hardware, characterize performance, and debug to root cause
• Select components against electrical requirements, lifecycle, availability, and NDAA and Blue UAS constraints
• Build test fixtures and write procedures that make a design's performance measurable and repeatable
• Characterize behavior across temperature, voltage, and load, and document the margins
• Investigate noise, EMI, grounding, and interference problems on integrated hardware
• Support integration with embedded software, mechanical packaging, and vehicle systems
• Produce and maintain schematics, BOMs, test records, and revision-controlled documentation
• Work with manufacturing and assembly partners on buildability, 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, electronics engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Solid grounding in analog and digital circuit design and the ability to reason about a circuit from its schematic
• Practical bench skill - instrumentation, measurement technique, soldering, and rework
• Experience taking a circuit from idea through a working, characterized prototype
• 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 Qualifications

• Experience with UAV, aerospace, robotics, instrumentation, or other embedded hardware
• Familiarity with an ECAD tool such as Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or KiCad
• Exposure to sensor interfaces, data acquisition, or mixed-signal design
• Experience with EMI, grounding, and shielding on integrated systems
• Comfort scripting test automation in Python or a similar language
• Experience carrying a design through environmental or compliance testing

What We Look For

We are looking for engineers who trust measurements over intuition and are curious enough to keep pulling on a strange result. The people who do well here document what they found so the next person does not repeat the investigation, and they would rather characterize a design properly than declare it finished.

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.