Hardware Engineer

Voiceflow; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Subsea is seeking an Electrical Systems Engineer to own the vessel-wide electrical architecture for propulsion, energy storage, power distribution, control, and communications.

You will drive from prototype concepts toward production, defining topologies, interfaces, grounding, and protections while coordinating with software, mechanical, and operations teams to ensure safe, robust, and manufacturable designs.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to take systems from prototype concepts to production-ready designs.
• Experience with power, signal, and communications buses.
• Strong knowledge of grounding, shielding, and harnessing strategies.
• Familiarity with safety, EMC, and marine standards.
• Ability to develop block diagrams and system schematics.

Responsibilities

• Own the vessel-wide electrical architecture for propulsion, energy storage, power distribution, control, and communications.
• Define system topologies, interfaces, and grounding/shielding strategies to ensure safety, robustness, and serviceability.
• Develop block diagrams, power-tree diagrams, and system-level schematics that guide PCB, harness, and enclosure design.
• Define and track power budgets and current paths across all subsystems, including worst-case and transient conditions.
• Lead component selection (power electronics, sensors, converters, controllers, communication interfaces).
• Collaborate with software and mechanical engineers to ensure practical, manufacturable architectures.
• Support compliance efforts related to electrical safety, EMC, and marine standards.

Skills

Power distribution architectures

System-level electrical design

Component selection for high-reliabil

Electrical safety & marine standards

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

CAD tools for electrical schematics

Job description

EE, Systems

Location

Los Angeles

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

EngineeringElectrical

About Us

Standard Subsea is building the offshore robotics company. We are developing a fleet of unmanned surface vessels and subsea vehicles to put operations capacity where it's needed, without crewed vessels, without mobilization delays, and at a fraction of the cost.

The Role

We are hiring an Electrical Systems Engineer to own the electrical architecture of our marine vessels. You will take a working prototype and drive it toward production by defining power and signal distribution, component selection, and the system-level design that makes these machines reliable and fieldable. The work covers propulsion, power systems, sensors, networking, and control hardware, with close coordination across mechanical, software, and operations.

This is a hands-on role. You will decide how the electrical system is built, what it is built from, and prove that it works.

Responsibilities:

• Own the vessel-wide electrical architecture for propulsion, energy storage, power distribution, control, and communications

• Define system topologies, interfaces, and grounding/shielding strategies to ensure safety, robustness, and serviceability

• Develop block diagrams, power-tree diagrams, and system-level schematics that guide PCB, harness, and enclosure design

• Define and track power budgets and current paths across all subsystems, including worst-case and transient conditions

• Establish requirements and standards for harnessing, connectors, protection devices, and power conversion modules

• Lead component selection (power electronics, sensors, converters, controllers, communication interfaces)

• Evaluate components and vendors based on performance, reliability, environmental ratings, availability, cost, and lifecycle/obsolescence

• Support validation of architecture and part choices through analysis, bench testing, and on-water trials

• Collaborate closely with software engineers, and mechanical engineers to ensure the architecture is practical, manufacturable, and maintainable

• Support compliance efforts related to electrical safety, EMC, and marine standards by choosing appropriate components and protection schemes

Qualifications:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

• 2-5 years of experience in system-level electrical design for robotics, vehicles, aerospace, marine, or similar complex electromechanical systems

• Strong understanding of power distribution architectures, electrical protection strategies, and control system interfaces

• Experience defining system-level electrical architectures, including power, signal, and communication buses

• Demonstrated expertise in component selection for high-reliability applications (power electronics, sensors, connectors, cabling, converters)

• Familiarity with electrical safety and environmental standards relevant to mobile or marine systems

• Experience with CAD tools for electrical schematics, system diagrams, and harness definitions

• Proven ability to take systems from prototype concepts to robust, repeatable designs suitable for production

• Comfortable working cross-functionally and making structured trade-offs between performance, reliability, cost, and schedule

Bonus Points:

• Experience with uncrewed or remotely operated marine vehicles or other harsh-environment platforms

• Background in high-reliability or mission-critical electrical systems (aerospace, defense, industrial)

• Familiarity with hybrid power systems, battery management, and energy storage architectures

• Experience with reliability analysis and techniques (derating, FMEA, DFMEA, MTBF estimation)