Lead Electrical Design Engineer Power Equipment Startup

Stealth Manufacturing Startup; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible PTO

Relocation support

Job summary

Stealth Manufacturing Startup in Pittsburgh, PA is seeking a founding team design engineer to join on-site. You'd be our first dedicated design engineer, working directly with the founder and senior advisors.

Own end-to-end design of our first product family (electromagnetic, dielectric, thermal, mechanical), meet UL/IEEE/federal efficiency requirements, drive certification, take designs from prototype to listing, and enable manufacturability while growing the team as we scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing power equipment (transformers, reactors, insulation)
• Strong high-voltage insulation and test fundamentals
• Familiar with IEEE and UL product standards
• Able to build calculation packages from first principles using FEA or equivalent tools
• Builder mindset: see designs on a factory floor, not just slides

Responsibilities

• End-to-end design of first product family: electromagnetic, dielectric, thermal, mechanical
• Ensure designs meet UL, IEEE, and federal efficiency requirements and own certification documentation
• Take designs from prototype through type testing and third-party listing
• Design for manufacturability, collaborate with vendors and suppliers
• Grow the engineering team as we scale from first article to full production

Skills

Power equipment design

High-voltage insulation

Calculation packages

IEEE/UL standards

FEA tools

Tools

FEA

Job description

Stealth Manufacturing Startup in Pittsburgh, PA is seeking a founding team design engineer to join on-site. You'd be our first dedicated design engineer, working directly with the founder and senior advisors.

Own end-to-end design of our first product family (electromagnetic, dielectric, thermal, mechanical), meet UL/IEEE/federal efficiency requirements, drive certification, take designs from prototype to listing, and enable manufacturability while growing the team as we scale.