Research Engineer, Electrical Sensing

Gridware; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental & Vision benefits

Commuter allowance

Employee training

Job summary

Gridware, a San Francisco-based tech company, seeks a hands-on Research Engineer with a strong electrical engineering foundation to join our R&D team and tackle sensing and measurement challenges with real-world impact.

You will blend physics, experimentation, and data analysis to understand grid sensor behavior, identify performance gaps, and develop enhanced sensing capabilities. This role emphasizes measurement and applied research over product design.

Qualifications

• MS in Electrical Engineering or PhD with relevant research/industry experience.
• Strong fundamentals in electromagnetics, sensing, and electrical measurement.
• Experience in data analysis and experimentation to solve sensing problems.
• Proficiency with Python, MATLAB, or similar tools for scientific data analysis.
• Hands-on experience with lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, DAQs).

Responsibilities

• Investigate sensor signals to understand physical phenomena and identify performance limitations.
• Help define measurement requirements and evaluate sensors for current and new capabilities.
• Design and run experiments to characterize sensor performance and validate approaches.
• Analyze experimental and fleet data using Python, MATLAB, SQL, or similar tools.
• Improve signal capture on edge devices via sampling, filtering, compression.

Skills

Electromagnetics

Sensing

Data analysis

Lab instrumentation

Technical judgment

Education

MS in Electrical Engineering

Physics background

Tools

Python

MATLAB

DAQs

Job description

About Gridware

Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR), focused on monitoring the electrical, physical, and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety. Gridware’s advanced Active Grid Response platform uses high-precision sensors to detect potential issues early, enabling proactive maintenance and fault mitigation. This comprehensive approach helps improve safety, reduce outages, and ensure the grid operates efficiently. The company is backed by climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. For more information, please visit www.Gridware.io.

Role Description

We are seeking a creative, hands-on Research Engineer with a strong electrical engineering foundation to join our R&D team and solve challenging sensing and measurement problems with real-world impact.

You will combine physics, experimentation, and data analysis to understand how our grid sensor signals behave in the real world, identify opportunities to improve sensing performance, and develop new sensing capabilities. This role focuses on measurement and applied research rather than traditional product design.

Responsibilities

• Investigate sensor signals to understand physical phenomena, identify performance limitations, and root-cause measurement issues.
• Help define measurement requirements and evaluate sensors for current and new sensing capabilities.
• Design and run experiments to characterize sensor performance and validate new approaches.
• Analyze experimental and fleet data using Python, MATLAB, SQL, or similar tools.
• Improve how we capture useful signal information on constrained edge devices through sampling, filtering, compression, and related techniques.
• Partner with HW, FW, ML, and product teams to translate research findings into improvements to our technology.

Required Skills

• MS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field with 2+ years of relevant industry experience, or PhD with relevant research or industry experience.
• Strong fundamentals in electromagnetics, sensing, and electrical measurement.
• Experience investigating ambiguous sensing, signal-quality, or measurement problems through data analysis and experimentation.
• Comfortable using Python, MATLAB, or similar tools to analyze scientific or engineering data.
• Hands-on experience collecting and interpreting electrical measurements using lab instrumentation such as oscilloscopes and DAQs.
• Strong technical judgment, communication, and ability to work across disciplines.

Bonus Skills

• Experience with signal processing, including sampling, filtering, or compression.
• Experience with circuit simulation or first-principles modeling.
• Experience building repeatable test and validation infrastructure.
• Experience analyzing sensor performance across deployed IoT or edge devices.

$145,000 - $160,000 a year

This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way.

Gridware Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Benefits

• Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
• Paid parental leave
• Alternating day off (every other Monday)
• “Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
• Commuter allowance
• Company-paid training