Senior Electrical Engineer — EV Systems & Modular Platform

Grounded RV; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive health insurance

Job summary

Grounded, a Detroit-based startup, is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the electrical systems across our modular vehicle platforms. You will lead high-voltage battery/charging, DC distribution, wiring, and seamless integration with our onboard computer system.

Join a hands-on team that ships current builds while moving toward a universal electrical architecture, collaborating closely with mechanical and software engineers on a fast-paced shop floor.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of electrical engineering experience with design-to-production in real products.
• Strong with automotive/EV high- and low-voltage power systems: battery, charging, distribution, protection.
• Experience with wiring harness design, schematics, and electrical CAD.
• Solid grasp of electrical safety, compliance, and designing for serviceability.
• Systems thinker comfortable crossing mechanical and software boundaries.
• Comfortable on a shop floor debugging real hardware with technicians.
• Startup or small-company experience strongly preferred — thrive with ambiguity and move fast.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical design across vehicles and modular platform: high-voltage battery/charging, DC power distribution, low-voltage systems, wiring harnesses.
• Define standardized electrical interfaces, connectors, routing, and protection that modules can plug into.
• Integrate onboard computer system, sensors, and controls for remote monitoring and control of vehicle systems.
• Create schematics, wiring diagrams, and work instructions; collaborate daily with technicians who build and wire everything in-house.
• Spec components (batteries, inverters/converters, contactors, fusing) and own safety, compliance, and serviceability.
• Partner with mechanical and software engineers on power, packaging, and controls integration.
• Problem-solve on the shop floor when designs meet reality and iterate toward a universal architecture.

Skills

Electrical design

EV power systems

Wiring harness design

Electrical CAD

Safety & compliance

Systems thinking

Shop floor debugging

Startup experience

Job description

Grounded, a Detroit-based startup, is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the electrical systems across our modular vehicle platforms. You will lead high-voltage battery/charging, DC distribution, wiring, and seamless integration with our onboard computer system.

Join a hands-on team that ships current builds while moving toward a universal electrical architecture, collaborating closely with mechanical and software engineers on a fast-paced shop floor.