Senior Electrical Engineer - Hardware Systems

Ring Inc; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-IPO stock options

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Mainspring Energy, Inc in Menlo Park is looking for an Electrical Design Engineer with over 5 years of experience. The role involves designing critical electrical systems for innovative linear generators and troubleshooting complex system-level issues.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in Electrical Engineering, strong technical leadership, and experience defining system-level requirements. This hybrid position offers a competitive salary along with pre-IPO stock options and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and realizing complex electrical systems.
• Experience leading a project team and creating verification plans.

Responsibilities

• Design critical electrical systems for Mainspring's linear generator.
• Troubleshoot complex system-level problems.
• Define electrical system requirements and lead team verification plans.

Skills

Electrical systems design

Troubleshooting system-level problems

Technical leadership

Defining system-level requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

Job Overview

Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel‑flexible, low‑emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.

The technology that powers Mainspring’s Linear Generator is unlike any other generator technology on the market. The Linear Generator relies on innovative electrical power and control hardware systems to achieve its best‑in‑class efficiency while meeting the world’s strictest emissions requirements. These electrical hardware systems are designed by a talented team of electrical engineers that own hardware design from initial concept through test and manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Design critical electrical systems that enable key functions and ever‑expanding features of Mainspring’s linear generator
• Work on a wide variety of subsystems and components, including (in no particular order) high voltage batteries, grid‑tie inverters, capacitor banks, motor drives, low and high voltage power distribution, safety controllers, and more
• Become an expert on the linear generator electrical system. This involves the hardware designs and the system‑level controls that bring the hardware to life
• Be called upon to troubleshoot our most complex system‑level problems, and be able to break down abstract system‑level symptoms to identify which subsystem is the cause of the problem
• Regularly blur the line between operating as an electrical design engineer and a systems engineer. This will involve activities such as defining electrical system requirements, allocating requirements to subsystems, analyzing trade‑offs between subsystems, and leading the team to develop robust verification plans

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience designing, developing, and realizing complex electrical systems
• An eagerness to work on a wide variety of assignments
• While you will spend more of your time working at the system‑level, you have the technical expertise to dig into low‑level aspects of electrical designs
• Technical leadership experience and experience leading a project team
• Experience defining system‑level requirements and creating verification plans
• A bachelor’s degree, or higher, in Electrical Engineering or related field

Nice‑to‑haves

• Experience in the full hardware development life cycle, from requirements development to manufacturing support; having taken at least one product through volume manufacturing
• Experience working at a startup or rapid development environment

Compensation & Benefits

$130,000 - $153,000 a year.

This position is a hybrid (onsite + remote) position at our Menlo Park HQ. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee. Along with the base salary, Mainspring offers pre‑IPO stock options + benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.