Senior Electrical Engineer, HV Battery Systems & BMS

peakenergy.com; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vis

Strong 401(k) plan

Equity opportunities

Job summary

Peak Energy is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our Energy Storage Systems team and shape the electrical architecture for gigawatt-scale battery systems.

You'll lead HV ESS design, drive BMS interfaces, mentor engineers, and collaborate across mechanical, software, and manufacturing to deliver production-ready solutions. This role requires hands-on debugging, schematic reviews, PCBA layout and a passion for renewable energy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of professional electrical engineering experience with high-voltage systems.
• Experience designing PCBAs and bringing electrical systems to production at scale.
• Strong fundamentals and ability to solve complex system-level problems.
• Proven track record influencing architecture across multiple teams.
• Familiarity with HV system design, safety, grounding/isolation.
• Proficiency in SPICE, Altium, MATLAB.
• Experience designing for medium to high volume manufacturing.
• Passion for renewable energy and sustainability.
• Eligible to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the electrical architecture for Peak's HV ESS platform across current and next-generation systems.
• Lead development of battery management and supervisory control architecture, defining design principles, interfaces, and quality standards.
• Set direction on schematic capture, PCBA architecture, and layout standards; participate hands-on where the problem warrants senior technical judgment.
• Drive HV system design and integration from early architecture through continuous improvement in production.
• Define electrical component strategy - including qualification, second-source strategy, and long-term supply resilience.
• Establish and evolve tools, infrastructure, and design practices that enable a growing team to scale.
• Provide technical mentorship to Staff and Senior electrical engineers; grow the technical bench by shaping design reviews, standards, and career-path decisions.
• Represent electrical engineering in cross-functional decision forums with mechanical, thermal, software, controls, manufacturing, and reliability.
• Own critical technical outcomes: testing, system integration, validation, and production readiness of Peak products.
• Champion a culture of rapid prototyping, disciplined risk-taking, and hands-on problem solving. No job is too big or too small.

Skills

High voltage design

PCB design

System architecture

Cross-team collaboration

Hands-on debugging

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

MATLAB

SPICE

Job description

Peak Energy is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our Energy Storage Systems team and shape the electrical architecture for gigawatt-scale battery systems.

You'll lead HV ESS design, drive BMS interfaces, mentor engineers, and collaborate across mechanical, software, and manufacturing to deliver production-ready solutions. This role requires hands-on debugging, schematic reviews, PCBA layout and a passion for renewable energy.