Senior Electrical Engineer – Marine Edge Hardware

Quartermaster AI; Virginia; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Quartermaster AI is seeking a hands-on Electrical Engineer to lead electrical subsystems for the SmartMast platform, an edge Linux/GPU sensor node for maritime intelligence.

You will own the full lifecycle from schematic capture and board bring-up to environmental validation, collaborating with mechanical, software, and systems engineers to deliver production-grade hardware for harsh marine deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 6+ years of production-grade embedded hardware experience.
• Experience with high-speed signal integrity and power electronics.

Responsibilities

• Create schematics and multi-layer board layouts optimized for thermal and EMI.
• Oversee PCB fabrication, BOMs, DFM/DFA, and prototype validation.
• Integrate sensors and interfaces (cameras, GPUs, SDRs, GNSS, PoE, radar).
• Design rugged power delivery, battery integration, and redundancy.
• Perform hands-on bring-up, validation, and debugging.
• Drive reliability initiatives for shock, IP rating, and harsh environments.
• Support enclosure and harness design with mechanical team.
• Maintain engineering docs including ECOs.
• Collaborate with software/AI teams to validate hardware stability.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB layout

EMI / signal integrity

High-speed design

Bench validation

Hardware bring-up

Camera / CSI / USB3 / PCIe

NVIDIA Jetson experience

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

OrCAD

Job description

Quartermaster AI is seeking a hands-on Electrical Engineer to lead electrical subsystems for the SmartMast platform, an edge Linux/GPU sensor node for maritime intelligence.

You will own the full lifecycle from schematic capture and board bring-up to environmental validation, collaborating with mechanical, software, and systems engineers to deliver production-grade hardware for harsh marine deployments.