Senior Electrical Engineer: Power & Propulsion for Drones

Neros Technologies; New Mexico; On-site; USD 225,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Neros Technologies is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer II, Power & Propulsion to own the power architecture for our next generation autonomous drones. You will design, validate, and hand‑on lead power systems from schematics to flight test across multiple product lines.

You will mentor a team of electrical engineers, drive high‑current power designs, and help build scalable hardware platforms for production.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in electrical hardware engineering, including ownership of power conversion hardware from concept through production.
• Experience leading engineers as a technical lead, project lead, or people manager, including interviewing and hiring.
• Power stage design experience with high-current switching converters, gate drive, protection circuits, and component selection.
• Strong power integrity fundamentals including loop stability, transient response, decoupling, PDN design, and high-current layout.
• Hands-on PCB design experience including schematic capture and layout of high-current, mixed-signal boards in Altium or equivalent ECAD tool.
• Mixed-signal and embedded design experience including microcontroller-based designs.
• Board bring-up and characterization using oscilloscopes, current probes, loop analyzers, electronic loads, and power analyzers.
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field

Responsibilities

• Architect power supply and distribution systems for drones and ground equipment from input protection to point-of-load regulation.
• Lead ESC development including three-phase power stages, gate drive, current sensing, and protection, integrated with motor-control firmware.
• Build and lead the team that develops battery packs, BMS, and a charging platform, including pack interfaces and cell protection.
• Establish design standards for derating, power integrity, design reviews, and validation coverage.
• Remain hands-on in schematic capture, PCB layout review, board bring-up, and flight test through production release.
• Hire, mentor, and lead a team of electrical engineers to deliver on the product roadmap.

Skills

Leadership experience

Power conversion hardware

PCB design

Mixed-signal design

Board bring-up

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscopes

Power analyzers

Job description

Neros Technologies is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer II, Power & Propulsion to own the power architecture for our next generation autonomous drones. You will design, validate, and hand‑on lead power systems from schematics to flight test across multiple product lines.

You will mentor a team of electrical engineers, drive high‑current power designs, and help build scalable hardware platforms for production.