Senior HV Propulsion Engineer - EV Rail, Equity

Intramotev; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Unlimited paid time off

Equity

Parental leave

Job summary

Intramotev is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer (High-Voltage & Propulsion) to own HV energy storage, distribution, charging, inverters, and motors for its battery-electric railcars and vehicles in St. Louis, MO.

The role includes defining requirements for traction packs and BMS, coordinating supplier integration, and ensuring safety, EMC/EMI, and field testing across a small engineering team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of electrical engineering experience on vehicles or complex industrial equipment, including taking HV or propulsion hardware from concept through validation and into production or field deployment.
• Hands-on experience integrating HV traction battery systems and BMS, including isolation monitoring, contactors, and pre-charge, plus HV safety practice: isolation, grounding, and safe work on energized HV systems.
• Hands-on experience with traction inverters and electric motors, through integration, commissioning, or test.
• Fluent in both written and verbal English.
• U.S. Person (immigration or work visa sponsorship will not be provided).

Responsibilities

• Own the vehicle's HV and propulsion electrical architecture, covering energy storage, distribution, charging, traction inverters, and motors.
• Define requirements for traction battery packs and BMS, then drive supplier selection, qualification, and integration.
• Own HV junction and distribution, fusing and protection, HV interlock, and the vehicle's charging interfaces and charger integration.
• Select, integrate, commission, and tune traction inverters and motors with suppliers.
• Set isolation, grounding, and bonding practice on the vehicle. Establish HV safety procedures and lockout/tagout for test and shop work, and drive EMC/EMI mitigation on the drivetrain.
• Plan and run bench, vehicle-level, and field testing of HV and propulsion systems.
• Integrate packs, BMS, inverters, and chargers into vehicle controls over CAN, and coordinate with software teams.
• Mentor junior engineers in HV integration, test practice, and safe work on energized systems.

Skills

Electrical engineering

HV integration

Traction inverters

Electric motors

BMS integration

CAN interfaces

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

CAN logging tools

Job description

Intramotev is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer (High-Voltage & Propulsion) to own HV energy storage, distribution, charging, inverters, and motors for its battery-electric railcars and vehicles in St. Louis, MO.

The role includes defining requirements for traction packs and BMS, coordinating supplier integration, and ensuring safety, EMC/EMI, and field testing across a small engineering team.