Staff Electrical Engineer

Lithos Energy designs and builds advanced lithium-ion battery packs from the ground up for use in high-performance automotive, marine and aerospace applications. We build the things we design and manufacture in-house, in California. We are a growing team of experienced engineers and pride ourselves in our ability to deliver reliable, high quality and safe products to our customers.

We are seeking doers, highly skilled and self-motivated individuals who are able to thrive in rapidly changing, entrepreneurial environments. If you are genuinely passionate about electric vehicles, power systems and in building real products, you will be enabled, and expected, to innovate, create and have a substantial impact on the company. We have built a team of accomplished engineers working on perhaps the most important technologies being developed today.

Responsibilities

• Board-level electronics design: component selection, circuit calculations, schematic capture, mechanical integration, PCB floor planning and layout. Altium CAD toolchain. Emphasis on design for test and design for manufacture.
• Verification of board-level designs: firmware integration, performance testing, EMC testing, thermal testing.
• Cable harness interconnect design.
• Mentoring of less senior engineer and technician staff.
• Development of electronic hardware and systems for testing of board-level assemblies and integrated products in a factory environment.
• Development of electronic hardware and systems for software and system regression testing.
• Provide technical guidance to the supply chain team regarding component qualification and substitution.
• Manage engineering electronics lab test equipment and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Sc. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years of board-level electronic design experience.
• Strong grasp of electrical engineering fundamentals in analog, digital, and microcontroller domains.
• Proficiency with command-line microprocessor user interfaces.
• High proficiency with various types of Test & Measurement equipment.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to work on-site five days per week.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, small team environment.
• Highly effective communication skills.

Assets

• High voltage DC design experience.
• Battery Management System design experience.
• Basic programming skills (Python or similar).
• Altium Designer toolchain experience.
• High-density PCB layout experience.

Salary Range

$165– 220k + Equity. Dependent on experience.

Lithos Energy, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.