Hardware Engineer

EE, Systems

Location

Los Angeles

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

EngineeringElectrical

About Us

Standard Subsea is building the offshore robotics company. We are developing a fleet of unmanned surface vessels and subsea vehicles to put operations capacity where it's needed, without crewed vessels, without mobilization delays, and at a fraction of the cost.

The Role

We are hiring an Electrical Systems Engineer to own the electrical architecture of our marine vessels. You will take a working prototype and drive it toward production by defining power and signal distribution, component selection, and the system-level design that makes these machines reliable and fieldable. The work covers propulsion, power systems, sensors, networking, and control hardware, with close coordination across mechanical, software, and operations.

This is a hands-on role. You will decide how the electrical system is built, what it is built from, and prove that it works.

Responsibilities:

• Own the vessel-wide electrical architecture for propulsion, energy storage, power distribution, control, and communications

• Define system topologies, interfaces, and grounding/shielding strategies to ensure safety, robustness, and serviceability

• Develop block diagrams, power-tree diagrams, and system-level schematics that guide PCB, harness, and enclosure design

• Define and track power budgets and current paths across all subsystems, including worst-case and transient conditions

• Establish requirements and standards for harnessing, connectors, protection devices, and power conversion modules

• Lead component selection (power electronics, sensors, converters, controllers, communication interfaces)

• Evaluate components and vendors based on performance, reliability, environmental ratings, availability, cost, and lifecycle/obsolescence

• Support validation of architecture and part choices through analysis, bench testing, and on-water trials

• Collaborate closely with software engineers, and mechanical engineers to ensure the architecture is practical, manufacturable, and maintainable

• Support compliance efforts related to electrical safety, EMC, and marine standards by choosing appropriate components and protection schemes

Qualifications:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

• 2-5 years of experience in system-level electrical design for robotics, vehicles, aerospace, marine, or similar complex electromechanical systems

• Strong understanding of power distribution architectures, electrical protection strategies, and control system interfaces

• Experience defining system-level electrical architectures, including power, signal, and communication buses

• Demonstrated expertise in component selection for high-reliability applications (power electronics, sensors, connectors, cabling, converters)

• Familiarity with electrical safety and environmental standards relevant to mobile or marine systems

• Experience with CAD tools for electrical schematics, system diagrams, and harness definitions

• Proven ability to take systems from prototype concepts to robust, repeatable designs suitable for production

• Comfortable working cross-functionally and making structured trade-offs between performance, reliability, cost, and schedule

Bonus Points:

• Experience with uncrewed or remotely operated marine vehicles or other harsh-environment platforms

• Background in high-reliability or mission-critical electrical systems (aerospace, defense, industrial)

• Familiarity with hybrid power systems, battery management, and energy storage architectures

• Experience with reliability analysis and techniques (derating, FMEA, DFMEA, MTBF estimation)