Electrical Engineering Lab Tech

Aurelius Systems is a VC-backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge‑deployed robotics systems using directed energy for counter‑UAS.

We're a small team of ~10 engineers, former US military operators, and subject matter experts scaling America’s directed energy dominance. Henry Ford didn't wait for permission to reinvent manufacturing. In addition to our San Francisco lab/office, we opened our Detroit manufacturing hub and we field test weekly on our own 400-acre private range.

If you are the kind of engineer who'd rather see your work on a range than in a lab, read on.

We need an Electrical Engineer who can own a wide surface area of electromechanical hardware . That means you're soldering prototypes one day, pulling harnesses the next, and helping integrate subsystems on the range the week after.

It's a force multiplier position on a small team building a weapon system from scratch.

Design and build high‑voltage DC/DC converters, rectifiers, inverters, and diode driver electronics (48V+ systems)

Build ruggedized wire harnesses for high‑power laser and motor systems (connector selection, routing, environmental protection)

Drive hands‑on prototyping, assembly, and field testing of power electronic systems on our range

Design embedded control electronics like microcontrollers, FPGAs, sensing, telemetry, and fault handling

Perform electrical simulations (SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink) to optimize performance before you build

Conduct DFM reviews and work directly with fabricators to get designs into production

Integrate electronics with mechanical, optical, and robotics subsystems

2-5+ years working across electrical hardware from power, embedded, to systems integration

Comfortable with embedded control electronics like microcontrollers, sensing, telemetry, and fault handling

Proficient in Altium Designer, SPICE, and MATLAB/Simulink

Robotics labs, EV companies, aerospace hardware teams, defense programs, or Formula SAE Electric. Not a fit if: Your experience is exclusively low‑voltage microcontroller or PCB work, or you’ve never physically built and tested hardware above 48V.

Experience with laser diode driving or directed energy power systems

Experience with long‑duration system deployment in harsh environments

Active security clearance or ability to obtain one

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or related field.

Rigorous testing mindset. You characterize your own systems before the field does

Your brain only releases dopamine when you’re building

Clear communicator across mechanical, electrical, optical, and ML teams

We field test weekly. Erick Brito went from Founding Robotics Engineer to Lead in 12 months. Think infinite magazine, cost-per-shot near zero, scalable to every base, border, facility, truck and infrastructure.

Core hours are Monday-Friday, 9 to 6. When we’re sprinting toward a demo or field test, the team ramps up… nights, weekends, whatever it takes to ship.

We don't manufacture intensity for show. Competitive salary + equity

United Health Care medical, dental, and vision coverage

Flexible 18 days PTO + 5 sick days

Travel to field test events and range days

Covered daily lunches and office snacks + drinks

E-bike / scooter stipend ( Up to $500)

This role requires access to export-controlled information or items that require "U.S. citizens, (2) legal permanent residents (a.k.a. green card holders), and (3) certain protected classes of asylees and refugees, as defined in 8 U.