{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"0c25613db4e52dbe2d6372be","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/0c25613db4e52dbe2d6372be","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/0c25613db4e52dbe2d6372be","title":"Electrical Engineer","description":"Who We Are:\r\nAurelius Systems is a VC backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge deployed directed energy systems for counter-UAS. We build laser weapons to shoot down drones.\r\nWe're a small team of engineers, former US military operators, and subject matter experts scaling America's directed energy dominance. The first cost effective, reliable and robust laser weapon system.\r\nOur namesake isn't an accident. Marcus Aurelius wrote about doing the work in front of you, every day, without excuses. Henry Ford didn't wait for permission to reinvent manufacturing. That's how we operate — small team, unreasonable output, no hiding behind the unachievable.\r\nIn addition to our San Francisco lab, we’ve opened a Detroit manufacturing hub and we field test weekly on our own 400-acre private range.\r\nThe Role & Your Impact:\r\nWe need an Electrical Engineer who can own a wide surface area of electromechanical hardware. You won't specialize in one subsystem, you'll move across power, embedded control, wire harnesses, and integration work, wherever the team needs horsepower. That means you're soldering prototypes one day, pulling harnesses the next, and helping integrate subsystems on the range the week after.\r\nThis isn't a narrow role. It's a force multiplier position on a small team building a weapon system from scratch.\r\nWhat You'll Own:\r\nDesign and build high-voltage DC/DC converters, rectifiers, inverters, and diode driver electronics (48V+ systems)\r\nArchitect and validate battery management systems from safe charge/discharge, thermal management, to fault protection for high-voltage battery packs\r\nBuild ruggedized wire harnesses for high-power laser and motor systems (connector selection, routing, environmental protection)\r\nDrive hands-on prototyping, assembly, and field testing of power electronic systems on our range\r\nDesign embedded control electronics like microcontrollers, FPGAs, sensing, telemetry, and fault handling\r\nPerform electrical simulations (SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink) to optimize performance before you build\r\nConduct DFM reviews and work directly with fabricators to get designs into production\r\nIntegrate electronics with mechanical, optical, and robotics subsystems\r\nGenerate schematics, BOMs, wiring diagrams, and documentation meeting MIL-STD and ITAR requirements\r\nWhat We're Looking For:\r\n2–5+ years working across electrical hardware from power, embedded, to systems integration\r\nHands-on experience with 48V+ systems. You've built and tested high-voltage circuits, not just reviewed drawings\r\nComfortable with embedded control electronics like microcontrollers, sensing, telemetry, and fault handling\r\nYou've designed and fabricated wire harnesses for real systems\r\nProficient in Altium Designer, SPICE, and MATLAB/Simulink\r\nBroad curiosity. You're as comfortable debugging a harness as reading a power schematic\r\nWhere you probably come from:Robotics labs, EV companies, aerospace hardware teams, defense programs, or Formula SAE Electric. You don't have to be a power specialist, but you need to have built real things at voltage.\r\nNot a fit if:Your experience is exclusively low-voltage microcontroller or PCB work, or you've never physically built and tested hardware above 48V.\r\nNice-to-Haves:\r\nExperience with laser diode driving or directed energy power systems\r\nBackground in EMI/EMC design and shielding\r\nFamiliarity with MIL-STD standards and ITAR compliance\r\nExperience with long-duration system deployment in harsh environments\r\nActive security clearance or ability to obtain one\r\nEducation:\r\nBS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or related field.\r\nWhat you've built matters more than where you went to school.\r\nHow You Operate:\r\nExtreme bias for action. You'd rather build a prototype tomorrow than model it for a month\r\nRigorous testing mindset. You characterize your own systems before the field does\r\nComfortable with ambiguity and fast, constantly iterating in a startup environment\r\nYour brain only releases dopamine when you're building\r\nYou debug from first principles, not Stack Overflow\r\nClear communicator across mechanical, electrical, optical, and ML teams\r\nSelf-directed. You identify what needs to happen next and do it without being told\r\nWhy Join Aurelius Systems?\r\nBuild more in 1 month than most engineers build in 1 year. We field test weekly. Your work goes downrange, not into a filing cabinet.\r\nCareer velocity is real. Erick Brito went from Founding Robotics Engineer to Lead in 12 months. At ~10 engineers, there are no layers between you and impact… or between you and your next title.\r\nWork on a problem that actually matters. Small, cheap drones are changing warfare. Our laser systems are the asymmetric answer. Think infinite magazine, cost-per-shot near zero, scalable to every base, border, facility, truck and infrastructure.\r\nJoin the densest defense startup ecosystem in the country. California is where the next generation of defense companies are being built. You'll be in the room with the people reshaping how America builds weapons.\r\nHow We Work:\r\nCore 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.\r\nWhen the sprint lands, we ramp down. We don't manufacture intensity for show. 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Think infinite magazine, cost-per-shot near zero, scalable to every base, border, facility, truck and infrastructure.\r\nJoin the densest defense startup ecosystem in the country. California is where the next generation of defense companies are being built. You'll be in the room with the people reshaping how America builds weapons.\r\nHow We Work:\r\nCore 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.\r\nWhen the sprint lands, we ramp down. We don't manufacture intensity for show. We go hard when the mission demands it, and we recover when it doesn't.\r\nBenefits:\r\nCompetitive salary + equity\r\nUnited Health Care medical, dental, and vision coverage\r\nFlexible 18 days PTO + 5 sick days\r\nTravel to field test events and range days\r\nCovered daily lunches and office snacks + drinks\r\nE-bike / scooter stipend ( Up to $500)\r\nDirect access to leadership and real ownership over your work\r\nExport Control Notice:\r\nThis role requires access to export-controlled information or items that require \"U.S. Person\" status. 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