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You will have a strong electrical background and be responsible for bringing our technology from the lab to the fleet.\nThis is not a traditional engineering role. You will be responsible for deploying our systems into the real world, directly supporting maritime missions. You will integrate electrical payloads, debug complex system-level problems, and iterate hardware designs in the field to ensure success. This is a highly hands-on and field-oriented role with time split between the lab, fabrication spaces, and the waterfront.\nResponsibilities:\nDesign systems to support electrical integration of novel systems and payloads onto our Autonomous Service Vessels (ASVs) and maritime platforms\n\nLead rapid prototyping efforts (electrical) to support field experimentation and platform evolution\n\nPerform system bring-up, integration, and troubleshooting of power, networking, sensor, and compute subsystems. Candidates need to be capable of understanding full system topologies, balancing power budgets, thermal constraints, and signal integrity\n\nOwn dockside and sea trials - prepare vessels, install new electrical hardware packages, and perform system validation in operationally relevant environments\n\nDrive design-for-assembly and design-for-deployment feedback into electrical product development\n\nWork closely with cross-functional teams, including Mechanical, Software, and Autonomy Engineers, to evolve and harden system designs\n\nInterface with suppliers and fabrication shops to support fast turnarounds of custom components and harnesses\n\nContribute to documentation and training to support the scaling of deployment and manufacturing\n\nQualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field. 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As defined by U.S. law, individuals who are any one of the following are considered to be a “U.S. Person”: (1) 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.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).\nSaronic does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits. 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