Senior Electrical Engineer, Drone (High-Voltage & Low-Voltage Power Systems)

The role

You will design power systems for uncrewed aircraft, including battery packs, high-voltage distribution, and power conversion. You will manage the full product design lifecycle from concept and prototype through flight test and production.

What you will do

• Own power system architecture and electrical requirements across HV and LV domains
• Lead HV domain design including battery pack, BMS integration, and HV PDU/BDU
• Own HV safety architecture including HVIL, E-stop, and isolation monitoring
• Lead LV domain design including backup battery and power management controller
• Define CAN/J1939 network architecture, message databases, and fault handling
• Lead supplier engagement from RFI/RFQ through production
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and software/firmware engineering teams
• Produce and maintain design documentation like schematics and harness drawings

Required qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience designing and integrating high-voltage (400–800 V) battery and power systems
• Direct experience with battery pack and BMS integration, HV distribution and HV safety
• Working knowledge of power conversion and ability to specify, evaluate and integrate COTS power electronics
• Experience with 12/24/28 V vehicle power distribution, power-state management and CAN/J1939 networks
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-1275, and battery standards (UN 38.3, UL 1973, UL 9540A)
• Proficient in schematic capture, harness design tools and system-level analysis in MATLAB/Simulink or Python
• Skilled in HV lab safety and test equipment including HV power supplies, battery cyclers, insulation testers, oscilloscopes and CAN tools
• Track record of managing suppliers and taking a system from concept through qualification and production
• Excellent technical writing skills

Nice to have

• ISO 26262 functional safety

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship or US Green card holder required

About the company

Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical AI. It services automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries.