Senior Electrical Engineer - Unlimit Ventures

Role Summary

As a Senior Electrical Engineer at Unlimit Ventures, you will apply your skills in electrical-mechanical engineering and mechatronics systems to a variety of new products as they are prepared for market launch.  You will design, and reduce to practice, innovative solutions driven by depth of knowledge as an engineer while also delivering engineered solutions that meet business and market needs as an entrepreneur.  Dedication and determination as a member of the Unlimit Ventures team results in the opportunity to accelerate your career within the new ventures being launched and experience developing many different products you will be proud of for years to come.

Job Type: Full-Time or Contract

Values

• Prudent optimism …glass-half-full, with a dose of caution to challenge our assumptions.
• Intrinsic motivation …driven by autonomy, goal clarity and regular feedback.
• Commit to desired outcomes …define desired outcomes and achieve them vigorously.
• No egos, no jerks …no joke.

Responsibilities

• Lead diverse technical teams in the development of electronic integrated systems.
• Generate novel concepts for electrical-mechanical system architectures.
• Execute key hardware selection including sensors, actuators, controllers and any other relevant electronics components.
• Design and implement communication and power distribution architectures.
• Develop test plans and execute hardware integration, testing, debug and validation.
• Develop electrical systems that meet use-case, technical, operational, manufacturing, cost and schedule requirements.
• Prepare peak and average power budgets based on defined use cases.
• Specify I/O and prepare wire harness drawings ready for manufacturing.
• Compile data, prepare trade studies and present information in written and verbal form.
• Design and prepare electrical schematics and block diagrams with supporting best practice calculations.
• Develop electrical system budgets including estimating labor, material, and any other relevant costs.

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering and/or other relevant educational background.
• 8+ years of applied experience successfully developing electrical and embedded systems.
• Demonstrated rapid prototyping and iterative product development experience.
• Experience developing controls and state machine firmware with proven Python, C and/or C++ programming abilities.
• Experience designing automotive grade power & communication wire harnesses.
• Experience designing custom PCB's (in Altium or equivalent) and preparing schematics for manufacturing.
• Experience building electrical harnesses and/or populating custom PCBs.
• Strong proficiency with lab test equipment including multi meters, oscilloscopes, and power supplies.
• Keen ability to identify and foresee technical risk, and engineering mindset of addressing risks early.
• Ability to design for fault tolerance, reliability, and manufacturing.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills to levels above, below and in-line.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience managing projects, mentoring other engineers, and interfacing with technical customers.
• Demonstrated success developing hardware products for pilot customer launch.
• Experience in one or more of the following industries: industrial robotics & automation, clean/renewable technologies, health & wellness technologies.
• Experience delivering designs that meet and exceed product specifications, regulatory requirements, and international standards.
• Understanding and experience using a wide variety of manufacturing processes as they relate to low and high volume production.

Unlimit Ventures is a venture studio that formulates, de-risks and launches new companies. We are a diverse team of innovators, builders and entrepreneurs, developing advanced technologies for practical use in robotics & automation, climate impact, and health & wellness… to name a few.