Senior Electrical Engineer
Seattle, OR - USA
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Job Summary
About Endurance
Endurance is building the worlds first modular subsea geothermal power plants converting vast thermal resources under the ocean into gigawatts of baseload power. Backed by First Round Capital and Point72 Ventures our founding team includes veterans from SpaceX Helion and Robinhood. We have completed multiple deep ocean deployments and are launching our generation pilot this year. By leveraging manufacturing scale efficient drilling and latent cooling on the seafloor we are pioneering a new category of energy that outperforms traditional sources on both environmental impact and cost.
What youll be doing
As a Senior Electrical Engineer you will architect design and validate the low-voltage control and instrumentation systems that enable subsea energy generation. You will be responsible for the full embedded electrical stack including microcontroller and embedded Linux platforms analog sensor interfaces battery management system integration communication systems wiring harness design and fault-tolerant system architecture.
You will blend broad hands-on hardware experience with the discipline to build for extreme environments. This is not a simulation-only role. We are looking for someone who has personally selected components designed analog front ends brought up embedded boards in the lab debugged intermittent failures and driven designs through revision cycles into production. You understand the difference between a board that passes validation and a system running unattended in a harsh subsea environment.
You will own the full hardware lifecycle from architecture and schematic capture through layout review fabrication bring-up validation testing design iteration and field performance analysis. You will work cross-functionally with mechanical controls power/subsea systems and offshore operations teams to ensure our control systems are robust fault-tolerant and built to last.
Key Responsibilities
Architect and design low-voltage control and instrumentation systems from sensor interfaces through communication links and system supervisory logic
Select and implement microcontrollers and embedded Linux processors appropriate for subsea control applications
Design analog sensor front ends for pressure temperature flow and shaft speed including signal conditioning filtering and ADC interfacing
Integrate battery management systems and design low-voltage power distribution for control electronics
Architect and implement communication systems including Ethernet fiber optic and serial protocols for subsea-to-surface data links
Produce electrical harness drawings and coordinate with manufacturing of cable assemblies connectors and harness fabrication
Define and implement fault-tolerant design strategies including redundancy watchdog supervision fault detection and graceful degradation for non-retrievable deployments
Develop fault trees and failure containment strategies to prevent single-point failures from taking down critical monitoring or control functions
Lead board bring-up lab validation and system-level testing including sensor accuracy characterization communication link validation and fault injection
Drive root cause investigations for sensor dropouts communication failures firmware faults connector failures and field anomalies
Own the full system lifecycle including fabrication release vendor and CM coordination revision control and production readiness
Integrate control hardware cleanly with power systems firmware mechanical enclosures and offshore operations
Establish electrical design standards documentation discipline and reliability practices appropriate for subsea infrastructure
Qualifications
6 years of experience designing and shipping embedded or mixed-signal hardware in demanding or high-reliability environments
Generalist hardware instincts comfortable across microcontrollers analog signal chains low-voltage power and digital communications
Demonstrated experience architecting complete embedded systems not just individual boards or subcircuits
Hands-on experience designing analog sensor front ends including signal conditioning filtering and precision measurement
Working knowledge of communication protocols and physical layers including Ethernet fiber optic RS-485 CAN and SPI/I2C
Experience with battery management systems or low-voltage DC power distribution for electronics
Ability to produce harness drawings and work directly with CM or contract manufacturers on cable and connector selection
Hands-on lab experience bringing up embedded hardware debugging with oscilloscopes and analyzers and iterating through revision cycles
Experience designing for harsh environments thermal mechanical or corrosion constraints with appropriate material and connector selection
Ability to think from first principles and make sound engineering tradeoffs under schedule pressure
High ownership mentality and comfort being the single-threaded owner of a critical embedded system
Strong cross-disciplinary communication skills and ability to collaborate with mechanical power systems subsea and offshore operations teams
Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to operate in ambiguity while building a new class of energy infrastructure
Preferred Experience
Prior subsea marine or offshore hardware experience
Background in aerospace robotics or medical device hardware development
Benefits & Perks
Global Fieldwork: Travel to fascinating deployment sites along oceanic ridges in locations like the Pacific Northwest Hawaii Iceland Japan New Zealand and the Azores
Hands-on Experience: Participate in sea trials and deployment operations in partnership with leading oceanographic institutions
Cutting-edge Development: Work with technology that spans high-power electronics marine systems and clean energy
Impactful Work: Help solve one of the worlds most pressing challenges
Competitive Compensation: Comprehensive salary and equity packages
Benefits: Vision Dental Health insurance coverage
Dive Certification: Company-sponsored recreational dive certification
Required Experience:
Senior IC