Electrical Engineer

About the Role

Saronic Technologies is seeking multiple Electrical Engineer I/II roles. These positions are within the team responsible for electrical system integration across Saronic's vessel platforms, covering architecture, system sizing, and ensuring controls, sensors, and communications function cohesively. This is an early-career role where each engineer, even at the E1 level, will own a subsystem from day one, with mentorship provided by a senior engineer. The ideal candidate possesses strong EE fundamentals, intellectual flexibility to work beyond their specialty, a self-starter mindset, and is comfortable asking questions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own a subsystem within the broader vessel electrical architecture, with mentorship (E1) or increasing independence (E2).
• Support system integration work for PLC controls, sensor integration, engine controls, and compute/sensor payload integration.
• Participate across the full lifecycle, including clean-sheet design, writing test plans and FAT procedures, and floor-level debug with manufacturing.
• Collaborate with the software team on integration points relevant to owned subsystems.
• Support field testing of vehicles/vessels.
• Engage with vendor-supplied components and help define requirements.
• Participate in cross-functional design reviews and cross reviews with peers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• E1: 0-3 years of experience.
• E2: 3-5 years of experience.
• Subsystem-level electrical design experience in at least one relevant domain (controls, sensor integration, engine controls, or compute/sensor payload integration) through coursework, internship, or professional work.
• Ability to reason about system-level integration, not solely isolated component design.
• Working understanding of firmware/OS-layer concepts sufficient to converse with a software team.
• Comfortable reading datasheets and working with vendor-supplied, off-the-shelf components.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and apply skills outside an existing area of specialization.
• Self-starter mindset able to unblock themselves when encountering something new.
• Comfortable asking questions openly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to low-level PCB design.
• Hands-on firmware or embedded software exposure.
• Test/debug experience.
• Exposure to power electronics or engine controls.
• Internship, coursework, or project experience with PLC or sensor integration.

Skills

• PLC control
• Sensor integration
• Systems level reasoning
• Firmware
• Field testing
• Systems integration
• Python
• Software development
• PCB Design
• PCB testing

Job Details

• Job Type: Permanent
• Location: Austin, TX
• Workplace Type: Fully onsite