What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Engineer position at Powerus?
About Powerus
Powerus is building a next-generation American autonomous systems platform designed to move, protect, and sustain critical assets in high-consequence environments. The company combines advanced autonomy, manufacturing capability, operational expertise, and strategic acquisitions to support defense, national security, critical infrastructure, and commercial operations globally.
Mission
Our mission is to deliver resilient autonomous technologies that strengthen national security, improve operational safety, and expand the capabilities of organizations operating in complex environments.
Why Join Powerus
Electrical problems on an unmanned aircraft cross boundaries: a power rail fault can involve converter selection, board layout, and harness routing at once.
This role works across power, avionics, sensors, harnessing, and test on Powerus aircraft, from breadboard through first article and into production at Rock Hill.
Position Overview
Powerus is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design, build, debug, and test electrical systems across Powerus unmanned platforms, including power distribution, avionics, sensors, and wiring.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, review, and modify circuits for power, sensing, control, and interface functions
- Capture schematics and support board layout, component selection, and design review
- Bring up and debug hardware on the bench and on the aircraft
- Specify and validate wiring, harnessing, connectors, and grounding
- Integrate avionics, propulsion, payload, and ground support hardware
- Write and run test procedures and convert results into design changes
- Investigate failures to root cause with lab instruments
- Select components against electrical requirements, availability, and NDAA and Blue UAS sourcing requirements
- Maintain drawings, interface definitions, BOMs, and revision-controlled documentation
Qualifications
- Must be located in the United States, within commuting distance of Rock Hill, SC
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Working knowledge of analog and digital circuits, schematics, and datasheets
- Hands-on lab experience, including soldering, rework, instrumentation, and structured debugging
- Experience across design, build, and test
- U.S. Person status required (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)); this role involves access to ITAR- and EAR-controlled technical data
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with UAS, aerospace, robotics, automotive, or embedded hardware products
- Experience with Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or KiCad
- Experience with DC-DC conversion, battery systems, motor drives, or power distribution
- Experience with harness design, connector selection, or EMI and grounding
- Experience with I2C, SPI, UART, or CAN
- Active or prior U.S. security clearance
What We Look For
Candidates should be able to describe an electrical fault they traced across more than one discipline to its root cause.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Powerus is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and mission-driven workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.